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23/08/2010 - Climbing
Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux On Saturday 21/08/2010 Chloé Graftiaux, the Belgian sport climbing champion and one of the strongest athletes in the world ranking, died after falling from the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (Mont Blanc).
14/06/2010 - Climbing
Hotel Supramonte for Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat In mid-May Swiss climber Nina Caprez made a rare female ascent of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia, a few days after an ascent by her boyfriend Cédric Lachat.
30/04/2010 - Book-press
Red River gorge, climbing iPhone app Wolverine Publishing is due to launch the first comprehensive iPhone app for Red River gorge in Kentucky, USA. Planetmountain took a brief look at this new digital content.
17/03/2010 - Climbing
Rock climbing on Kalymnos, Local Cave In the third and final climbing report, Aris Theodoropoulos introduces the new crag Local Cave on Kalymnos in Greece as well as providing the up-to-date new routes list 2010.
10/12/2009 - Alpinism
Ren Zhong Feng, first ascent in China On 28/11/2009 the Danish climbers Kristoffer Szilas and Martin Ploug reached the summit of the hiterhto unclimbed Ren Zhong Feng (5800m) in the Sichuan range in China via their route Lost to Ice (TD: M4, WI4, 1300m). During that period...
25/11/2009 - Climbing
La lingua pura 7c, new multi-pitch climb on Monte Monaco, Sicily Austrian Mountain Guide Albert Leichtfried has made the first ascent of La lingua pura (7c, 6c oblig, 200m) on the North Face of Monte Monaco close to San Vito lo Capo in Sicily, Italy, together with Paul Mair.
17/11/2009 - Climbing
Enzo Oddo, Gorges du Loup 9a linkup Young Enzo Oddo from France has repeated the 9a linkup of the boulder problem Inga with the route 7pm JP Chaud at the Gorges du Loup, France.
06/11/2009 - Climbing
Verdon gorge rock climbing in France A selection of rock climbs in the fantastic Verdon gorge, France, an area which witnessed the entire evolution of sport climbing.
19/10/2009 - Climbing
Verdon climbing: Toni Lamprecht frees Le Vieux et la mer In summer 2009 Toni Lamprecht, Uli Strunz and Benno Wagner carried out the first ascent of the multi-pitch "Le Vieux et la mer" 8b in the Verdon gorge, France.
12/10/2009 - Climbing
Enzo Oddo, four 9a's in two months In a mere two months 14 year old Enzo Oddo from France has redpointed four routes 9a or harder, three of which are located at the Gorges du Loup.
17/09/2009 - Climbing
Huntsman's Leap, rock climbing in Wales With almost 60 routes on its East and West Walls, Huntsman's Leap is one of the most popular sea cliffs in Pembroke, Wales.
17/09/2009 - Climbing
Huntsman's Leap, rock climbing in Wales With almost 60 routes on its East and West Walls, Huntsman's Leap is one of the most popular sea cliffs in Pembroke, Wales.
02/07/2009 - Climbing
Umbras, Punta Cusidore: Sardina loves climbing On 15 June Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia carried out the first free ascent of Umbras (300m 8a max, 7b+ obl.). They had made the first ascent of this rout up the N Face of Punta Cusidore (Sardinia) in 2008.
18/06/2009 - Alpinism
New climbs in Alaska Stable weather in Alaska has resulted in a flurry of new routes by a series of British teams.
21/05/2009 - Climbing
Plakias, Crete rock climbing Rock climbing at the splendid limestone crag Plakias on Crete, Greece.
18/03/2009 - Alpinism
Sottoguda ice climbing, Marmolada, Dolomites A selection of icefalls at Sottoguda, one of the most important venues in NE Italy.
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