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![Adam Ondra: the Dawn Wall El Capitan interview](/uploads/img/3/41801.jpg)
25/11/2016 - Interviews
Adam Ondra: the Dawn Wall El Capitan interview Interview with Czech rock climber Adam Ondra who, leading all pitches from 14 to 21 November 2016, completed the second free ascent of Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite. Considered the hardest big wall in the world, this climb was...
![Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič: the Broad Peak and Gasherbrum IV North Summit interview](/uploads/img/3/40797.jpg)
21/10/2016 - Alpinism
Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič: the Broad Peak and Gasherbrum IV North Summit interview Interview with Slovenian alpinists Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič after their ascents of Broad Peak (8047m) and Gasherbrum IV North Summit (7900m).
![Elephant Baby and Gravity Games 30 years later. By Rolando Larcher](/uploads/img/3/40820.jpg)
19/10/2016 - Climbing
Elephant Baby and Gravity Games 30 years later. By Rolando Larcher Thirty years later. The report by Rolando Larcher who, with his son Alessandro, returned to the climbs Elephant Baby (at San Paolo) and Gravity Games (at Eremo) not only to repeat these historic routes established in 1986 and the first...
![The Millennium Arch climbed in Canyonlands by Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker](/uploads/img/3/40732.jpg)
17/10/2016 - Climbing
The Millennium Arch climbed in Canyonlands by Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have made the first ascent of The Millennium Arch, a circa 100m roof crack at Canyonlands, USA they have now graded 5.14.
![Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece](/uploads/img/3/39844.jpg)
14/09/2016 - Climbing
Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece Action Directe was established by Wolfgang Güllich on 14 September 1991 at Waldkopf in Germany's Frankenjura. The route set new new standards in sport climbing and now, precisely twenty-five years after the first ascent, Planetmountain.com takes a step back in...
![Lumignano Climbing Marathon 2016](/uploads/img/3/39657.jpg)
07/09/2016 - Climbing
Lumignano Climbing Marathon 2016 On 15/10/2016 the crag Lumignano (Italy) will host its international Climbing Marathon meeting.
![Pinne gialle first repeat at Tognazza by Andrea De Giacometti](/uploads/img/3/39392.jpg)
31/08/2016 - Climbing
Pinne gialle first repeat at Tognazza by Andrea De Giacometti Andrea De Giacometti has made the second ascent of Pinne gialle (8b/c, 120m), the multi-pitch route established and freed by Maurizio 'Manolo' Zanolla in 2014 at Tognazza, Passo Rolle (TN), Dolomites.
![Caroline Ciavaldini / Turkey Crack at Cadarese](/uploads/img/3/37364.jpg)
12/08/2016 - Climbing
Caroline Ciavaldini / Turkey Crack at Cadarese In mid-May French rock climber Caroline Ciavaldini made a rare ascent of Turkey Crack, an 8a trad climb at Cadarese. This is the story of her rare ascent.
![Black and white, Ivan Ghirardini and the three North Faces solo in winter](/uploads/img/3/35866.jpg)
20/07/2016 - Alpinism
Black and white, Ivan Ghirardini and the three North Faces solo in winter Thoughts about the history of mountaineering. The solo winter trilogy carried out by Ivan Ghirardini up the legendary three North Faces of the Alps: the Matterhorn, Grandes Jorasses and Eiger. By Ivo Ferrari.
![Climbing World Cup 2016 Lead and Speed at Chamonix](/uploads/img/3/38276.jpg)
11/07/2016 - Competitions
Climbing World Cup 2016 Lead and Speed at Chamonix The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2016 got underway in Chamonix, France, today. The small French town is also hosting the third round of the Speed World Cup. The Speed finals will be broadcast in live streaming tonight...
![Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Voie Petit on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc](/uploads/img/3/38270.jpg)
09/07/2016 - Alpinism
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Voie Petit on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc French climber Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated Voie Petit, the 450m 8b multi-pitch climb on Grand Capucin (3838m), Mont Blanc first ascended in 1997 by Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bodet, Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit and freed in 2005 by Alexander Huber.
![Gangstang NW Ridge first ascent by Malcolm Bass and Guy Buckingham](/uploads/img/3/38208.jpg)
01/07/2016 - Alpinism
Gangstang NW Ridge first ascent by Malcolm Bass and Guy Buckingham Malcolm Bass and Guy Buckingham have just made the first ascent of the beautiful NW Ridge of Gangstang (6162m) in the Himachal Pradesh Himalaya. They reached the summit on the 9th June and descended to base camp the next day...
![Martin Keller is The Highlander at Sustenpass in Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/37882.jpg)
24/06/2016 - Climbing
Martin Keller is The Highlander at Sustenpass in Switzerland Bouldering: after a 13-year courtship verging on the obsession, Swiss climber Martin Keller has amde the first ascent of The Highlander, an 8C problem at Sustenpass in Switzerland.
![Enrico Baistrocchi: California, climbing, work and a touch of nostalgia](/uploads/img/3/37527.jpg)
06/06/2016 - Climbing
Enrico Baistrocchi: California, climbing, work and a touch of nostalgia At Mt. Woodson, San Diego, California, where Enrico Baistrocchi moved to work as a route setter and climbing coach, the Italian climber has made the first ascent of Ancora Vivo, at V12 the hardest boulder problem in the area and...
![Matterhorn East Face ski descent: in the right place at the right time](/uploads/img/3/37013.jpg)
18/05/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Matterhorn East Face ski descent: in the right place at the right time Giulia Monego, Liv Sansoz, Lorraine Huber and Melissa Presslaber and their ski descent down the East Face of the Matterhorn. Giulia Monego reports.
![Jacopo Larcher repeats Rhapsody in Scotland](/uploads/img/3/36993.jpg)
16/05/2016 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher repeats Rhapsody in Scotland Interview with South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher who repeated Rhapsody, one of the hardest trad climbs in the world, on 7 May 2016 at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland.
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