4022 News found

22/02/2012 - Climbing
Bernd Zangerl bouldering Bravirabi in Val Noasca, Italy In Italy's Val Noasca Bernd Zangerl has established a handful of boulder problems, including Bravirabi 8A+/B.

22/02/2012 - Climbing
El Gran Trono Blanco, Mexico climbs for Honnold and Stanhope On the big wall El Gran Trono Blanco in Mexico Alex Honnold and Will Stanhope have repeated the Pan-American route and freed Giraffe (8a).

22/02/2012 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Val Thorens off-piste skiing Vallon du Lou and Vallon Polset, two off piste freeride itineraries introduced by Mountain Guide Paolo Tombini.

20/02/2012 - Alpinism
Illuminati repeated by Boswell and Fritzer Greg Boswell and Charly Fritzer have repeated Illuminati, the difficult mixed route in Val Lunga, Dolomites, established by Albert Leichtfried.

20/02/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre an impossible mountain, the petition in favour of the bolt chopping The petition, promoted by Rolando Garibotti, concerning the recent bolt chopping of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia by the Americans Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk.

19/02/2012 - Alpinism
Bambi, new ice climb in Val d'Adige by Guerzoni and Deambrogio A new ice and drytooling route has been established inVal d'Adige by Andrea Guerzoni and Fabio Deambrogio: Bambi WI 5+/6 M9, 300m.

17/02/2012 - Alpinism
Dave MacLeod climbs his Castle in the Sky Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has created the new drytooling route Castle in the Sky at Druim Shionnach, Scotland.

16/02/2012 - Alpinism
Forra del Vinadia, ice climbing in the Friuli, Italy Five icefalls in the canyon Forra del Vinadia, Zia Mia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Zanna Bianca e Trip terapia introduced by Massimo Candolini and Marco Milanese

14/02/2012 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2012, the 6 nominations The XX Piolet d'Or will take place in Courmayeur (Italy) and Chamonix (France) from 21 - 24 March 2012. Here are the 6 nominations for the coveted golden ice axe, while Frenchman Robert Paragot will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

14/02/2012 - Alpinism
Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, fatal accident in Norway Tragedy in Norway, where last week the alpinists Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal died while attempting a new ice climb up the Kjerag rock face.

13/02/2012 - Competitions
ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Markus Bendler wins in Busteni, Maxim Tomilov wins the 2012 World Cup 11/02/2012. At Busteni in Romania the 4th stage of the ice Climbing World Cup was won by Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia. The Speed event was won by Maria Tolokonina once again, along with her team-mate Kirill Kolchegoshev. Maxim Tomilov has already won the 2012 World...

13/02/2012 - Climbing
Monique Forestier on Tom et je ris, Verdon The video of Australian climber repeating Tom et je ris 8b+ in the Verdon Gorge, France.

13/02/2012 - Alpinism
Spray On... Top!, Emmett and Premrl complete first ascent of Helmcken Falls testpiece Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl have carried out the first ascent of the superb mixed ice climb Spray On... Top! (230m, W10, M9+) at the Helmcken Falls, Canada, the route Emmett had started with Will Gadd. Tim Emmett shares the details.

10/02/2012 - Climbing
Markus Bendler and the ice Prince Movieblog The first of 10 videos of Austrian ice climbing champion Markus Bendler.

09/02/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre bolt chopping, the debate in Italy With regards to the bolt chopping on Cerro Torre's Compressor route, we have received and published the views of Stefano Lovison, shared by numerous Italian alpinists.

07/02/2012 - Alpinism
Ironman at Eptingen, new D14+ for Robert Jasper Robert Jasper has freed the 'total dry' route Ironman D14+ at Eptingen in Switzerland.
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