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Adam Ondra, the Chilam Balam interview
14/04/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, the Chilam Balam interview
Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of Chilam Balam 9b, the route claimed by Bernabé Fernandez in 2003 at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain.
Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise
12/04/2011 - Climbing
Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise
Eva Scroccaro repeats "Il Padrone Assoluto" 8a/8a+ at Napoleonica and the video of Tito Traversa climbing "Je est un autre" 8b at Castillon in France, filmed by Andrea Tosi.
Aiguille du Plan north face descents
Aiguille du Plan north face descents
Two recent descents of the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan (Mont Blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards down a face which has extremely few descents.
Adam Ondra, bone marrow donor
11/04/2011 - Events
Adam Ondra, bone marrow donor
Adam Ondra has become a bone marrow donor. Pietro Dal Pra and Giovanni Spitale of Climb for Life explain this important gesture for donors and the climbing community.
Kevin Jorgeson & Transporter Room, repeat two decades on
11/04/2011 - Environment
Kevin Jorgeson & Transporter Room, repeat two decades on
American climber Kevin Jorgeson has carried out the probable second ascent of Transporter Room, the highball boulder problem on the Grandpa Peabody at the Buttermilks, USA, established by Dale Bard in the late '80's.
Chamonix - Zermatt, new record
Chamonix - Zermatt, new record
On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program
07/04/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program
The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in the world.
Adam Ondra, Mind Control at Oliana
06/04/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Mind Control at Oliana
The video of Adam Ondra on-sighting Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana, Spain
Fred Nicole, seek and you shall find
05/04/2011 - Climbing
Fred Nicole, seek and you shall find
Two beautiful boulder problems, Mandragore and Portici, established by the Swiss climber Fred Nicole close to Domodossola and Cresciano.
Rock climbing on Mallorca at Gorg Blau
04/04/2011 - Climbing
Rock climbing on Mallorca at Gorg Blau
Gorg Blau, an excellent warm weather climbing venue to escape from the heat on the island of Mallora, Spain, with circa 50 routes from 4a - 8c.
New ice climbs in Norway
30/03/2011 - Alpinism
New ice climbs in Norway
Details of the latest ice climbing trip to Norway by Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner who in mid February established a series of new routes together with Gerry Fiegl e Paul Mair.
Via ferrata Rino Pisetta in Valle del Sarca, new start
30/03/2011 - Trekking
Via ferrata Rino Pisetta in Valle del Sarca, new start
A new start for the Via ferrata Rino Pisetta on Piccolo Dain in Valle del Sarca (Arco), Italy.
Klemen Becan creates Croatia's hardest climb
29/03/2011 - Climbing
Klemen Becan creates Croatia's hardest climb
Slovenian climber Klemen Becan has freed the hardest route in Croatia, an unnamed 9a at Medveja.
Adam Ondra, 9b first ascent and 8c+ on-sight in a day at Oliana
28/03/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, 9b first ascent and 8c+ on-sight in a day at Oliana
On Sunday 27/03/2011 Czech climber Adam Ondra set the Spanish crag Oliana on fire with his first ascent of Chaxi Raxi 9b followed by an on-sight of Blanquita 8c+.
Tito Traversa, 8b at Tetto di Sarre
25/03/2011 - Climbing
Tito Traversa, 8b at Tetto di Sarre
On 24/03/2011 Tito Traversa sent his second 8b, Criptonite at the Tetto di Sarre in Italy
Bernd Zangerl adds two Tessin classics
25/03/2011 - Climbing
Bernd Zangerl adds two Tessin classics
Austrian boulderer Bernd Zangerl has established two new boulder problems in Switzerland's Tessin, Guilty of the Hilti and Humphrey Bogart (Gedächtnisweg)