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20/05/2010 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2010 according to Adam Ondra and Nico Favresse... Two excellent Melloblockers share their impressions about Melloblocco 2010: Nico Favresse who visited the Val di Mello for the first time and Adam Ondra who won the special "Mello" boulders for the third year running.
18/05/2010 - Alpinism
Lhotse new variation by Denis Urubko On 16/05/2010 the Kazakh mountaineer Denis Urubko reached the summit of Lhotse via a new variation from the South Col.
11/05/2010 - Climbing
Climbing meeting at Buoux Face Ouest Escala'Buoux and the meeting at Buoux to celebrate the lifting of the climbing ban on Face Ouest.
07/05/2010 - Climbing
Silvio Reffo, double whammy at the Covolo Silvio Reffo from Italy redpoints Nagay 8c and Super Ale 8c+ at the Covolo.
06/05/2010 - Climbing
De rerum natura, new route by Oviglia and Larcher at Bavella, Corsica On 16 April Maurizio Oviglia and Rolando Larcher carried out the first free ascent of De rerum natura (230m, 7c max, 7a obbl, /RS2+/II) on Punta u Corbu at Col de la Bavella, Corsica.
30/04/2010 - Events
Trento FilmFestival 2010 From 29 April to 9 May the oldest mountain film festival in the world unfolds in Trento, Italy. For the third year runniing planetmountain directs the unique WebTV.
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.
23/04/2010 - Alpinism
Monte Sarmiento, Patagonia, North Face first ascent At the start of April the Germans Robert Jasper, Jörn Heller and Ralf Gantzhorn reached the West summit of Monte Sarmiento (2145m) via a new route up the North Face.CORRECTION 05/2010: the north face had already been climbed by an...
18/04/2010 - Climbing
Action Directe 9a climbed by Gabriele Moroni, too Gabriele Moroni and the first Italian ascent of Action Directe 9a, the route freed by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991 and which still today represents an important test for sport climbing.
16/04/2010 - Climbing
Rock climbing in Cuba Armando Menocal explores the delights of climbing in Cuba around the Valle de Vinales and suggests 40 superb routes at the main crag Mogote del Valle.
14/04/2010 - Climbing
Outsider, 8a+ for Angelika Rainer at Cornalba Angelika Rainer and her repeat of Outsider at Cornalba.
14/04/2010 - Climbing
Maja Vidmar 8b+ on-sight at Oliana, Spain Maja Vidmar from Slovenia has carried out her first ever on-sight of an 8b+, Humildes pa casa 8b+ at Oliana, Spain
09/04/2010 - Climbing
Monte Cimo action by Tondini & Sartori Climbing video of Nicola Tondini and Nicola Sartori during the first ascent, ground-up, of a new multi-pitch on Monte Cimo (Brentino), Italy.
07/04/2010 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba 17-year-old Adam Ondra has carried out the first ascent of Goldrake 9a+, a route bolted by Bruno "Camos" Tassi years ago at Cornalba, Italy.
31/03/2010 - Climbing
Lucid Dreaming, new extreme boulder problem at the Buttermilks, Bishop by Paul Robinson American climber Paul Robinson has made the first ascent of Lucid Dreaming V16/Fb8C+ al Buttermilks, Bishop, California, USA.
30/03/2010 - Climbing
Rock Junior 2010 - registration now online Registration is now open for the Rock Junior, which will be held Saturday 05 and Sunday 06 June 2010 in Arco, Lake Garda, Italy.
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