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On 2 August 2017 Jacek Matuszek and Łukasz Dudek carried out the second repeat of Project Fear (8c, 550 m) up Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Dolomites

Federica Mingolla and Francesco Rigon have repeated Chimera Verticale (IX, 600m + initial pedestal), the difficult alpine climb up the NW Face of Civetta (Dolomites) first ascended by Alessandro Baù, Daniele Geremia, Alessandro Beber and Luca Matteraglia.

Manrico Dell'Agnola introduces in photos and writing the Torre Trieste tower in the Civetta group of the Dolomites and the route first ascended by Riccardo Cassin and Vittorio Ratti up the SE arête. Dating back to 1935, this is considered...

A portrait and two videos of Catherine Destivelle, one the most talented climbers and alpinists of all times.

At 10:53 am today the 34-year-old Swissman Christian Maurer won the Red Bull X-alps 2017 for the fifth time running, while France’s Benoit Outters placed second. Maurer needed 11 days, 23 hours and 23 minutes to paraglide and walk across...

Swiss Christian Maurer is getting close to the finish line of his fifth consecutive Red Bull X-alps 2017 victory.

In Switzerland’s Alpsteingebirge Germany’s Michael Wohlleben, climbing with Markus Hutter, has made the first free ascent of Parzival (8b, 150m) up the splendid limestone formation Westliche Dreifaltigkeit.

Day 10 held no great surprises in store but proved difficult for all athletes. While many reached the Matterhorn, Christian Maurer is now 120km from the finish line, ahead of Benoit Outters and Paul Guschlbauer.

On their first climbing trip to Alaska, alpinists David Bacci and Luca Moroni pulled off the first Italian repeat of the Slovak Direct route up Denali (6194m) in Alaska.

The ninth day of the Red Bull X-alps 2017 proved to be more difficult than expected with many athletes making little headway, including competition leader Christian Maurer who is currently 150 km from the finish line.

At the start of the eighth day of the Red Bull X-alps 2017, Switzerland’s Christian Maurer reached the last turnpoint at the Matterhorn and is now heading towards the finish line at Monaco. Yesterday his strongest rival, France’s Gaspard Petiot,...

On day 6 of the great flight across the alps France’s Gaspard Petiot has managed to reduce the gap between race leader Christian Maurer from Switzerland.

Switzerland’s Christian Maurer continues his lonely lead and a massive flight has taken him to the Turnpoint at Monte Baldo (Italy). France’s Gaspard Petiot trails in second place, Austria’s Paul Guschlbauer is currently third. Unfortunately this morning Italy’s Aaron Durogati...

The eighth edition of the Red Bull X-alps started in Salzburg, Austria this morning. 31 athletes will take part in this incredible 1138km traverse across the alps by paraglider or on foot. Italian Aaron Durogati explains in the following video...

In 2 days time, on Sunday 2 July, the eighth edition of Red Bull X-alps will start. 31 athletes will compete in this extenuating and incredible traverse across the alps, by paraglider or on foot, from Salzburg to the Principality...

Today Aaron Durogati (ITA) and Sebastian Huber (GER) won the Leatherman Prologue, which marks the start of the Red Bull X-alps 2017, the race across the alps from Salzburg to Montecarlo by paraglider or on foot that kicks off on...