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![Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation](/uploads/img/3/83053.jpg)
23/05/2024 - Alpinism
Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation We have received and published the following open letter entitled 'Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation'. Promoted by Michel Piola, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia, it has currently been signed by...
![Hansjörg Auer Fish route solo on Marmolada 15 years ago today](/uploads/img/3/9311.jpg)
29/04/2022 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer Fish route solo on Marmolada 15 years ago today 15 years ago today Hansjörg Auer set a major milestone in mountaineering history with his daring free solo of the Via Through the Fish on the south face of the Marmolada in the Dolomites
![Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing](/uploads/img/3/43625.jpg)
22/11/2021 - Climbing
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our...
![Climbing Sparkling Moments: Bardonecchia and Stefan Glowacz in the first La Sportiva podcast](/uploads/img/3/71671.jpg)
05/07/2021 - Climbing
Climbing Sparkling Moments: Bardonecchia and Stefan Glowacz in the first La Sportiva podcast In the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, La Sportiva launches Climbing Sparkling Moments, the first weekly storytelling podcast that talks about the game-changer moments of the history of climbing. Episode #1 features the very first international sport climbing competition in...
![Five must see crags at Arco, the birthplace of sport climbing as we know it](/uploads/img/3/71254.jpg)
09/06/2021 - Climbing
Five must see crags at Arco, the birthplace of sport climbing as we know it Massone, Nago, Belvedere, Spiaggia delle Lucertole and Calvario: five crags you must visit to savour the best sport climbing around Arco and Lake Garda. This is the first article in a series made with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today...
![Simon Gietl makes winter solo ascent of Mittelpfeiler on Heiligkreuzkofel in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/69783.jpg)
27/02/2021 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl makes winter solo ascent of Mittelpfeiler on Heiligkreuzkofel in the Dolomites On 25/02/2021 South Tyrolean alpinist Simon Gietl completed a solo ascent of Mittelpfeiler / Pilastro di Mezzo on Heiligkreuzkofel / Sass dla Crusc in the Dolomites, via the Mariacher variation.
![Heinz Mariacher, mountaineering, freedom and the Paul Preuss Award](/uploads/img/3/67077.jpg)
02/09/2020 - Alpinism
Heinz Mariacher, mountaineering, freedom and the Paul Preuss Award The report and words about mountaineering from the Paul Preuss Prize, awarded to the Austrian mountaineer Heinz Mariacher celebrated at Reinhold Messner's Firmian Castle. Mariacher is the eighth alpinist to receive the prestigious award after Messner himself, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert...
![Heinz Mariacher receives Paul Preuss Award 2020](/uploads/img/3/44610.jpg)
24/08/2020 - Alpinism
Heinz Mariacher receives Paul Preuss Award 2020 Austrian alpinist Heinz Mariacher is the recipient of the Paul Preuss Award 2020. Mariacher is the eighth mountaineer to receive the prestigious prize after Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander and Bernd Arnold.
![The fascinating game of climbing: Heinz Mariacher on Rude Boys](/uploads/img/3/64352.jpg)
08/04/2020 - Climbing
The fascinating game of climbing: Heinz Mariacher on Rude Boys Watch Heinz Mariacher repeating Rude Boys (8b/5.13c) at Smith Rock, Oregon, USA. A video from 1987 that takes you back to the origins of this 'new climbing’.
![Pandora on Pordoi, Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messin add huge mixed climb to the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/62340.jpg)
14/01/2020 - Alpinism
Pandora on Pordoi, Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messin add huge mixed climb to the Dolomites From 16 to 17 December 2019, after a day of reconnaissance, alpinists Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini established Pandora (600m, V, M5, A0, WI6) up the west face of Pordoi (Dolomites) . This ice and mixed climb links via Abram...
![Heinz Mariacher: Back to the future? Magnus Midtbø explores Arco's historic slab climbs](/uploads/img/3/62063.jpg)
27/11/2019 - Climbing
Heinz Mariacher: Back to the future? Magnus Midtbø explores Arco's historic slab climbs Heinz Mariacher shares his thoughts after Magnus Midtbø paid a visit to Arco, Italy, during which the Norwegian climber attempted to classic slab climbs dating back to the 1980s and first ascended by Mariacher himself: Super Swing at the Swing...
![Magnus Midtbø at Arco climbs Heinz Mariacher 80's sketchy slabs](/uploads/img/3/61848.jpg)
14/11/2019 - Climbing
Magnus Midtbø at Arco climbs Heinz Mariacher 80's sketchy slabs The video of Magnus Midtbø tackling two ‘legendary' slabs at Arco first ascended by Heinz Mariacher: Super Swing (1983) at Swing Area and Tom e Jerry (1984) at Spiaggia delle Lucertole immediately above Lake Garda.
![Cjanevate 150 and Arrampicarnia 2018, the great climbing meeting in the Carnic Alps](/uploads/img/3/53041.jpg)
03/07/2018 - Events
Cjanevate 150 and Arrampicarnia 2018, the great climbing meeting in the Carnic Alps From 13 to 15 July 2018 Passo di Monte Croce Carnico in the Carnic Alps, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, will host the historic climbing meeting Arrampicarnia. The event will also celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of Crete...
![Before and after the Mariacher](/uploads/img/3/52053.jpg)
02/07/2018 - Climbing
Before and after the Mariacher 90 years La Sportiva. The Mariacher, the violet climbing shoes by La Sportiva that represent an unconditional point of reference in the history of climbing. Not only sport climbing
![Free to climb - the discovery of rock climbing at Arco, part 2](/uploads/img/3/46909.jpg)
15/08/2017 - Climbing
Free to climb - the discovery of rock climbing at Arco, part 2 The second and final episode about the history of sport climbing at Arco, taken from the book 'Rock Master, Climbing at Arco'.
![Don Quixote, three legs and one prothesis up the Marmolada South Face. By Siebe Vanhee](/uploads/img/3/46421.jpg)
26/07/2017 - Alpinism
Don Quixote, three legs and one prothesis up the Marmolada South Face. By Siebe Vanhee Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee reports about his repeat of Don Quixote up the Marmolada in the Dolomites together with paraclimber Frederik Leys. First climbed by Heinz Mariacher and Reinhard Schiestl in 1979, the route is considered a classic outing up...
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