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![Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games](/uploads/img/3/130219.jpg)
08/08/2024 - Competitions
Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games ![Aleksandra Mirosław wins Speed Climbing's historic first gold at Paris 2024!](/uploads/img/3/130155.jpg)
07/08/2024 - Competitions
Aleksandra Mirosław wins Speed Climbing's historic first gold at Paris 2024! ![Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed](/uploads/img/3/130150.jpg)
06/08/2024 - Competitions
Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed Tuesday 6 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Janja Garnbret leads the provisional ranking with 99.6 points. Home-favourite Orianne Bertone blows the roof off and places second, ahead of Brooke Raboutou
Speed: Sam Watson sets new...
![Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 1, Men's Boulder & Women's Speed](/uploads/img/3/130049.jpg)
05/08/2024 - Competitions
Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 1, Men's Boulder & Women's Speed Join planetmountain for the latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It's been an intese day of Men's Boulder e Women's Speed
In Speed Aleksandra Mirosław sets a new world record at 6.06 seconds
![Paris 2024 sport climbing athletes & Olympic Games schedule](/uploads/img/3/130021.jpg)
04/08/2024 - Competitions
Paris 2024 sport climbing athletes & Olympic Games schedule Sport climbing takes place at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games from 5 August to 10 August at the Le Bourget Climbing venue. For the first time 68 athletes will compete in two separate disciplines: Boulder & Lead and Speed.
![Andy Steindl sets new speed record on Monte Rosa Spaghetti Tour](/uploads/img/3/129804.jpg)
23/07/2024 - Alpinism
Andy Steindl sets new speed record on Monte Rosa Spaghetti Tour Swiss mountaineer Andreas Steindl has completed the famous Haute Route of Monte Rosa, also known as the Spaghetti Tour, in 7 hours, 45 minutes and 44 seconds.
![Andreas Hofherr repeats Into the Sun, 8c+ trad in Murgtal, Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/128729.jpg)
13/06/2024 - Climbing
Andreas Hofherr repeats Into the Sun, 8c+ trad in Murgtal, Switzerland Austrian competition climber Andreas Hofherr has repeated 'Into the Sun' the 8c+ trad in Murgtal, Switzerland, established by Bernd Zangerl in 2017 and previously repeated only by Jacopo Larcher (2021). Hofherr reports.
![Christian Maurer & Peter von Känel start 82 x 4000m peaks of the Alps project](/uploads/img/3/128695.jpg)
11/06/2024 - Alpinism
Christian Maurer & Peter von Känel start 82 x 4000m peaks of the Alps project With their ascent of Aletschhorn earlier today, Swiss mountaineers Christian Maurer and Peter von Känel have embarked on their project to climb all 82 peaks over 4,000m in the Alps. The pair will travel from one mountain to the next...
![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...
![James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy](/uploads/img/3/127499.jpg)
23/04/2024 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.
![Huge landslide on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/127243.jpg)
15/04/2024 - Alpinism
Huge landslide on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland On Sunday 14 April 2024, an estimated million cubic meters of debris collapsed on the north face of Piz Scerscen, the 3971m mountain located between the highly popular Piz Bernina and Piz Roseg on the Swiss-Italian border. No casualties occurred...
![La Venta beyond limits / Exploring the Qanaf Cave in Oman](/uploads/img/3/126914.jpg)
27/03/2024 - Environment
La Venta beyond limits / Exploring the Qanaf Cave in Oman The Italian La Venta association reports about its first expedition to explore the Qanaf Cave and depths of the desert plateau of Jabal Samḥān in southern Oman.
![Watch Marek Holeček & Matěj Bernát establish Simply Beautiful on Sura Peak in Nepal](/uploads/img/3/84264.jpg)
27/03/2024 - Alpinism
Watch Marek Holeček & Matěj bernát establish Simply Beautiful on Sura Peak in Nepal The video of the first ascent of Simply Beautiful, the climb first ascended on Sura Peak in Nepal in May 2023 by Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Matěj bernát.
![Luca Bana gets A Present for the Future (9a+) in Italy](/uploads/img/3/126776.jpg)
22/03/2024 - Climbing
Luca Bana gets A Present for the Future (9a+) in Italy On 14 March 2024 the Italian climber Luca Bana repeated 'A Present for the Future', a 9a+ in the G-rota sector close to the historic crag Madonna della Rota crag in Valle dell'Opol (Brescia), freed in 2010 by Adam Ondra.
![Riders on the Storm on Torres del Paine in Patagonia climbed free by Favresse, Smith, Vanhee, Villanueva](/uploads/img/3/126083.jpg)
19/02/2024 - Alpinism
Riders on the Storm on Torres del Paine in Patagonia climbed free by Favresse, Smith, Vanhee, Villanueva Over a 18-day period from 24 January to 10 February 2024 'Riders on the Storm', one of the most famous big wall climbs in Patagonia located on the Central Tower in the Torres del Paine massif, was finally climbed free...
![New Chironico parking & sleeping rules for 2024](/uploads/img/3/11665.jpg)
07/02/2024 - Climbing
New Chironico parking & sleeping rules for 2024 New rules for parking and overnight stays have been implemented at Switzerland's top bouldering area Chironico. Climbers are asked to adhere to these regulations in order to safeguard future access to this premier Ticino bouldering area.
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