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![Blind climber Jesse Dufton ascends Devil's Tower, USA](/uploads/img/3/128369.jpg)
29/05/2024 - Climbing
Blind climber Jesse Dufton ascends Devil's Tower, USA British rock climb Jesse Dufton has become the first blind climber to lead a climb on Devil’s Tower, Wyoming. Supported by his wife Molly, the 1986 born paraclimber repeated 'El Matador' (5.10d, 150m). He led all the hard pitches, placed all...
![Shanghai Olympic Qualifyier Series full report](/uploads/img/3/128312.jpg)
28/05/2024 - Competitions
Shanghai Olympic Qualifyier Series full report Eddie Fowke reports about the first leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series held in Shanghai 10 days ago. The second leg will take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 June and the combined results will enable the world’s...
![ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy](/uploads/img/3/124412.jpg)
05/12/2023 - Environment
ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC...
![James Pearson climbs Parthian Shot without side-runner](/uploads/img/3/89280.jpg)
30/08/2023 - Climbing
James Pearson climbs Parthian Shot without side-runner British rock climber James Pearson has repeated The Parthian Shot E10 6c at Burbage South, UK, without the side-runner in the crack on the right. The Brit, no newcomer to hard and dangerous trad ascents, stated after his repeat 'This...
![Watch the 1963 first ascent of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia](/uploads/img/3/15752.jpg)
08/04/2023 - Alpinism
Watch the 1963 first ascent of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia The documentary of the first ascent of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia, completed on 16 January 1963 by British mountaineers Chris Bonington and Don Whillans.
![Marek Raganowicz completes 35-day big wall solo first ascent on Baffin Island’s Polar Sun Arm](/uploads/img/3/77023.jpg)
01/06/2022 - Alpinism
Marek Raganowicz completes 35-day big wall solo first ascent on Baffin Island’s Polar Sun Arm From 17 April to 21 May 2022 Polish mountaineer Marek Raganowicz climbed a new route solo on Polar Sun Arm, the huge buttress that guards Polar Sun Spire on Baffin Island in Canada. MikroKozmik Variations was climbed over 35...
![Yosemite Half Dome integral ski descent by Zach Milligan, Jason Torlano](/uploads/img/3/69815.jpg)
03/03/2021 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Yosemite Half Dome integral ski descent by Zach Milligan, Jason Torlano American alpinists Jason Torlano and Zach Milligan have skied down Half Dome. This is reputed to be the first integral descent from the summit all the way back down into Yosemite Valley.
![Silvan Schüpbach, Matteo Della Bordella, Yannick Glatthard discover their Ying Yang on Gross Wellhorn](/uploads/img/3/67520.jpg)
29/09/2020 - Alpinism
Silvan Schüpbach, Matteo Della Bordella, Yannick Glatthard discover their Ying Yang on Gross Wellhorn On Gross Wellhorn in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland the alpinists Silvan Schüpbach, Matteo Della Bordella and Yannick Glatthard have completed Ying Yang, a 450m multipitch climb graded 8b.
![Ben Moon / The British rock climbing legend interview](/uploads/img/3/66438.jpg)
31/07/2020 - Interviews
Ben Moon / The British rock climbing legend interview Interview with British rock climber Ben Moon, one of the world’s greatest rock climbers throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s with landmark first ascents such one of Britain’s first 8a, Statement of Youth at Lower Pen Trwyn in Wales and...
![Marek Raganowicz on El Capitan solo climbs Born Under a Bad Sign](/uploads/img/3/61813.jpg)
08/11/2019 - Climbing
Marek Raganowicz on El Capitan solo climbs Born Under a Bad Sign Polish / British alpinist Marek Raganowicz reports about his 13 day solo ascent of Born Under a Bad Sign, a difficult and dangerous aid climb up El Capitan in Yosemite first ascended in 1979 by Bill Price and Tim Washick.
![Koyo Zom West Face first ascent by Tom Livingstone and Ally Swinton](/uploads/img/3/61183.jpg)
09/10/2019 - Alpinism
Koyo Zom West Face first ascent by Tom Livingstone and Ally Swinton British mountaineers Tom Livingstone and Ally Swinton have climbed the virgin west face of Koyo Zom (6877m), the highest mountain in the Hindu Raj range in Pakistan. The two were part of a greater expedition including John Crook, Uisdean Hawthorn...
![Dave MacLeod free solo video of Darwin Dixit at Margalef in Spain](/uploads/img/3/1729.jpg)
27/09/2019 - Climbing
Dave MacLeod free solo video of Darwin Dixit at Margalef in Spain Climbing video: Dave MacLeod making his 2008 free solo ascent of Darwin Dixit at Margalef in Spain.
![Adam Ondra, success and disaster at the 2019 Climbing World Championships in Japan](/uploads/img/3/60226.jpg)
05/09/2019 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, success and disaster at the 2019 Climbing World Championships in Japan The video of Adam Ondra analysing his successes and failures at the recent Climbing World Championships held in Hachioji, Japan where the Czech climber was crowned Lead world champion but failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
![Blood Moon, Brits climb new route up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar](/uploads/img/3/52974.jpg)
04/09/2018 - Climbing
Blood Moon, Brits climb new route up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar Alan Carne, Calum Cunningham and Robbie Phillips have made the first ascent of Blood Moon (8a+, 700m) up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar.
![Everest - A Time Lapse Film by Elia Saikaly](/uploads/img/3/51627.jpg)
05/04/2018 - Alpinism
Everest - A Time Lapse Film by Elia Saikaly The timelapse film of Everest by Canadian mountaineer and photographer Elia Saikaly.
![Monte Vigna Vaga: new North Face climb](/uploads/img/3/49630.jpg)
24/12/2017 - Alpinism
Monte Vigna Vaga: new North Face climb Valentino Cividini reports about the first ascent of a new route up the north face of Monte Vigna Vaga (2332m), Bergamasque Alps, established on 16 December 2017 with Pietro Pellegrini and Giambattista Cattaneo.
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