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06/08/2022 - Climbing
Free As Can Be. Mark Hudon, jordan Cannon and the dream of Freerider on El Capitan The film Free as can be by Samuel Crossley, documenting American climber Mark Hudon's lifelong goal of free climbing El Capitan.
11/05/2022 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Baffin Island Polar Moon, big first ski descent by Brette Harrington, Christina Lustenberger On 4 May 2022 Brette Harrington and Christina Lustenberger made the first ski descent of Polar Moon (1200m, 45°) on Walker Arm, Baffin Island
17/09/2020 - Alpinism
Matterhorn Italian Route: Échelle jordan temporarily inaccessible The Italian Matterhorn Guides inform that due to rockfall the Échelle jordan ladder is currently inaccessible. The guides have equipped a new line to the left of the ladder in order to reach the summit.
21/04/2020 - Alpinism
Matterhorn guides raise over €14,000 with charity sale of historic Échelle jordan ladder The Italian Matterhorn Guides have raised € 14,631 with the sale of the historic Échelle jordan, the original rope ladder used by thousands of mountaineers on their way to the summit of the Matterhorn. The money will go to charities...
26/02/2020 - Alpinism
Young French FFME team with Arnaud Petit establish new route in Wadi Rum, jordan French mountain guide Arnaud Petit and Jonathan Crison have led a young FFME expedition to jordan where they established a new route up Jebel Rum in the Wadi Rum massif. Voie du Coeur (430m, 7c+ max, 7b obligatory) was first...
23/04/2019 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer, David Lama, Jess Roskelley: the families bid farewell On Sunday 21 April 2019 the bodies of mountaineers Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Jess Roskelley were recovered after being caught by an avalanche on Howse Peak in Canada last week. We publish the press release of Parks Canada and...
12/06/2018 - Climbing
Rock climbing in jordan: new rock climbs at Wadi Sulam Maurizio Oviglia reports about an expedition of the Italian Alpine Club and the JTB (jordan Tourism Board) which resulted in series of new climbs in the unexplored area of Wadi Sulam in jordan. Expedition members included Maurizio Giordani, Manrico Dell'Agnola,...
16/10/2017 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret wins Lead World Cup 2017, Anak Verhoeven and Keiichiro Korenaga win in Xiamen The penultimate stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 was won yesterday at Xiamen in China by Anak Verhoeven from Belgium and Keiichiro Korenaga from Japan. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret placed third and secured overall victory in the Lead World Cup....
28/08/2017 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie win Arco Rock Master 2017 The 31st Arco Rock Master Trophy was won using the Duel formula on 26 August 2017 by Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie. A few hours earlier the fourth stage of the Lead World Cup was won by Jakob Schubert and...
27/04/2017 - Climbing
Ronnie Dickson’s inspirational climbing In April 2015 the American paraclimber Ronnie Dickson managed to send the 7C+ boulder problem Resident Evil at Joe's Valley, USA, nine years after having his lower leg amputated. This is his inspirational story, in a film by Alton...
09/11/2016 - Competitions
World Youth Climbing Championships: Shiraishi, Avezou, Garnbret, Bendazzoli, Hayes & Lorenzi win in China The World Youth Championships are currently being held at Guangzhou in China. The Lead discipline was won by Ashima Shiraishi and Sam Avezou (Youth B), Janja Garnbret and Giorgio Bendazzoli (Youth A) and Margo Hayes and Simon Lorenzi (Juniors)
24/08/2015 - Competitions
Mina Markovic and Gautier Supper climb to victory in Norway The fourth stage of the Lead World Cup 2015 was won last weekend at Stavanger in Norway by Mina Markovic and Gautier Supper.
14/01/2015 - Alpinism
Wadi Rum, jordan: Kristoffy and Krasnansky climb their Fatal Attraction In December 2014 the Slovakian rock climbers Jozef Kristoffy and Martin Krasnansky made the first ascent of Fatal Attraction (8a+, 450m) at Jebel Rum, a contender for the hardest multi-pitch climb in jordan.
19/12/2014 - Climbing
Crag certification and classification, bolter responsibilities and training: the French example and Philipp Brass interview Interview with Philippe Brass, mountain guide and expert new routes, about crag certification and classification, the responsibilities new bolters have the the training they receive. By Maurizio Oviglia
09/05/2014 - Alpinism
The Valley of the Moon: climbing in jordan's Wadi Rum After a first trip in 2013, Marcello Sanguineti recounts his intense 5-day climbing trip to Wadi Rum in jordan, this time together with Manrico Dell'Agnola.
18/02/2014 - Climbing
Klemen Becan frees hardest sport climb in jordan During a climbing trip to Wadi Rum and Ajloun in jordan with Mina Markovic, Anja Becan and Luka Fonda, Slovenian climber Klemen Becan made the first ascent of "Same same but different" 8c, currently the hardest sport climb in the...
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