4122 News found

14/09/2006 - Climbing
Guvercinlik Valley, Turkey: new routes for Sterni, Florit, Larcher and Oviglia During the first half of August 2006 the Italians Mauro Florit, Marco Sterni, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia traveled to Turkey's Guvercinlik Valley in the Ala Daglar massif where they established four new routes.

13/09/2006 - Climbing
Martina Cufar and her Midlife crisis 8b Martina Cufar repeats Midlife crisis 8b at Warmbad, Austria.

13/09/2006 - Climbing
Colpo di coda new Marmolada outing by Giordani e Faletti Maurizio Giordani and Massimo Faletti have made the first ascent of the 28-pitch "Colpo di Coda" 6c+/A2 up the south face of the Marmolada.

12/09/2006 - Climbing
Ondra Benes repeats Silbergeier On July 7th 2006 Ondra Benes from the Czech Republic made a swift repeat of Beat Kammerlander's legendary Silbergeier 8b+ in Rätikon, Switzerland.

12/09/2006 - Climbing
Jenny Lavarda climbs Claudio Caffè and becomes first Italian woman to climb 8c Jenny Lavarda has become the first Italian woman to climb 8c with her 08/09/2006 ascent of "Claudio Caffè" at Terra Promessa, Arco

11/09/2006 - Climbing
6.4 seconds for Matthias Trottmann Matthias Trottmann from Switzerland reports about the first free ascent of "6.4 Sekunden", his 7 pitch 8b/b+ (7c+ obligatory ) located on the Fürenwand, Engelberg, Switzerland.

04/09/2006 - Competitions
Sandrine Levet and Ramón Julián Puigblanque win XX Rock Master in Arco Sandrine Levet from France and Ramón Julián Puigblanque from Spain win the XX Rock Master in Arco (Trentino, Lago di Garda). Flavio Crespi, the best of the Italians, placed 4th.

28/08/2006 - Competitions
Olmo and Herry win The North Face Ultra-Trail du Tour du Mont-Blanc On 27/08/2006 Marco Olmo from Italy and Karine Herry won the 4th The North Face Ultra Trail du Tour du Mont-Blanc.

27/08/2006 - Competitions
XX Arco Rock Master ready to rumble The XX Rock Master will take place at Arco, Trentino, Italy this weekend.This is the oldest and most famous sports climbing competition and is reserved for the best of the best only.

25/08/2006 - Climbing
Alberto Gnerro frees SS 26 9a at Gressoney Alberto Gnerro has made the first ascent of 'SS 26' 9a at Gressoney - Noversch. The route is 95 moves long and completely natural.

24/08/2006 - Climbing
Manolo frees Solo per vecchi guerrieri Maurizio Manolo Zanolla has freed "Solo per vecchi guerrieri" in the Vette Feltrine (Dolomites), proposing 8c/9a and 7c/8a oblig for the 150m route.

11/08/2006 - Alpinism
Robert Jasper frees the Yeti on Eiger North Face On 16 July the German mountaineer Robert Jasper teamed up with Stefan Eder from Austria to make the first free ascent of Yeti, the route fist climbed in 1998 by the Italians Andrea Forlini and Gianni Faggiana on the North Face of the Eiger.

10/08/2006 - Events
ARCO ROCK LEGENDS: the nominations Nominations for SALEWA ROCK AWARD and LA SPORTIVA COMPETITION AWARD

07/08/2006 - Climbing
Alex Chabot surfaces Abysse 9a Alex Chabot, who in mid-July became French Champion for the sixth year running, has just freed Abysse 9a at Deversé at the Gorges du Loup in SE France.

03/08/2006 - Alpinism
Uli Biaho new route by Kopold and Cmarik Dodo Kopold and Gabo Cmarik have made the f.a. of the NW Face of Uli Biaho 6417m, Karakorum, Pakistan. They also climbed a route up Hainabrakk East Tower (5800m) to 5375m.

31/07/2006 - Climbing
Harald Berger skins Antihydral 8b, Rätikon Harald Berger from Austria has just returned from the Rätikon mountain range on the Swiss/Austrian border where he has made the first ascent of "Antihydral", an old Rochus Mathis project which now goes free at 8b.
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