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![Everest in winter / First attempt failed. Alex Txikon & Co return to Base Camp](/uploads/img/3/43448.jpg)
12/02/2017 - Alpinism
Everest in winter / First attempt failed. Alex Txikon & Co return to Base Camp 14/02/2017: The mountaineers attempting to climb Everest in winter without supplementary oxygen have returned to Base Camp. Alex Txikon, Nurbu Sherpa and Cheppal Sherpa had reached South Col at 7950m but were forced to descend due to high winds. 12/02/2017:...
![Climbing video: Pietro Biagini bouldering at Varazze](/uploads/img/3/42704.jpg)
12/02/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: Pietro Biagini bouldering at Varazze The video of Italian climber Pietro Biagini sending Alphacentauri sit. 8B and Scacco al Re Nero 7C/+ at Varazze, Italy.
![Everest in winter / Alex Txikon & Co start summit bid](/uploads/img/3/43321.jpg)
10/02/2017 - Alpinism
Everest in winter / Alex Txikon & Co start summit bid The Spanish expedition led by Basque mountaineer Alex Txikon to climb Everest in winter and without supplementary oxygen has begun in earnest. A weather window is forecast for 14 to 18 February 2017.
![Ötztal Freizeitstress ice climb established in Austria by Hansjörg Auer and Reinhard Obweger](/uploads/img/3/43309.jpg)
10/02/2017 - Alpinism
Ötztal Freizeitstress ice climb established in Austria by Hansjörg Auer and Reinhard Obweger On 19/01/2017 Hansjörg Auer and Reinhard Obweger made the first ascent of Freizeitstress, a new mixed climb in Ötztal, Austria.
![Adam Ondra frees Mamichula at Oliana, new 9b sports climb](/uploads/img/3/43276.jpg)
09/02/2017 - Climbing
Adam Ondra frees Mamichula at Oliana, new 9b sports climb On 08/02/2017 Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Mamichula at Oliana in Spain, a route the 24-year-old climber from the Czech Republic has graded 9b.
![San Vito lo Capo climbing: Christoph Hainz and Andrea De Martin Polo ascend November Sun](/uploads/img/3/43269.jpg)
08/02/2017 - Climbing
San Vito lo Capo climbing: Christoph Hainz and Andrea De Martin Polo ascend November Sun In November 2016 Christoph Hainz and Andrea De Martin Polo established 'November Sun' (7b, obligatory 7a, 270m), a new multi-pitch rock climb on Monte Monaco, San Vito lo Capo, Sicily, Italy.
![Montenegro: most difficult icefall climbed in Tara canyon](/uploads/img/3/43259.jpg)
08/02/2017 - Alpinism
Montenegro: most difficult icefall climbed in Tara canyon A mixed team of climbers from Montenegro and Serbia, comprised of Nikola Đurić, Dušan Branković, Dušan Starinac, Danilo Pot and Ivan Laković, recently climbed the two highest frozen waterfalls in Montenegro: Strast (WI5+, 150m) and Mali zec (WI4, 150m) in...
![Patagonia Cerro Murallón, new East Face climb by Ragni di Lecco](/uploads/img/3/43220.jpg)
07/02/2017 - Alpinism
Patagonia Cerro Murallón, new East Face climb by Ragni di Lecco Mountaineering: Italian alpinists Matteo Bernasconi, Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have made the first ascent of the East Face of Cerro Murallon (Patagonia). This is the second Ragni di Lecco success after the historic first ascent, carried out by...
![Brenta Dolomites La Stangata / A great ice climb in Val Genova](/uploads/img/3/43071.jpg)
07/02/2017 - Alpinism
Brenta Dolomites La Stangata / A great ice climb in Val Genova In Val Genova (Brenta Dolomites) Luca Tamburini and Giorgio Tameni made a rare repeat of the beautiful and enormous icefall La Stangata, first climbed in 2012 by Patrick Ghezzi and Alessandro Lucchi.
![Valtournenche: two new ice climbs by the Cervino Mountain Guides](/uploads/img/3/43166.jpg)
06/02/2017 - Alpinism
Valtournenche: two new ice climbs by the Cervino Mountain Guides On 20 and 21 January 2017 François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti and Jules Pession (Cervino mountain guides) made the first ascents of 'Livello Inferiore' and 'Nuovi Orizzonti', two new mixed routes in Valtournenche. Francesco Ratti reports.
![Eiger Metanoia video of Thomas Huber, Stephan Siegrist and Roger Schaeli repeat](/uploads/img/3/42585.jpg)
05/02/2017 - Alpinism
Eiger Metanoia video of Thomas Huber, Stephan Siegrist and Roger Schaeli repeat Winter mountaineering: the video of the first repeat of Metanoia, carried out in December 2016 by Thomas Huber, Stephan Siegrist and Roger Schaeli, 25 years after the first ascent at the hands of Jeff Lowe in 1991.
![Adam Ondra climbs Pachamama 9a+ and attempts new difficult project at Oliana](/uploads/img/3/43171.jpg)
04/02/2017 - Climbing
Adam Ondra climbs Pachamama 9a+ and attempts new difficult project at Oliana Czech climber Adam Ondra has repeated Pachamama 9a+ at Oliana in Spain and is currently attempting a difficult new linkup at this top Spanish crag.
![Melloblocco 2017 date change: from 11 to 14 May](/uploads/img/3/23813.jpg)
03/02/2017 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2017 date change: from 11 to 14 May For organisational reasons, the date for Melloblocco 2017 has been changed. The most important climbing and bouldering meeting in the world, which has been taking place ever since 2004 in Val Masino - Val di Mello (Italy) will take place...
![Earthquake in Central Italy, climbing and solidarity: Rebuild Boulder raises 11,000 euro](/uploads/img/3/43108.jpg)
03/02/2017 - Climbing
Earthquake in Central Italy, climbing and solidarity: Rebuild Boulder raises 11,000 euro During the first 12 stages of Rebuild Boulder, the series of informal bouldering competitions currently taking place at climbing walls throughout Italy, over 11,000 euro have been raised to help those affected by the earthquakes that rocked central Italy in...
![Troll Wall, first solo winter ascent by Marek Raganowicz in Norway](/uploads/img/3/43094.jpg)
02/02/2017 - Alpinism
Troll Wall, first solo winter ascent by Marek Raganowicz in Norway Interview with Polish alpinist Marek Raganowicz who, from 11 - 26 January 2017, made the first solo winter ascent of Troll Wall (Trollveggen) in Norway by repeating the climb Suser gjennom Harryland (6/A3).
![Ortler Pleishornwasserfall ice climb first ascent video](/uploads/img/3/42229.jpg)
02/02/2017 - Alpinism
Ortler Pleishornwasserfall ice climb first ascent video Alpinism: the video documenting the first ascent of Pleishornwasserfall, the new ice and mixed climb established on 13/12/2016 by Daniel Ladurner and Johannes Lemayer up the NE Face of Ortler (3905m).
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