4413 News found
24/11/2008 - Climbing
Kevin Jorgeson, The Groove, Alex Honnold and England's gritstone Kevin Jorgeson carries out the second ascent of The Groove, Cratcliffe Tor, England, while continuing his gritstone raid together with fellow American Alex Honnold.
20/11/2008 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Open Air and Hotel Supramonte Interview with Adam Ondra after the long-awaited second ascent of Open Air at the Schleierwasserfall and the first onsight of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia.
18/11/2008 - Alpinism
Slovenian climbs in Central Tien Shan Last summer Ales Holc, Matej Smrkolj e Tadej Kriselj carried out the first ascent of Slovenian birthday party (TD+, 1000m) on the North Face of Pik Parashutny 5360m. Tine Marence and Andrej Magajne carried out the probabile first repeat of...
18/11/2008 - Competitions
Lead World Cup 2008 to Johanna Ernst and Jorg Verhoeven The sixth and final stage of the Lead World Cup 2008 took place in Slovenia's Kranj last weekend and was won by Johanna Ernst from Austria, ahead of Maja Vidmar and Akiyo Noguchi. Klemen Becan from Slovenia won the men's...
11/11/2008 - Climbing
Bouldering World Cup 2008 and Speed: Fischhuber, Stöhr, Vaytsekhovsky and Ropek victorious in Moscow 02/11/08. Rustam Gelmanov and Katharina Saurwein won the seventh and last stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 in Moscow at the start of November. Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr won the overall World Cup, while Evgeny Vaytsekhovsky and Edyta...
10/11/2008 - Climbing
Tough Enough, international challenge on Tsaranoro, Madagascar The story behind the collective effort to free all the pitches of one of the hardest big walls in the world, Tough Enough 8b+ 380m on Karambony, Tsaranoro massif, Madagascar.
06/11/2008 - Alpinism
New route on Nuptse by Benoist and Glairon-Rappaz On 28 October the French mountaineers Stephane Benoist and Patrice Glairon-Rappaz reached the summit of Nuptse (7861m, Khumbu, Himalaya) via a new route up the grandiose South Face.
05/11/2008 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga, Action Directe and victory after defeat Interview with the Basque climber after his victory in the European Championship and his recent ascent of Action Direct.
03/11/2008 - Book-press
On sight by Alastair Lee Filmmaker Alastair Lee gives exclusive insight into his latest climbing film, On sight, which examines the unpredictable, exciting and at times dangerous game of on-sighting trad routes, regardless of the grade of the climb.
02/11/2008 - Climbing
New rock climb on Monte Colodri, Arco Massimo Antonini and Giampaolo Calzà have made the first ascent of Via Giovanni Segantini (280m, 6c+ max) on the East Face of Monte Colodri (Arco, Italy)
30/10/2008 - Interviews
Alexander Huber interview Interview with German climber Alexander Huber, one of the world's most important sport climbers and mountaineers.
30/10/2008 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Hotel Supramonte, Sardinia and the climbing game Adam Ondra and his holidays in Sardinia, where he managed the first ever on-sight of "Hotel Supramonte" before making the first ascent of "Campo con corvi" 9a at Bronx.
29/10/2008 - Climbing
Hansjörg Auer and the knot at the end of the rope Hansjörg Auer reminds all how important it is to tie a knot into the end of the rope, even at the crag.
22/10/2008 - Alpinism
Makalu II, new route for Vince Anderson and Marko Prezelj Vincent Anderson and Marko Prezelj have carried out the first ascent of the unclimbed West Face of Makalu II (7678 m).
20/10/2008 - Climbing
Favresse and Villanueva discover The Secret Passage, new route on El Capitan, Yosemite At the start of October Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva added a new free route, "The Secret Passage" 5.13c to El Capitan, Yosemite.
17/10/2008 - Climbing
James Pearson interview after the Walk of Life Exclusive interview with James Pearson after his first ascent of The Walk of Life E12 7a at Dyer's Lookout, North Devon, England.
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