1062 News found
![La Sportiva Strange Heroes: Barbara Zangerl](/uploads/img/3/49652.jpg)
27/12/2017 - Climbing
La Sportiva Strange Heroes: Barbara Zangerl Barbara Zangerl and the climb Speed at the Swiss crag Voralpsee are the focus of the third episode of the La Sportiva series Strange Heroes.
![Rabenstein Ice Tower seasons start](/uploads/img/3/49616.jpg)
23/12/2017 - Alpinism
Rabenstein Ice Tower seasons start On Tuesday 26 December the Ice Tower at Rabenstein / Corvara in the dolomites will open to the public. The structure will host a stage of the 2018 Ice Climbing World Cup on 26 and 27 January 2018.
![Ice climbing Dolomites: the unknown ice climb up Torre Vitty](/uploads/img/3/49529.jpg)
18/12/2017 - Alpinism
Ice climbing dolomites: the unknown ice climb up Torre Vitty Ice climbing in the dolomites: an unknown ice climb, highly recommended by Simon Gietl and Andrea Oberbacher, up Torre Vitty in the Sella massif.
![Gordon McArthur vs Storm Giant, world's first proposed D16 drytooling climb](/uploads/img/3/49384.jpg)
09/12/2017 - Alpinism
Gordon McArthur vs Storm Giant, world's first proposed D16 drytooling climb The video of Gordon McArthur climbing his route Storm Giant at Fernie, Canada. Freed last August, this is the first dry tooling climb in the world to receive the grade D16.
![Angelika Rainer first female D15 with A Line Above the Sky](/uploads/img/3/49065.jpg)
23/11/2017 - Alpinism
Angelika Rainer first female D15 with A Line Above the Sky Yesterday at the drytooling crag Tomorrow’s World in the dolomites Angelika Rainer repeated A Line Above the Sky. With this ascent the climber from the South Tyrol has become the first woman in the world to climb D15 and, in...
![Angelika Rainer, Jeff Mercier climb Dolomites dry tooling testpiece](/uploads/img/3/48598.jpg)
03/11/2017 - Alpinism
Angelika Rainer, Jeff Mercier climb dolomites dry tooling testpiece Italian climber Angelika Rainer and French alpinist Jeff Mercier have repeated 'Je Ne Sais Quoi' and 'Line above the Sky' at the crag Tomorrow's World in dolomites; these dry tooling test pieces was freed in 2016 by Tom Ballard.
![Shivling, big new route in Indian Himalaya climbed by Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini](/uploads/img/3/48508.jpg)
26/10/2017 - Alpinism
Shivling, big new route in Indian Himalaya climbed by Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini Mountaineering news: in October Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini made the first ascent of Shiva's Ice, a beautiful new route up Shivling (6543 m) in the Indian Himalayas.
![Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing](/uploads/img/3/8694.jpg)
20/10/2017 - Interviews
Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing Top American climber Sasha DiGiulian talks to planetmountain.com about the current state of female sport climbing, starting from the latest great ascents carried out Margo Hayes and Anak Verhoeven.
![Via Mirko, new rock climb above Val Gardena in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/48295.jpg)
19/10/2017 - Alpinism
Via Mirko, new rock climb above Val Gardena in the dolomites The Italian Mountain Guides Armin Senoner and Manuel Nocker have made the first ascent of Via Mirko, a new rock climb up Monte Steviola above Vallunga (Puez-Odle group), dolomites.
![Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber](/uploads/img/3/6743.jpg)
09/10/2017 - Alpinism
Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber 62-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Franček Knez died on 6 October 2017. Reserved and modest, Knez was considered by many as one of the strongest alpinists of his generation. Published below is a profile written by Slovenian journalist Urban Golob in 2010...
![Bouldering at Cortina in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/47864.jpg)
30/09/2017 - Climbing
Bouldering at Cortina in the dolomites Cortina d’Ampezzo climber Luca Zardini introduces the bouldering in the Campo and Volpera forest above Cortina, dolomites.
![Spes Ultima Dea, big new Brenta Dolomites rock climb](/uploads/img/3/47731.jpg)
22/09/2017 - Alpinism
Spes Ultima Dea, big new Brenta dolomites rock climb Alessandro Beber reports about the first ascent of 'Spes Ultima Dea', a huge new rock climb up Crozon di Brenta in the Italian Brenta dolomites, established over three days with Gianni Canale.
![Hakuna Matata, Lisi Steurer and Hannes Pfeifhofer climb new route up Taè in Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/47309.jpg)
03/09/2017 - Alpinism
Hakuna Matata, Lisi Steurer and Hannes Pfeifhofer climb new route up Taè in dolomites The report by Lisi Steurer who teamed up with Hannes Pfeifhofer to make the first ascent of Hakuna Matata (400m, 8a), a new multi-pitch rock climb up the South Face of Taè (Spalti di Col Becchei), dolomites.
![Riccarda de Eccher: Montagna. The Dolomites at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, USA](/uploads/img/3/47084.jpg)
23/08/2017 - Book-press
Riccarda de Eccher: Montagna. The dolomites at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, USA From 25 August to 7 October 2017 the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art di Charleston, South Carolina (USA) will exhibit the works of alpinist and painter Riccarda de Eccher. 12 new watercolours dedicated to the dolomites, ‘her' mountains, will be...
![Tre Cime di Lavaredo - rock climbing in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/25677.jpg)
18/08/2017 - Alpinism
Tre Cime di Lavaredo - rock climbing in the dolomites Cima Ovest, Cima Grande, Cima Piccola: the Tre Cime di Lavaredo offer unparalleled rock climbing throughout the dolomites. Planetmountain.com provides an overview with some of the routes that have become milestones in the history of mountaineering, such as Spigolo Giallo,...
![Bivacco dal Bianco at Passo Ombretta, Marmolada, closed for maintenance](/uploads/img/3/46967.jpg)
18/08/2017 - Alpinism
Bivacco dal Bianco at Passo Ombretta, Marmolada, closed for maintenance From 21 to 23 August 2017 the bivouac Bivacco dal Bianco located at the Ombretta Pass on Marmolada, dolomites, will be closed for maintenance.
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