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Climbing USA: Donald Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85%
05/12/2017 - Environment
Climbing USA: Donald Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85%
The President of the United States Donald Trump has reduced protected lands in the Bears Ears National Monument by 85%, and by 45% those protected in the National Monument.
Hazel Findlay fantastically free on the Salathé Wall on El Capitan
05/12/2017 - Climbing
Hazel Findlay fantastically free on the Salathé Wall on El Capitan
British rock climber Hazel Findlay has made a rare free ascent of the legendary Salathé Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.
James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga
04/12/2017 - Climbing
James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga
British climber James Pearson has made the first ascent of the bold and difficult route Power Ranger (5.14R / 8c) at Sunset Rocks, Chattanooga, USA.
Iker Pou frees difficult climbs at Margalef, Spain
29/11/2017 - Climbing
Iker Pou frees difficult climbs at Margalef, Spain
At the Spanish crag Margalef the Basque climber Iker Pou has freed two difficult sport climbs: La Orden del Puño 8c and Pueblo Pequeño Infierno Grande 8c+.
Nicolas Favresse adds spectacular new trad climb to Yosemite
27/11/2017 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse adds spectacular new trad climb to Yosemite
In Yosemite, USA, Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse climbing together with Alix Morris and Drew Smith has made the first free ascent of Eye of Sauron, a spectacular and difficult new 400 m trad climb in the Ribbon Falls area.
The tallest Campus Board in the world
19/11/2017 - Climbing
The tallest Campus Board in the world
The video of Jeremy Bonder training on the extremely high Campus Board located in the Karma climbing wall at Fontainebleau in France.
Climbing video: Sardinia's spectacular Aguglia di Goloritzé
17/11/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: Sardinia's spectacular Aguglia di Goloritzé
Two climbers, unknown and beautiful, reach the top of Aguglia di Goloritzè, the splendid limestone needle in Sardinia. A moment of pure joy high above the turquoise sea of the Gulf of Orosei.
Keita Kurakami free climbs The Nose on El Capitan
16/11/2017 - Climbing
Keita Kurakami free climbs The Nose on El Capitan
Japanese rock climber Keita Kurakami has made a free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite, USA). This is only the 5th free ascent of the monumental big wall.
Marcel Remy climbing strong aged 94
15/11/2017 - Alpinism
Marcel Remy climbing strong aged 94
The video of Marcel Remy who, aged 94, climbs Miroir de l'Argentine in Switzerland.
Midnight Lightning: Filippo Manca explores the legendary Ron Kauk boulder problem in Yosemite
06/11/2017 - Climbing
Midnight Lightning: Filippo Manca explores the legendary Ron Kauk boulder problem in Yosemite
Filippo Manca talks about his bouldering trip to America where, in Yosemite, he managed to repeat the legendary Midnight Lightning boulder problem. Moments later he encountered American climbing legend Ron Kauk who, in 1978, made the first ascent of what...
El Capitan: Big Stone vs Tiny Humans
05/11/2017 - Climbing
El Capitan: Big stone vs Tiny Humans
The timelapse of climbers on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, USA, filmed by di Tristan Greszko.
Top female climbing: Ievgeniia Kazbekova sends 8c+, Muriel Sarkany redpoints 9a
04/10/2017 - Climbing
Top female climbing: Ievgeniia Kazbekova sends 8c+, Muriel Sarkany redpoints 9a
While Belgium’s Muriel Sarkany has climbed Era Vella 9a at Margalef, Ukraine’s Jenya Kazbekova has redpointed her first 8c+, Güllich at the crag Red stone in the Crimea.
Kalymnos, 20 years of rock climbing in Greece
18/09/2017 - Climbing
Kalymnos, 20 years of rock climbing in Greece
The small island of Kalymnos in Greece, without a doubt one world's premier sport climbing destinations, celebrates 20 years of rock climbing holidays.
Markus Pucher on Aguja Guillaumet in Patagonia: I gave it everything
13/09/2017 - Alpinism
Markus Pucher on Aguja Guillaumet in Patagonia: I gave it everything
Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher talks about the first winter solo ascent of Aguja Guillaumet (2579 m), carried out in Patagonia on 8 September 2017.
Tre Cime di Lavaredo - rock climbing in the Dolomites
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,...
Free to climb - the discovery of rock climbing at Arco, part 2
15/08/2017 - Climbing
Free to climb - the discovery of rock climbing at Arco, part 2
The second and final episode about the history of sport climbing at Arco, taken from the book 'Rock Master, Climbing at Arco'.