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15/01/2015 - Climbing
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan On 14 January 2015, after 19 days on the wall and years of efforts, American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the historic first free ascent of Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA. Almost 1000m high and with...

13/01/2015 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2015: HanNaRai Song and Maxim Tomilov win in Cheongsong The second stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2015 took place at Cheongsong, Korea and was won by HanNaRai Song and Maxim Tomilov from Russia.

12/01/2015 - Competitions
Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2015: Laetitia Roux wins everything at Puy Saint Vincent Last Saturday, at Puy Saint Vincent in France, the Individual race of the first leg of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2015 was won by Anton Palzer and Laetitia Roux. On Sunday Roux the Sprint race was won...

12/01/2015 - Alpinism
Dlacion de Frea, new ice and mixed climb on Sella Dolomites At the end of December and at the start of January Lukas Runggaldier, Alex Peristi and Willi Comploi made the first ascent of Dlacion de Frea (WI6 / M6, 110m), a new ice and mixed climb in the Sella group,...

07/01/2015 - Alpinism
Water Resistant, new ice climb in Valle di Trona On 03/01/2015 Cristian Candiotto, Riccardo Coppa and Carlo Ravelli climbed the icefall Water Resistant (II/4+5, 300m), a probable new first ascent in Valle di Trona, Lombardy, Italy.

31/12/2014 - Climbing
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson start Dawn Wall push American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are currently on making their ground-up attempt to free Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite.

28/12/2014 - Climbing
Sara Grippo, This isn't a dream Italian climber Sara Grippo shares her life experience in this short film This isn't a dream.

19/12/2014 - Climbing
Crag certification and classification, bolter responsibilities and training: the French example and Philipp Brass interview Interview with Philippe Brass, mountain guide and expert new routes, about crag certification and classification, the responsibilities new bolters have the the training they receive. By Maurizio Oviglia

20/11/2014 - Interviews
Gabriele Moroni: from competitions to Goldrake, sport climbing in his DNA Interview with Italian climber Gabriele Moronim from his first competitions to when he won bronze in the 2004 European Bouldering Championship in 2004, via his bouldering and sport climbing which recently netted him the redpoint of Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba,...

18/11/2014 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic win in Kranj The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2014, held on 16 November at Kranj in Slovenia, was won by Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic. Austria's Jakob Schubert and South Korea's Jain Kim had already won the Lead World Cup...

17/11/2014 - Climbing
Desert Sandstone Climbing Trip #3 - Indian Creek, Monument Valley and Castle Valley The rock climbing tour in Utah - Colorado - Nevada - Arizona with Gian Luca Cavalli (CAAI - Gruppo Occidentale), Manrico Dell'Agnola (CAAI - Gruppo Orientale) and Marcello Sanguineti (CAAI - Gruppo Occidentale). Part three: Indian Creek, Monument Valley and...

14/11/2014 - Climbing
Tarzan wall and Marco Savio's new vertical playgrounds The indefatigable climber Marco Savio introduces Tarzan Wall close to Quero, province of Belluno, northern Italy.

07/11/2014 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven repeats The Nose, Yosemite Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven has successfully repeated The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

30/10/2014 - Alpinism
Combe Maudite, two new ice and mixed climbs by Enrico Bonino & Co On Combe Maudite, in the Mont Blanc massif, two new ice and mixed routes have been climbed, Saumons et Glacons (M5+ WI5 R, 500m, Enrico Bonino, Luca Breveglieri, Olivier Colaye) and An... ice surprise (M7, W15, A1+, III, 350m Enrico...

28/10/2014 - Climbing
Jain Kim and Jakob Schubert win the Lead World Cup 2014 The Lead World Cup 2014 was won on 25 October 2014 at Inzai in Japan, one stage ahead of schedule, by Austria's Jakob Schubert and South Korea's Jain Kim. The stage was won by Adam Ondra and Jain Kim.

22/10/2014 - Climbing
L'ultimo dei selvaggi, new rock climb in Italy's Valsugana Peter Moser reports about the first ascent of L'ultimo dei selvaggi (200m, 7b max) a new rock climb above Palu in Valsugana, Italy.
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