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![Latok I, the Alexander Gukov climbing report](/uploads/img/3/53986.jpg)
28/08/2018 - Alpinism
Latok I, the Alexander Gukov climbing report New details have emerged in English about the ill-fated Russian expedition to Latok I that resulted in the death of Sergey Glazunov and the dramatic rescue of his climbing partner Alexander Gukov. In this report Gukov believes they reached the...
![Martin and Florian Riegler liberate The Flying Penguin in Canada's Bugaboos](/uploads/img/3/53556.jpg)
03/08/2018 - Alpinism
Martin and Florian Riegler liberate The Flying Penguin in Canada's Bugaboos On 16/07/2018 the Florian and Martin Riegler made the first free ascent The Flying Penguin, the 300m crack climb they established in 2009 up the South Face of Pigeon Feathers.
![Eneko and Iker Pou add difficult new climb to Pico Cão Grande, Sao Tomé](/uploads/img/3/53423.jpg)
24/07/2018 - Climbing
Eneko and Iker Pou add difficult new climb to Pico Cão Grande, Sao Tomé On the island of São Tomé in Africa the Spanish brothers Iker and Eneko Pou teamed up with Manu Ponce and Jordi Canyi to establish 'Leve Leve’, a 450 m multi-pitch graded 8b+.
![Before and after the Mariacher](/uploads/img/3/52053.jpg)
02/07/2018 - Climbing
Before and after the Mariacher 90 years La Sportiva. The Mariacher, the violet climbing shoes by La Sportiva that represent an unconditional point of reference in the history of climbing. Not only sport climbing
![Caroline Ciavaldini climbing The Quarryman in Wales](/uploads/img/3/51751.jpg)
26/04/2018 - Climbing
Caroline Ciavaldini climbing The Quarryman in Wales A short clip of France’s Caroline Ciavaldini climbing The Quarryman in the Llanberris slate quarries in North Wales.
![Caroline Ciavaldini makes first female ascent of The Quarryman in Wales](/uploads/img/3/51750.jpg)
15/04/2018 - Climbing
Caroline Ciavaldini makes first female ascent of The Quarryman in Wales France's Caroline Ciavaldini has made the long-awaited first female ascent of The Quarryman in the slate quarries above Llanberris in North Wales. First ascended by Johnny Dawes back in 1986, this climb is one of the most famous multi-pitch rock...
![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...
![New King Line in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif by Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller](/uploads/img/3/48002.jpg)
04/10/2017 - Alpinism
New King Line in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif by Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller In September 2017 Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller made the first ascent of Lalan’i Mpanjaka (8a+, 600m) up Tsaranoro Be, Tsaranoro massif, Madagascar.
![Margo Hayes first female ascent of Biographie 9a+ at Céüse](/uploads/img/3/47815.jpg)
25/09/2017 - Climbing
Margo Hayes first female ascent of Biographie 9a+ at Céüse Sport climbing: on 24 September 2017 Margo Hayes repeated Biographie 9a+ at Ceuse in France. In doing so the American has made the first female ascent of this mega climb freed by Chris Sharma in 2001.
![Cima Scotoni Dolomites Direttissima climbed by Nicola Tondini](/uploads/img/3/45661.jpg)
20/07/2017 - Alpinism
Cima Scotoni Dolomites Direttissima climbed by Nicola Tondini The report by XMountain mountain guide Nicola Tondini about his first ascent of ‘Non abbiate paura di sognare’ up the SW Face of Cima Scotoni in the Italian dolomites. Established with different partners the route tackles difficulties up to X...
![Old Boy, difficult new mixed climb at Cogne by Mauro Mabboni and Patrick Gasperini](/uploads/img/3/43637.jpg)
28/02/2017 - Alpinism
Old Boy, difficult new mixed climb at Cogne by Mauro Mabboni and Patrick Gasperini On 16 and 17 February 2017 Mauro Mabboni and Patrick Gasperini made the first ascent of Old Boy, a difficult new mixed climb above Lillaz close to Cogne in Valle d’Aosta, Italy.
![Cerro Murallón, Patagonia, alpinism and a story of former times: the East Face first ascent by Bacci, Bernasconi and Della Bordella](/uploads/img/3/43473.jpg)
16/02/2017 - Alpinism
Cerro Murallón, Patagonia, alpinism and a story of former times: the East Face first ascent by Bacci, Bernasconi and Della Bordella The alpinism and adventure up 'El Valor del Miedo’ (1000m, 90°, M6+, A2), the new mixed route established by the Ragni di Lecco climbers David Bacci, Matteo Bernasconi and Matteo Della Bordella who finally resolved the long-standing problem of the...
![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.
![James Pearson climbing The Quarryman in North Wales](/uploads/img/3/42859.jpg)
22/01/2017 - Climbing
James Pearson climbing The Quarryman in North Wales The video by Neil Hart of James Pearson climbing The Quarryman in the Llanberis slate quarries in North Wales.
![Ray Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag](/uploads/img/3/41176.jpg)
07/11/2016 - Climbing
Ray Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag Maurizio Oviglia recalls the invention of the Friend, the revolutionary camming device invented in the 1970s by the America’s Ray Jardine. A fun story that retraces an important moment in the history of rock climbing.
![Nalle Hukkataival climbs Burden of Dreams and proposes world’s first 9A boulder problem](/uploads/img/3/41066.jpg)
24/10/2016 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival climbs Burden of Dreams and proposes world’s first 9A boulder problem Finnish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of Burden of Dreams, his project at Lappnor in Finland, for which he has now suggested 9A. Should the grade be confirmed, this would be the first boulder problem to...
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