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![The Millennium Arch climbed in Canyonlands by Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker](/uploads/img/3/40732.jpg)
17/10/2016 - Climbing
The Millennium Arch climbed in Canyonlands by Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have made the first ascent of The Millennium Arch, a circa 100m roof crack at Canyonlands, USA they have now graded 5.14.
![Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece](/uploads/img/3/39844.jpg)
14/09/2016 - Climbing
Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece Action Directe was established by Wolfgang Güllich on 14 September 1991 at Waldkopf in Germany's Frankenjura. The route set new new standards in sport climbing and now, precisely twenty-five years after the first ascent, Planetmountain.com takes a step back in...
![Only one climbing God: the grade!](/uploads/img/3/38161.jpg)
14/07/2016 - Climbing
Only one climbing God: the grade! Motivated by debates on facebook, the Italian climber and photographer Riky Felderer shares his point of view about an issue that knows no end: climbing grades.
![Sachi Amma, Yuji Hirayama and Adam Ondra at Flatanger](/uploads/img/3/38256.jpg)
07/07/2016 - Climbing
Sachi Amma, Yuji Hirayama and Adam Ondra at Flatanger At Flatanger - Hanshellern in Norway Sachi Amma has repeated Thor’s Hammer 9a+, while Yuji Hirayama has redpointed Odin’s Eye 8c+ and Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of Right of Passage, 9a.
![Adam Ondra, Yuji Hirayama, Sachi Amma, Klemen Becan, hot climbing action at Flatanger and Oliana](/uploads/img/3/37978.jpg)
23/06/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Yuji Hirayama, Sachi Amma, Klemen Becan, hot climbing action at Flatanger and Oliana Sport climbing news: on 16/06/2016 at Flatanger in Norway Adam Ondra made the first ascent of the 9a+ climb 120 Degrees. And while the talented Japanese Yuji Hirayama and Sachi Amma have now reached this cave, at Oliana in Spain...
![Horror Vacui, new multi-pitch rock climb up Monte Cimo by Rolando Larcher](/uploads/img/3/37783.jpg)
17/06/2016 - Climbing
Horror Vacui, new multi-pitch rock climb up Monte Cimo by Rolando Larcher Rolando Larcher together with a series of different climbing partners has made the first ascent of Horror Vacui (8b+ max, 7b+ obl.) a new multi-pitch rock climb up the Scoglio dei Ciclopi face on Monte Cimo (Val d'Adige, Italy). As...
![Stefano Carnati climbs Action Directe in the Frankenjura](/uploads/img/3/37776.jpg)
15/06/2016 - Climbing
Stefano Carnati climbs Action Directe in the Frankenjura 18 year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has repeated Action Directe, the legendary 9a sport climb established by Wolfgang Güllich in Germany’s Frankenjura in 1991.
![Colin Haley makes first solo ascent of the Infinite Spur on Sultana - Mt. Foraker in Alaska](/uploads/img/3/37559.jpg)
07/06/2016 - Alpinism
Colin Haley makes first solo ascent of the Infinite Spur on Sultana - Mt. Foraker in Alaska American alpinist Colin Haley has made the first solo ascent the Infinite Spur on Sultana - Mt. Foraker in Alaska. While the ascent required just 12 hours 29 minutes from the Bergschrund to the summit, the descent proved a harrowing...
![James McHaffie climbs new Dinas Cromlech desperate](/uploads/img/3/36531.jpg)
02/05/2016 - Climbing
James McHaffie climbs new Dinas Cromlech desperate British rock climber James McHaffie has made the first ascent of House of Talons, an E9 6c on Dinas Cromlech, Llanberis Pass, Wales.
![Grande Rocheuse Voie Originale, first ski and snowboard descent by Capozzi, Galli, Herry and Trento](/uploads/img/3/35857.jpg)
17/03/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Grande Rocheuse Voie Originale, first ski and snowboard descent by Capozzi, Galli, Herry and Trento Julien Herry reports about the first ski and snowboard descent of the Voie Originale down the South Face of Grande Rocheuse (4102m) in the Mont Blanc massif, carried out together with Davide Capozzi, Lambert Galli and Denis Trento.
![New El Diente climb at Monterrey in Mexico](/uploads/img/3/34898.jpg)
02/02/2016 - Climbing
New El Diente climb at Monterrey in Mexico From 2 - 21 December 2015 Octavio Aragon, Sergio Almada Berreta and Gareth Leah made the first ascent of El Son del Viento (5.12d, 420m) a new sports climb up the North Face of El Diente, Parque Nacional Cumbres de...
![Never the Same, first free ascent on Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar by Polo, Gorobey and Giuliberti](/uploads/img/3/34096.jpg)
17/12/2015 - Climbing
Never the Same, first free ascent on Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar by Polo, Gorobey and Giuliberti Andrea Polo, Gabriele Gorobey and Carlo Giuliberti retrace this September’s first free ascent of Never the Same up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar. The three were accompanied by Marco Sterni who, in 1998, had made the first ascent of this multi-pitch...
![Gabriele Moroni claims Maestri di Vita at Metanodotto](/uploads/img/3/33932.jpg)
11/12/2015 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni claims Maestri di Vita at Metanodotto Italian rock climber Gabriele Moroni has made the first ascent of Maestri di Vita, Life Masters, a difficult and dangerous trad climb at Metanodotto in the Aosta Valley.
![Jimmy Chin: adventure in a photograph](/uploads/img/3/12799.jpg)
11/12/2015 - Interviews
Jimmy Chin: adventure in a photograph Interview with American alpinist, photographer and filmmaker Jimmy Chin. By Alessandra Raggio
![One Day as a Tiger. The story of Alex MacIntyre by John Porter](/uploads/img/3/33666.jpg)
19/11/2015 - Alpinism
One Day as a Tiger. The story of Alex MacIntyre by John Porter Mountaineering and literature: Italian alpinist Ivo Ferrari recommends the book "One Day as a Tiger. Alex MacIntyre and the birth of light and fast alpinism".
![Gerhard Fiegl perishes on Nilgiri South in the Himalaya](/uploads/img/3/33347.jpg)
05/11/2015 - Alpinism
Gerhard Fiegl perishes on Nilgiri South in the Himalaya On 25 October Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Blümel and Gerhard Fiegl reached the summit of Nilgiri South, the difficult 6839m mountain in the Annapurna massif (Nepal), having climbed the virgin South Face. The day after summiting the Austrian expedition transformed into...
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