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06/07/2018 - Climbing
Adam Ondra onsights 8c+ at Acephale in Canada At Acephale in Canada Adam Ondra has onsighted the 8c+ sports climb First Flight
05/07/2018 - Climbing
Rock climbing in Sardinia: two new crags at Baunei Sport climbing in Sardinia: two new sectors have been developed at Pedra Longa, financed by the Municipality of Baunei and bolted by Maurizio Oviglia and Gianluca Piras.
04/07/2018 - Climbing
Piotr Schab 8c first ascent onsight at Cuenca and Biographie at Céüse One of Poland’s strongest young climbers Piotr Schab has redpointed the 9a+ Biographie at Ceuse in France and made the onsight first ascent of Baby Boy, an 8c sports climb at Cuenca in Spain.
14/06/2018 - Trekking
Val Bondasca paths officially closed after Pizzo Cengalo rockslide For safety reasons all paths in Val Bondasca are officially closed until further notice following the Piz Cengalo rockfall on 23 August 2017.
13/06/2018 - Interviews
Hansjörg Auer to attempt Lupghar Sar West solo Interview with Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer on the eve of his departure for Lupghar Sar West, a 7181m high mountain in the Karakorum, Pakistan which he plans to climb solo.
07/06/2018 - Climbing
New multi-pitch rock climb up Punta Cusidore in Sardinia Between autumn 2017 and spring 2018 Giovanni Manconi and Maurizio Oviglia established Passavamo sulla terra leggeri, a new rock climb on Punta Cusidore, a mountain considered by many as one of the most important 'alpine' peaks in Sardinia.
05/06/2018 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc Aiguille du Midi cable car closed for maintenance The Aiguille du Midi cable car in the Mont Blanc massif is temporarily closed due to unforeseen maintenance. Full operations will resume on Saturday 7 July.
31/05/2018 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Laila Peak first integral ski descent by Carole Chambaret, Tiphaine Duperier and Boris Langenstein French skiers Carole Chambaret, Tiphaine Duperier and Boris Langenstein have made the coveted first ski descent from the summit of Laila Peak (6096m) in the Karakorum, Pakistan. A few days later Italy’s Cala Cimenti and Switzerland’s Matthias Koenig made the...
30/05/2018 - Events
6th Dolorock Climbing Festival / The cross border sport and culture meeting took place in fantastic weather The Dolorock Climbing Festival took place once again during the last weekend of May, from 25 - 27/05, organised by the local climbing club 'Gamatzn'. Special guest of this transborder sports and culture event was David Lama, the main protagonist...
28/05/2018 - Climbing
Angelika Rainer, from drytooling D15 to 8c sports climbing South Tyrolean climber Angelika Rainer reports about her first 8c sports climb, Cinque Uve at Narango (Arco), that comes in the wake of her D15 dry tooling ascent last winter.
22/05/2018 - Alpinism
Climbing video: Stigmata up Heiligkreuzkofel in the Dolomites by Simon Gietl, Andrea Oberbacher The trailer of the new multi-pitch rock climb Stigmata on Heiligkreuzkofel / Sass de la Crusc in the Italian Dolomites, freed in summer of 2017 by Simon Gietl and Andrea Oberbacher.
10/05/2018 - Alpinism
Thomas Bubendorfer climbs new route up Großglockner after Dolomites accident 13 months after his life-threatening accident at Sottoguda in the Dolomites, Austrian mountaineer Thomas Bubendorfer has established a new mixed climb up on the South Face of Grossglockner (3798 m) in Austria. The new route is called Das dritte Leben,...
02/05/2018 - Alpinism
Brette Harrington and Rose Pearson climb Life Compass, big new route in Canada Alpinists Brette Harrington and Rose Pearson have made the first ascent of Life Compass (IV 5.10a M4+ 80°, TD+, 980m of climbing), a big new alpine outing up the West Face of Mount Blane in Canada.
24/04/2018 - Alpinism
Spettacolare new rock climb on Petit Capucin Roi de Siam In September 2017 Czech climbers Vaclav Satava and Lumír Fajkos made the first ascent of Spettacolare, an 8-pitch rock climb up Roi de Siam on Petit Capucin (3693 m), Mont Blanc.
30/03/2018 - Alpinism
Aguja Desconocida, new climb in Patagonia by Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll Siebe Vanhee reports about El Matédor a new climb first ascended with Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll up the East Face of Aguja Desconocida in Patagonia.
28/03/2018 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Couloir Sud Est du Grand Capucin on Mont Blanc skied by Davide Capozzi, Denis Trento Davide Capozzi and Denis Trento completed a rare descent of the Couloir Sud Est du Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif, on snowboard and skis respectively. Capozzi reports.
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