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10/07/2012 - Climbing
James McHaffie conquers the Meltdown in Wales' Dinorwig slate quarries Big news comes from the fresh Dinorwig slate quarries in Wales where British climber James McHaffie has freed an old project which over the years had come to be known as The Meltdown project.
03/07/2012 - Climbing
Dino Lagni climbs 9a at Covolo On 30/06/2012 Italian climber Dino Lagni repeated Attimo 9a at Covolo (Italy).
02/07/2012 - Climbing
Mt Kinabalu, climbing information and photos Information and photos of the latest climbing trip by Yuji Hirayama, Daniel Woods, James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini to Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, Malaysia
29/06/2012 - Climbing
Climbing... no more excuses! At Santa Linya in Spain Ramon Julian Puigblanque repeated Catxasa 9a+ with temperatures up to 39°C, while at Fontainebleau in France 55-year old Jean-Pierre Bouvier freed Fou Rire en aller-retour.
21/06/2012 - Climbing
Paul Robinson repeats King of Limbs 8B/8B+ at Rocklands, South Africa At Rocklands in South Africa the American climber Paul Robinson has made the first repeat of King of Limbs, suggesting 8B/B+ instead of 8B+/C.
25/05/2012 - Alpinism
Großglockner North Face The North Face of Grossglockner: Pallavicinirinne and Mayerlrampe introduced by Vittorio Messini, Mountain Guide Kals am Großglockner.
23/05/2012 - Climbing
Bernd Zangerl frees Normopath and repeats Ragtime At Murgtal in Switzerland Bernd Zangerl has freed the traverse Normopath and also made the first repeat of Ragtime ay Amden. Both boulder problems are graded 8B+.
22/05/2012 - Alpinism
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and David Göttler summit Nuptse On 17 May Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and David Göttler reached the summit of Nuptse (7861m) via the long and difficult North Ridge Scott route. A beautiful and testing climb, far removed from the nearby crowds at Everest.
03/05/2012 - Climbing
Aria, first repeat in Sardinia by Pearson and Ciavaldini Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson have made the first repeat of Aria (8a+, 350m) established by Pietro dal Prà on Punta Plumare, Sardinia.
30/04/2012 - Alpinism
Via Fratelli e Cortelli, new ice climb in the Brenta Dolomites by Franchini brothers On 13/03/2012 Silvestro and Tomas Franchini established Via Fratelli e Cortelli, a new route up Cima Pietragrande in the Brenta Dolomites.
04/04/2012 - Alpinism
Andamento lento, first repeat and winter ascent by Baù and Geremia On 25-26/02/2012 Alessandro Baù and Enrico Geremia carried out the first repeat, and first winter ascent, of the route Andamento Lento in Val Scura (Dolomites), established by Gigi Dal Pozzo, Maurizio Fontana and Venturino De Bona in 1997. The report...
13/03/2012 - Alpinism
Jim Bridwell, his Cerro Torre point of view The thoughts of American alpinist Jim Bridwell about the bolt chopping on the Compressor Route, Cerro Torre, Patagonia
27/02/2012 - Alpinism
Miyar Valley, new climbs by Schaar and Peschel in India In summer 2011 Gerhard Schaar and Ines Peschel visited the Miyar Valley (India) where they established a series of new routes.
21/02/2012 - Alpinism
Don't Die of Ignorance, Greg Boswell video on Ben Nevis The trailer of the first repeat of Don't Die of Ignorance, XI, 11 Ben Nevis carried out by Greg Boswell.
21/02/2012 - Alpinism
Don't Die of Ignorance, Greg Boswell video on Ben Nevis The trailer of the first repeat of Don't Die of Ignorance, XI, 11 Ben Nevis carried out by Greg Boswell.
11/02/2012 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi and the boulder problems Icaro and Scheletri nell'Armadio Videos of Stefano Ghisolfi on the boulder problems Icaro 8A and Scheletri nell'Armadio 8B.
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