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![Connor Herson, 15, free climbs The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/55703.jpg)
21/11/2018 - Climbing
Connor Herson, 15, free climbs The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Connor Herson has made a free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite. Climbing with his father Jim Herson over a three-day period, Connor is one of the few climbers to achieve this feat. Aged only 15, he...
![Keita Kurakami climbs The Nose on El Capitan free and rope solo](/uploads/img/3/55695.jpg)
20/11/2018 - Climbing
Keita Kurakami climbs The Nose on El Capitan free and rope solo Climbing solo and self-belayed for five days, Japan’s Keita Kurakami has repeated The Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite, USA). This is the first time that the route freed in 1993 by Lynn Hill has been climbed rope solo all free....
![Sébastien Bouin repeats Agincourt at Buoux, France’s historic first 8c](/uploads/img/3/55693.jpg)
20/11/2018 - Climbing
Sébastien Bouin repeats Agincourt at Buoux, France’s historic first 8c At Buoux Sébastien Bouin has repeated Agincourt, France’s first 8c sports climb freed by Ben Moon in 1989.
![Alessandro Zeni frees his Cosmic Energy, a possible 9a+ at Bilico, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/55691.jpg)
19/11/2018 - Climbing
Alessandro Zeni frees his Cosmic Energy, a possible 9a+ at Bilico, Dolomites At the crag Bilico (Primiero, Dolomites) Alessandro Zeni has made the first ascent of Energia Cosmica, Cosmic Energy, a sports climb the 27-year-old has now tentatively graded 9a+.
![Stefan Scarperi does Action Directe in Frankenjura](/uploads/img/3/55536.jpg)
13/11/2018 - Climbing
Stefan Scarperi does Action Directe in Frankenjura On 2 November 2018 Stefan Scarperi repeated Action Directe 9a in Frankenjura. He is the third Italian to repeat the legendary route established by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991 after Gabriele Moroni and Stefano Carnati.
![Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini forge new mixed climb up Mt Prijakt in Austria](/uploads/img/3/55534.jpg)
12/11/2018 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini forge new mixed climb up Mt Prijakt in Austria Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini have made the first ascent of Sintflut, Deluge, a new ice and mixed climb up the north face of Mount Prijakt in Austria. Messini reports.
![Adam Ondra onsights Just Do It at Smith Rock, America’s first 8c+](/uploads/img/3/55511.jpg)
12/11/2018 - Climbing
Adam Ondra onsights Just Do It at Smith Rock, America’s first 8c+ Czech climber Adam Ondra has made an onsight ascent of Just Do It, the first 5.14c (8c+) in the USA located at Smith Rock, freed by French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout in 1992.
![Carlo Traversi repeats Meltdown, the Beth Rodden masterpiece in Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/55500.jpg)
09/11/2018 - Climbing
Carlo Traversi repeats Meltdown, the Beth Rodden masterpiece in Yosemite American climber Carlo Traversi has made the first repeat of Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite, first ascended in 2008 by Beth Rodden.
![Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven tick Tainted Love at Squamish in Canada](/uploads/img/3/55459.jpg)
06/11/2018 - Climbing
Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven tick Tainted Love at Squamish in Canada Austria's Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven from the Netherlands have both repeated Tainted Love, the 5.13d crack climb located on The Chief above Squamish, Canada freed by Hazel Findlay in 2017.
![Adam Ondra almost onsights Salathé Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/55420.jpg)
05/11/2018 - Climbing
Adam Ondra almost onsights Salathé Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite Czech rock climber Adam Ondra has attempted but only just failed to onsight the Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.
![Daniel Woods resolves his Box Therapy 8C+ in Rocky Mountains](/uploads/img/3/55393.jpg)
01/11/2018 - Climbing
Daniel Woods resolves his Box Therapy 8C+ in Rocky Mountains American climber Daniel Woods has made the first ascent of Box Therapy, an 8C+ boulder problem in the Rocky Mountain National Park, USA.
![Virgin Himalayan 6000er climbed by Austrian dream team](/uploads/img/3/54642.jpg)
07/10/2018 - Alpinism
Virgin Himalayan 6000er climbed by Austrian dream team Alpinists Hansjörg Auer, Max Berger, Much Mayr and Guido Unterwurzacher from Austria have made a three-day alpine style ascent of a previously unclimbed 6050m peak in the Kinnaur district in the Indian Himalaya.
![Lhotse first ski descent carried out by Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison](/uploads/img/3/54632.jpg)
06/10/2018 - Alpinism
Lhotse first ski descent carried out by Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison The Americans Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison have carried out the first integral ski descent of Lhotse (8516m) in the Himalaya, skiing directly off the summit down to Camp 2 at 6400 meters.
![El Capitan Freerider: Alexander Huber Yosemite masterpiece celebrates 20th anniversary](/uploads/img/3/27183.jpg)
05/10/2018 - Interviews
El Capitan Freerider: Alexander Huber Yosemite masterpiece celebrates 20th anniversary Interview with German climber Alexander Huber 20 years after the first free ascent of Freerider, the famous big wall on El Capitan in Yosemite.
![Wenden: Matteo Della Bordella completes Kaspar Ochsner and Ueli Steck climb](/uploads/img/3/54563.jpg)
03/10/2018 - Alpinism
Wenden: Matteo Della Bordella completes Kaspar Ochsner and Ueli Steck climb On Reissend Nollen in Switzerland’s Wendenstöcke Matteo Della Bordella, accompanied by Silvan Schüpbach, has made the first free ascent of 'Polenta con farina degli altri', a multi-pitch alpine climb that was started by Kaspar Ochsner and Ueli Steck. Della Bordella...
![Adam Ondra in Bosnia frees High Line, one of best first ascents ever](/uploads/img/3/54515.jpg)
29/09/2018 - Climbing
Adam Ondra in Bosnia frees High Line, one of best first ascents ever Czech climber Adam Ondra has freed the High Line at Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Graded 9a+, the 25-year-old has described this as called it 'one of my best first ascents ever'.
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