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25/04/2022 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Vivian Bruchez skis Punta Baretti in Mont Blanc massif On 20 April 2022 French alpinist Vivian Bruchez skied a probable new line up from Punta Baretti (4013m) on the Brouillard ridge in the Mont Blanc massif.
04/04/2022 - Alpinism
Goulotte Desperados climbed on Tour Ronde, Mont Blanc, by Niccolò Bruni, Gianluca Marra The report by courmayeur mountain guide Gianluca Marra who, with his colleague Niccolò Bruni, has established Goulotte Desperados, a new mixed climb on that climbs the Col Occidental de la Tour Ronde in the Mont Blanc massif.
22/02/2022 - Alpinism
New routes on Becca Salé (Valtournenche) and Pointe Adolphe Rey (Mont Blanc) by Cazzanelli, Perruquet, Ratti On 09/02/2022 François Cazzanelli, Jerome Perruquet and Francesco Ratti made the first ascent of Su Per Cignana on Becca Salé in Valtournenche, Italy, while on 10/02/2022 Cazzanelli and Perruquet made the first ascent of Impulso Geniale on Pointe Adolphe Rey...
10/02/2022 - Alpinism
Line van den Berg and Fay Manners make first female ascent of Phantom Direct on Grandes Jorasses On the 26th of January 2022 Line van den Berg from the Netherlands and Fay Manners from Great Britain have made the first female ascent of 'Phantom Direct', also referred to as 'Via in memoria di Gianni Comino', established in...
20/01/2022 - Alpinism
Charles Dubouloz completes first solo of Grandes Jorasses Rolling Stones, in winter From 13 to 18 January 2022, French alpinist Charles Dubouloz completed the first solo ascent of the famous mixed climb Rolling Stones on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif.
16/12/2021 - Climbing
Luca and Martina Blanchet win Tiro Lead 2021 in Val Sapin, Valle d’Aosta, Italy The Aosta Valley Climbing Club has announced that the siblings from courmayeur Luca and Martina Blanchet have won the Tiro Leader 2021 competition. The event at the crag La città di Uruk crag in Val Sapin, Italy, involved freeing two...
03/12/2021 - Alpinism
New icefall in Val Veny (Mont Blanc) climbed by Massimo Datrino, Gianluca Marra On 01/12/2021 courmayeur mountain guides Massimo Datrino and Gianluca Marra climbed Cascata del Monzino in Val Veny in the Mont Blanc massif. This drip has probably never been climbed before.
24/11/2021 - Alpinism
Cascata Major on Mont Blanc East Face climbed by Francesco Civra Dano, Giuseppe Vidoni On the east face of Mont Blanc Giuseppe Vidoni and Francesco Civra Dano have climbed an icefall that had never been ascended before. Described as 'a real icefall at 4000m, about 200 meters high in the middle of the Brenva...
13/09/2021 - Climbing
Città di Uruk in Val Sapin, climbing at the historic crag above courmayeur in Italy Città di Uruk is a historic crag located in Val Sapin above courmayeur in Italy. With over 30 climbs of all grades, this is reputed to be the best cliff in the entire Aosta Valley. This year the crag hosts...
18/08/2021 - Interviews
Tiro Leader in Val Sapin above courmayeur, Italy / Alberto Gnerro & Federica Mingolla interview Interview with Alberto Gnerro and Federica Mingolla, the two ‘judges’ of the Tiro Leader Climbing Challenge in Val Sapin above courmayeur in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Until October two climbs, one for men and one for women, at the historic crag...
23/07/2021 - Alpinism
Nicola Castagna, Gabriel Perenzoni complete the 82 x 4000m peaks of the Alps in 80 days Italian alpinists Nicola Castagna and Gabriel Perenzoni have managed to climb all 82 peaks over 4,000 meters in the Alps. The trainee mountain guides set off on 4 May and required 80 days to complete the climbs.
28/06/2021 - Climbing
Watch Marco Sappa climb Greenspit in Valle dell'Orco, Italy The video of Marco Sappa climbing Greenspit, the difficult roof crack freed by Didier Berthod in Valle Orco, Italy, in 2005.
06/06/2021 - Climbing
Val Sapin Tiro Leader climbing challenge above courmayeur in Valle d’Aosta This summer and autumn the picturesque Val Sapin above courmayeur in Italy’s Aosta Valley hosts the third edition of Tiro Leader, a climbing challenge to free two difficult sport climbs at the historic crag La città di Uruk. The first...
13/05/2021 - Events
Reinhold Messner and Diane, Gioachino and Betta Gobbi, two weddings and an ode to life While Reinhold Messner and Diane Schumacher have announced their wedding, the historic owners of Grivel, Betta and Gioachino Gobbi, got married on May 8 2021.
11/03/2021 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Paul Bonhomme, Vivian Bruchez ski new line on Tête Carrée in Mont Blanc massif On 10/03/2021 Frenchmen Paul Bonhomme and Vivian Bruchez skied the SE Face of Tête Carrée in the Mont Blanc massif. Called La Testa tra le stelle, the line is likely to be the first ski descent of this face.
07/12/2020 - Alpinism
Goodbye Doug Scott British mountaineer Doug Scott passed away today. Aged 79, he was recognised as one of the greatest mountaineers of all times.
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