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![Iker Pou at Margalef frees Artaburu, his hardest climb ever](/uploads/img/3/56152.jpg)
19/12/2018 - Climbing
Iker Pou at Margalef frees Artaburu, his hardest climb ever At Margalef in Spain, Basque climber Iker Pou has made the first ascent of Artaburu, his hardest sport climb to date.
![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...
![Baffin Island, Ragni return after new routes](/uploads/img/3/38595.jpg)
26/07/2016 - Alpinism
Baffin Island, Ragni return after new routes More news from the Italian-Belgian team comprised of Matteo Della Bordella, Matteo De Zaiacomo, Luca Schiera, Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva currently climbing on Baffin Island. The climbers have forged a further two new routes in Stewart valley and the...
![Uli Biaho new Trango climb by the Ragni di Lecco](/uploads/img/3/19099.jpg)
22/07/2013 - Alpinism
Uli Biaho new Trango climb by the Ragni di Lecco Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Schiera and Silvan Schüpbach have safely reached Base Camp after having forged a new route up the West Face of Uli Biaho (6109m), Trango, Pakistan.
![Piolets d'Or 2013, the nominations for the 21st edition](/uploads/img/3/16526.jpg)
11/03/2013 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2013, the nominations for the 21st edition They come from France, Britain, Russia, the United States and Japan and all made beautiful and difficult climb up highest mountains in the world: the candidates for the 21st edition of the Piolet d'Or, the most prestigious international mountaineering award...
![Alpinism and climbing in 2012 - part 2](/uploads/img/3/12718.jpg)
07/01/2013 - Alpinism
Alpinism and climbing in 2012 - part 2 Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.
![Trango Tower, the Eternal Flame video trailer climbed by Lama, Ortner and Rich](/uploads/img/3/14131.jpg)
03/10/2012 - Alpinism
Trango Tower, the eternal flame video trailer climbed by Lama, Ortner and Rich The video of the Trango Towers and the ascent carried out by David Lama, Peter Ortner and Corey Rich of the route eternal flame, Nameless Tower (6251m), Trango Towers, Karakorum.
![Trango Tower, Eternal Flame for Lama, Ortner and Rich](/uploads/img/3/3834.jpg)
31/07/2012 - Alpinism
Trango Tower, eternal flame for Lama, Ortner and Rich On 30 July at 16:00 David Lama, Peter Ortner and Corey Rich reached the summit of Trango Tower in the Karakorum via the route eternal flame.
![Valery Rozov and the B.A.S.E. jump off Shivling in Himalaya](/uploads/img/3/12406.jpg)
08/06/2012 - Alpinism
Valery Rozov and the B.A.S.E. jump off Shivling in Himalaya On 25 May 2012 Valery Rozov from Russia made the highest BASE Jump in the world by leaping from 6420m just below the summit of Shivling in the Himalaya.
![Iker Pou, new routes at Margalef and Ilarduia](/uploads/img/3/10892.jpg)
27/02/2012 - Climbing
Iker Pou, new routes at Margalef and Ilarduia Iker Pou has freed Enemigo Público Nº1 8c+/9a) at the Spanish crag Margalef, while at Ilarduia he has freed Harroputza 9a.
![No Fear, new Russian route on Trango Nameless Tower](/uploads/img/3/9138.jpg)
16/09/2011 - Alpinism
No Fear, new Russian route on Trango Nameless Tower In August 2011 a Russian expedition established No Fear (6b+, A3, 1120m) up Nameless Tower, Trango group, Karakorum
![Ulina smer, major new route on Triglav](/uploads/img/3/8762.jpg)
10/08/2011 - Alpinism
Ulina smer, major new route on Triglav Tomaz Jakofcic and Tina Di Batista have established Ulina smer (IX, 1000m), a major new route up the North Face of Triglav, Slovenia.
![Francek Knez and Silvo Karo, Slovenian Order of Merit for alpinism](/uploads/img/3/6737.jpg)
18/01/2011 - Events
Francek Knez and Silvo Karo, Slovenian Order of Merit for alpinism On 22 December 2010 the Slovenian alpinists Francek Knez and Silvo Karo were awarded the Order of Merit by Slovenia's President Dr. Danilo Tuerk. This high state decoration was confirmed on the pair for "their achievements in Slovenian mountain climbing...
![Kurt Albert is dead. Goodbye to a climbing legend](/uploads/img/3/5856.jpg)
29/09/2010 - Climbing
Kurt Albert is dead. Goodbye to a climbing legend German climbing legend Kurt Albert died yesterday at 20.45 aged 56 following the accident last Sunday on a via ferrata in Bavaria, Germany on Sunday.
![Iker Pou climbing interview](/uploads/img/3/4679.jpg)
26/02/2010 - Interviews
Iker Pou climbing interview Iker Pou from Spain is one of the world's most talented rock climbers, with cutting-edge climbs spanning from 9a+ at the crag to 8a at 6000 meters. In this interview he shares his climbing thoughts after his repeat of Demencia...
![Wenden: Andreas and Neumärker climb Zahir+ 8c](/uploads/img/3/4042.jpg)
30/10/2009 - Climbing
Wenden: Andreas and Neumärker climb Zahir+ 8c Jörg Andreas and Felix Neumärker from Germany carried out the first repeat of Zahir on the Wendenstöcke in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, extending a pitch and upgrading it to 8c.
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