44 News found

On Saturday, 16/05/2015, the famous American climber Dean Potter and Graham Hunt lost their lives in a wingsuit accident in Yosemite Valley, USA.

The demo reel ‘The Reel Story’ by Camp 4 Collective: Anson Fogel, Tim Kemple and Renan Ozturk.

On 14 January 2015, after 19 days on the wall and years of efforts, American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the historic first free ascent of Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA. Almost 1000m high and with...

Huge progress has been made by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson on their ground-up attempt to free the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite.

From 07/11/2014 to 31/01/2015 you can cast your vote online for the national geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014. Nominees include Tommy Caldwell, Kit DesLauriers, Will Gadd, Wasfia Nazreen and Ueli Steck.

On 29/09/2014 Swedish skier Andreas Fransson and Canadian skier JP Auclair were killed by an avalanche on Monte San Lorenzo in Patagonia, on the border between Chile and Argentina. Both were considered two of the world's premier skiers.

Spanish skyrunning ultrarunner Kilian Jornet Burgada has been named the 2014 national geographic People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year.

American climber Paige Claassen has repeated Ganesh 8b+ at Badami, the most difficult sport climb in India.

Last July Canadians Raphael Slawinski and Ian Welsted made the first ascent of K6 West (7040m) in the Karakorum, Pakistan.

From 14/11/2014 to 31/01/2014 you can cast your vote online for the national geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014. Nominees include Adam Ondra, Kilian Jornet Burgada, Raphael Slawinski and Ian Welsted.

For the first time the geology of the SE face of El Capitan in Yosemite, USA has been analysed. The new map could become instrumental in avoiding accidents and rock fall victims.

Austrian Felix Baumgartner was awarded the national geographic Adventurer of the Year for his historic free fall from space on 14 October 2012.

Dean Potter walks a highline at Cathedral Peak in Yosemite.

From 1/11/2013 to 16/01/2013 you can cast your vote for the national geographic Adventurer of the Year 2013.

Yesterday the national geographic Society awarded the title Explorer of the Year to Austrian alpinist Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. The late Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard was awarded the Hubbard Medal.

Everest Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar have won the national geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2012.