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The Piolet d'Or gets underway in Courmayeur and Chamonix today and 2012 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the world's most famous alpinism award. Four days of international alpinism at the foot of Mont Blanc to discuss, watch and celebrate alpinism...

A brief report about the Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2011 by Aris Theodoropoulos

All five Vertical Sailing Greenland videos are now online documenting the climbing and sailing adventure of Nico Favresse, olivier favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto on Greenland's big walls

Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and olivier favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount...

Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and olivier favresse and Ben Ditto.

The IXX Piolet d'Or will take place from 13 - 16 April 2011 at Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc). Six ascents are in the running for the golden ice axe, while the great British mountaineer Doug Scott will receive the...

Interview with Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse after his three month climbing and sailing trip to Greenland.

From 12 to 22 July Nicolas Favresse, olivier favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto of the Greenland 2010 expedition established The Devil’s Brew (850m) on Seagull wall, Greenland.

On the Red Wall in Greenland Nicolas Favresse and Ben Ditto carried out the first ascent of Seagull’s garden, while olivier favresse and Sean Villanueva established the nearby Red chili cracker.

Climbers Nico and olivier favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto are preparing for three month climbing trip to Greenland to explore huge virgin big walls.

Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stéphane Hanssens and olivier favresse have recently returned from an expedition to Baffin Island where they carried out the first ascents of 3 different routes and attempted to free climb the Bavarian Direct on the South...

Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stéphane Hanssens and olivier favresse have recently returned from an expedition to Baffin Island where they carried out the first ascents of 3 different routes and attempted to free climb the Bavarian route on the South...

This summer a four-man team comprised of the Belgians Sean Villanueva, Nicolas Favresse, his brother olivier favresse and Adam Pustelnik from Poland travelled to Pakistan where they made three impressive big wall first ascents in the Charakusa Valley.

A strong young Belgian team comprised of Nicolas Favresse, olivier favresse, Seán Villanueva, Mike Lecomte and Philippe Ceulemans has made a rare repeat of Riders on the Storm, situated in the Torres del Paine and undoubtedly one of the crown...

Over 400 climbers gathered in Bishop, California at the start of December in a highly successful three-day event designed to raise funds for the American Access Fund.