42 News found
21/11/2013 - Environment
Civetta, rock fall on Su Alto in the Dolomites On 16 November 2013 a portion of the NW arête collapsed from Cima Su Alto in the Civetta group, Dolomites.
02/10/2013 - Alpinism
Kapura South, first ascent in Pakistan's Nangma Valley by Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo In early September 2013 the Portugese climbers Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo made the first ascent Kapura South (6350m) in the Nangma Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan, via their route Never Ending Dreams (1300m, M4).
01/10/2013 - Environment
Dolomites: large rockfall on Cadin del Laudo, Sorapiss group, Dolomites Last night at around 23:00 a large rockfall affected the Cadin del Laudo, Sorapiss group, Dolomites.
21/06/2013 - Climbing
A granite map of El Capitan 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.
04/03/2013 - Alpinism
Torre Egger West Face, first ascent by Della Bordella and Schiera On Saturday 2 March 2013, Matteo della Bordella and Luca Schiera made the first ascent of a new route which, for the first time ever, breaches the West Face of Torre Egger (Cerro Torre massif, Patagonia).
01/03/2013 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer - thoughts about climbing in Patagonia The thoughts about alpinism in Patagonia by Hansjörg Auer who this season, apart from establishing a new route up Aguja Guillaumet with Mario Walder, suddenly had to battle hard against the infamous Patagonian storms.
03/09/2012 - Alpinism
Bulgarians climb new 5000m peaks in Pakistan’s Khane Valley In August 2012 a Bulgarian expedition comprised of Doychin Boyanov, Tervel Kerelov, Michail Michailov and Nikolay Petkov made the first ascents of Levski Peak (5733m) and Grey Tower (5435m) in the Khane Valley, Pakistan.
24/07/2012 - Alpinism
Pizzo Badile, first solo of Memento Mori by Rossano Libera On 17 and 18 July Italian alpinist and mountain guide Rossano Libera made the first solo ascent and second repeat of the Direttissima Memento Mori route up the NE Face of Pizzo Badile. A route and ascent which many define...
25/05/2012 - Alpinism
Großglockner North Face The North Face of Grossglockner: Pallavicinirinne and Mayerlrampe introduced by Vittorio Messini, Mountain Guide Kals am Großglockner.
03/04/2012 - Alpinism
Gran Sasso, Di Donato and Lemaire and the winter ascent of Il nagual e la farfalla From 14 to 16 March 2012 the Italian climbers Andrea Di Donato and Bertrand Lemaire made the second winter ascent of the route Il nagual e la farfalla up Gran Sasso, Central Italy. The report about this outstanding ascent by...
27/01/2012 - Alpinism
Alice in Wonderland, new route on Presanella On 21 January 2012 the Italians Francesco Salvaterra, Marco Fedrizzi and Luca Tamburini established Alice in Wonderland (550m,TD M5+/A0), up the East Face of Presanella (3558m), Italy.
21/12/2011 - Climbing
Sass Maor, East Face rock fall in the Dolomites A section at the base of the East Face of Sass Maor has collapsed in the Pale di San Martino range in the Dolomites.
10/10/2011 - Alpinism
Greenland: 10 new climbs by Swiss-Bavarian expedition to Quvnerit Island In August 2011 a Swiss Bavarian expediton comprised of Caroline Morel, Andres Lietha, Michi Wyser, Tom Holzhauser, Michi Tresch and Toni Lamprecht established 10 new routes on Quvnerit Island in Greenland.
12/09/2011 - Alpinism
Le Drus, new rockfall Last Saturday and Sunday several enormous rockfalls fell from the Drus (Mont Blanc).
10/06/2011 - Climbing
Rockfall on Half Dome in Yosemite Video of rockfall off Half Dome, Yosemite, USA, which took place on 27/05/2011 and thankfully injured no one.
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