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Melloblocco: a great success!
11/05/2004 - Competitions
Melloblocco: a great success!
On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May, over 300 boulderers met up in the Italian Val di Mello and took part in the two-day international Bouldering event, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides.
Russians to attempt North Face of Jannu
17/03/2004 - Alpinism
Russians to attempt North Face of Jannu
Alexander Odintsov and his Russian expedition members will attempt to climb the imposing North Face of Jannu 7710m this spring
Larcher, Oviglia, Paissan rock Morocco
11/11/2003 - Climbing
Larcher, Oviglia, Paissan rock Morocco
From 6 - 27 October 2003 the Italian climbers Rolando Larcher, Michele Paissan and Maurizio Oviglia established Sul filo della notte (7c+ max; 7b obl) in the Taghia gorge, High Atlas, Morocco.
Jannu and Nuptse, the Russian expeditions
21/10/2003 - Alpinism
Jannu and Nuptse, the Russian expeditions
Latest news from the Himalaya. the Russian Jannu expedition has abandoned its attempt, while Valery Babanov and Yury Koshelenko are currently going for their summit push
Big Wall Speed Climbing, Paklenica
23/04/2003 - Competitions
big wall Speed Climbing, Paklenica
At the end of April the Croatian Paklenica National Park, famed for its natural beauty and, amongst climbers, for its compact Verdon-like limestone, will host the fourth edition of the “big wall Speed Climbing”.
21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Kenya by Slovenians
14/02/2003 - Alpinism
21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Kenya by Slovenians
At the start of January a young Slovenian expedition established 'Story about dancing dogs', a new 21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Northern Kenya.
Lynn Hill
02/10/2002 - Interviews
Lynn Hill
Interview with Lynn Hill, a world-class sport climbing symbol. Her legendary one-day free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in 1994 Yosemite and her entire vertical world as seen by Lynn herself
Salathé: Caldwell free climbs Yosemite classic in a day
23/08/2002 - Climbing
Salathé: Caldwell free climbs Yosemite classic in a day
Tommy Caldwell becomes the first person to free climb the Salathé, Yoesemite, in a day
Big Wall Speed Climbing, Paklenica 2002
12/04/2002 - Competitions
big wall Speed Climbing, Paklenica 2002
The 3rd International Alpinistic Meeting will take place in Paklenica, Croatia from 26-28 April 2002
“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz & Co
16/01/2002 - Climbing
“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz & Co
“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz and Co on El Gigante, Mexico
El Gigante big wall, Mexico
14/11/2001 - Climbing
El Gigante big wall, Mexico
Last week Stefan Glowacz, Kurt Albert, Holger Heuber, Gunda Frühwald and the photographer Klaus Fengler set off to Mexico to climb the 1000m big wall El Gigante
Alexander Huber finds and frees El Corazon on El Capitan
12/11/2001 - Climbing
Alexander Huber finds and frees El Corazon on El Capitan
The German Alexander Huber finds and frees El Corazon 5.13b on El Capitan, Yosemite, America
End of silence send by Stefan Glowacz
06/09/2001 - Climbing
End of silence send by Stefan Glowacz
After just five days preparation the German Stefan Glowacz successfully redpointed "End of silence" on his first attempt. With this repeat Glowacz has become the first person to complete the Alpine Trilogy comprised of three alpine multi-pitches first ascended in...
Larcher and Vigiani on the Marmolada
29/08/2001 - Climbing
Larcher and Vigiani on the Marmolada
On 12/08/01 Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani redpointed their project of the SW Face of the Marmolada.
Rock climbing in Yosemite - 5 Super Classics
27/08/2001 - Alpinism
Rock climbing in Yosemite - 5 Super Classics
Chris McNamara recommends five super classic rock climbs in Yosemite Valley, California, USA.
The West Face, Leaning Tower
27/06/2001 - Climbing
The West Face, Leaning Tower
On 16/06/01 Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles freed 9 out of 10 pitches of "The West Face" on the Leaning Tower, Yosemite.