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Mount Everest Centenary Exhibition launched by Alpine Club in London
24/06/2021 - Events
Mount Everest Centenary Exhibition launched by Alpine Club in London
The Alpine Club has opened its landmark exhibition 'Everest: By Those Who Were There' to the public. The exhibition commemorates 100 years since the first expedition to Mount Everest in 1921, and explores, in intimate detail, the three Alpine Club...
Andrea Lanfri climbs Gran Sasso d’Italia during From Coast to Coast project
22/06/2021 - Alpinism
Andrea Lanfri climbs Gran Sasso d’Italia during From Coast to Coast project
Italian paralympic athlete Andrea Lanfri reports about his From Coast to Coast project he carried out on Sunday 13 June, during which he climbed to the summit of Gran Sasso d’Italia. He started at Montesilvano on the Adriatic coast and...
Sébastien Berthe, Siebe Vanhee repeat Fly on Staldenfluh in Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland
21/06/2021 - Climbing
Sébastien Berthe, Siebe Vanhee repeat Fly on Staldenfluh in Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland
Belgian rock climbers Sébastien Berthe and Siebe Vanhee have made a ground-up free ascent of the 20-pitch (550m) test-piece ‘Fly on the Staldenfluh in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland.
David Göttler climbs Peña Vieja in Picos de Europa with 81-year-old father
18/06/2021 - Alpinism
David Göttler climbs Peña Vieja in Picos de Europa with 81-year-old father
German alpinist David Göttler has climbed Peña Vieja (2613m) in the Picos de Europa massif in Spain via the route El Espolon de los Franceses. 17 pitches followed by a long and exposed ridge, with his 81-year-old father.
Symon Welfringer delights in Delicatessen, Ro.Ma and other Corsica classics
16/06/2021 - Climbing
Symon Welfringer delights in Delicatessen, Ro.Ma and other Corsica classics
French alpinist Symon Welfringer has repeated numerous hard multi-pitch rock climbs in the Bavella massif of Corsica, including single-day ascents of Delicatessen, Ro.Ma, Parfum de Violence and La Baraka.
Bronwyn Hodgins repeats Golden Gate on El Capitan in Yosemite
11/06/2021 - Interviews
Bronwyn Hodgins repeats Golden Gate on El Capitan in Yosemite
Interview with 28-year-old Canadian rock climber Bronwyn Hodgins who this spring made a free ascent of the 5.13a big wall Golden Gate on El Capitan in Yosemite.
James Taylor liberates Prisoners of the Sun at Anglesey in North Wales
10/06/2021 - Climbing
James Taylor liberates Prisoners of the Sun at Anglesey in North Wales
British rock climber James Taylor has made the first ascent of Prisoners of the Sun, an impressively difficult and dangerous E10 7a trad climb at Rhoscolyn on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.
Five must see crags at Arco, the birthplace of sport climbing as we know it
09/06/2021 - Climbing
Five must see crags at Arco, the birthplace of sport climbing as we know it
Massone, Nago, Belvedere, Spiaggia delle Lucertole and Calvario: five crags you must visit to savour the best sport climbing around Arco and Lake Garda. This is the first article in a series made with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today...
Jonas Schild sends Bain de Sang at Saint Loup in Switzerland
07/06/2021 - Climbing
Jonas Schild sends Bain de Sang at Saint Loup in Switzerland
On 4 May 2021 Swiss mountain guide Jonas Schild repeated Bain de Sang, the classic 9a at Saint Loup in Switzerland first ascended by Fred Nicole in 1993.
Val Sapin Tiro Leader climbing challenge above Courmayeur in Valle d’Aosta
06/06/2021 - Climbing
Val Sapin Tiro Leader climbing challenge above Courmayeur in Valle d’Aosta
This summer and autumn the picturesque Val Sapin above Courmayeur in Italy’s Aosta Valley hosts the third edition of Tiro Leader, a climbing challenge to free two difficult sport climbs at the historic crag La città di Uruk. The first...
Alessandro Larcher greenpoints Bombo Balla, 8b+ trad at Bus de Vela
04/06/2021 - Climbing
Alessandro Larcher greenpoints Bombo Balla, 8b+ trad at Bus de Vela
Alessandro Larcher reports about his greenpoint ascent of Bombo Balla at Bus de Vela above Trento, Italy. Put in other words, the Italian rock climber repeated the 8b+ sport climb in October 2020 skipping the bolts and as a trad...
Gravere defies gravity: Claudia Ghisolfi, Giorgio Tomatis send L'extremacura plus 8c+
03/06/2021 - Climbing
Gravere defies gravity: Claudia Ghisolfi, Giorgio Tomatis send L'extremacura plus 8c+
At Gravere in Piedmont, Italy, Claudia Ghisolfi and Giorgio Tomatis have both redpointed L'extrema cura plus 8c+. Tomatis also managed to flash the 8c Extrema cura.
The New life of Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson
31/05/2021 - Climbing
The New life of Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson
The video of Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson tackling their biggest adventure of all: parenthood.
Le Voyage at Annot in France repeated by Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher, Siebe Vanhee
31/05/2021 - Climbing
Le Voyage at Annot in France repeated by Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher, Siebe Vanhee
At Annot in France Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher and Siebe Vanhee have all repeated the difficult trad climb Le Voyage, first ascended by James Pearson in 2017.
Natalia Grossman, Adam Ondra supreme in Salt Lake City Boulder World Cup
27/05/2021 - Competitions
Natalia Grossman, Adam Ondra supreme in Salt Lake City Boulder World Cup
The second stage of the Boulder World Cup 2021 was won in Salt Lake City last weekend by Natalia Grossman and Adam Ondra. Oriane Bertone and Mejdi Schalck took silver, Brooke Raboutou and Jakob Schubert took bronze
Watch Lorenzo Puri send Jungle Speed 9a at Siurana
27/05/2021 - Climbing
Watch Lorenzo Puri send Jungle Speed 9a at Siurana
The video of Italian climber Lorenzo Puri sending Jungle Speed 9a at Siurana in Spain.