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15/03/2012 - Alpinism

Presolana via Direttissima, first winter ascent by Panseri, Natali and Ceribelli

On 2-3 March 2012 Maurizio Panseri, Daniele Natali and Alessandro Ceribelli carried out the first winter ascent of via Direttissima up the North Face of Presolana, Italy. The report by Maurizio Panseri.

06/03/2012 - Alpinism

Simon Gietl, first winter ascents in the Dolomites

The South Tyrolean climbers Simon Gietl, Daniel Tavernini and Klaus Gruber have carried out the first winter ascents of ISO2000 (Tre Cime di Lavaredo) and Zauberlehrling (Cima Scotoni) in the Dolomites.

28/02/2012 - Climbing

Katy Whittaker and Michele Caminati, English gritstone repeats

British climber Katy Whittaker has repeated the gristone testpiece The Angel's Share E8 7a at Black Rocks, while Michele Caminati has sent the boulder problem Careless Torque 8A at Stanage.

27/02/2012 - Climbing

Iker Pou, new routes at Margalef and Ilarduia

Iker Pou has freed Enemigo Público Nº1 8c+/9a) at the Spanish crag Margalef, while at Ilarduia he has freed Harroputza 9a.

24/02/2012 - Climbing

The essence of bouldering at Utby in Sweden

Stella Plantin and Hanne Riise on the boulder problem Sockerbiten at Utby in Sweden.

06/02/2012 - Climbing

Capri Deep Water Solo, new route Tramonti on the Faraglioni

In October 2011 Mike Rolf established 7a, a Deep Water Solo climb up the famous Faraglioni seastacks at Capri.

23/01/2012 - Climbing

Michele Caminati and his boulder problem Ultimo dei Moicani at Amiata

Michele Caminati talks about the first ascent of his latest creation, Ultimo dei Moicani 8B+ freed on 19 January at Amiata in Tuscany.

20/01/2012 - Alpinism

Cerro Torre, Kennedy and Kruk and the Compressor route by fair means

On 17/01/2012 Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk climbed the SE Ridge (the Compressor route) of Cerro Torre (Patagonia) via a route "by fair means" with difficulties up to 5.11 A2. In descent the two removed a significant portion of the...

17/01/2012 - Alpinism

Non ci resta che piangere, first free ascent by the Riegler brothers

On 12/01/2012 Florian ande Martin Riegler made the first free ascent of Non ci resta che piangere IX+/X- (Sella, Dolomites).

28/12/2011 - Climbing

Blow it up on the internet, new route on Monte Monaco, Sicily

In November 2011 the American climbers Chris Kalous and Jonathan Thesenga established Blow it up on the internet, a new 200m, 7b+ climb up the North Face of Monte Monaco in Sicily. The trip report by Jonathan Thesenga.

22/12/2011 - Alpinism

Let’s get wild, new route in Patagonia by Schaeli and Gietl

This December Roger Schaeli and Simon Gietl established Let's get wild (600m, 7a, 90°), their new route up Aguja Guillaumet (2579m) in Patagonia.

20/12/2011 - Climbing

Rätikon, new climb Velocità Limitata by Spreafico and Soldarini

This summer Paolo Spreafico, Domenico "Dodo" Soldarini and Lorenzo Martinelli established and freed Velocità limitata (230m, 8a, 7b+ oblig) up the Sulzfluh (2817m) in Switzerland's Rätikon.

19/12/2011 - Climbing

Johnny Dawes and Paul Pritchard climb the Rainbow Slab

A video documenting Johnny Dawes and Paul Pritchard as they climb up the Rainbow Slab in North Wales.

16/12/2011 - Alpinism

Aksu North Face, Nefedov brothers climb Transerfing in the Pamir Alay

On 15 August 2011 Sergey and Andrey Nefedov completed the route Transerfing (1500m, 7b+), the first free climb up the North Face of Ak-Su (5217m) in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan.

02/12/2011 - Climbing

San Vito Lo Capo, an introduction to rock climbing in Sicily

Climbing and travel journal 2. San Vito Lo Capo: its climbing, Sicily, the history and sea as seen through the eyes of Nicoletta Costi and Nicola Noè.