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Hervé Barmasse talks about his failed attempt-project carried out last July together with Daniele Bernasconi up the virgin North Face of Ogre.

The 12th World Climbing Championship took place in Paris last week. Lead was won by the Austrians Jakob Schubert and - for a record breaking fourth time - Angela Eiter. Boulder was won by Mélanie Sandoz from France and -...

The Tor des Geants 2012 was won by Oscar Perèz (Spain) and Francesca Canepa (Italy). The race along the Valle d'Aosta paths at the foot of Mont Blanc (330km and 24.000 elevation gain) was completed by 392 athletes.

Photo report of the The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 2012.

The Ennio Lattisi Trophy, alias the Duel, was won by Jakob Schubert and Dinara Fakhritdinova who beat Adam Ondra and Angela Eiter respectively.

Angela Eiter from Austria and Ramón Julian Puigblanque from Spain have won their 6th Rock Master Lead. No one ever before has done better than them. Christine Schranz and Jacob Schubert from Austria placed second, Evgenia Malamid from Russia and...

The IFSC Speed World Cup starts this morning at the Arco Climbing Stadium: 16 men and 17 women are ready to chase the World record. The Rock Master Lead starts today at 12:30.

From 10:00 today the Rock Master Festival continues at the Arco Climbing Stadium with the International Paraclimbing Cup.

Swiss climbers Michael Lerjen-Demjen and Jorge Ackermann have failed in their attempt to forge a new route up Fitz Roy in Patagonia

The Rock Master Festival 2012 kicks off on 25 August. This weekend starts with Rock Junior, followed by Rock Master Lead and Boulder, the Speed World Cup, the Paraclimbing Cup and Arco Rock Legends. Nine intense days climbing and outdoors...

English climber Hazel Findlay has visited the Italian crag Cadarese where she repeated, amongst others, the famous route The Doors.

Daniele Adriani, president of the El Cap climbing club, talks about the recent Climbing Festival which took place in the city of L'Aquila from 1 to 4 August 2012. A meeting which sent a message of hope to a city...

As of 19/08 the German alpinists Benedikt Bohm and Sebastian Haag and Greg Hill from America will be beneath Cho Oyu (8201m, Himalaya, Nepal-Tibet) to attempt a speed climb and descend the sixth highest mountain in the world in less...

Interview with legendary Swiss boulderer and climber Fred Nicole.

Speed, the video of Italian speed climber Leonardo Gontero and his training sessions to climb faster and faster still.

In spring 2012 a Slovenian expedition to the Revelation Mountain range in Alaska resulted in a flurry of first ascents up virgin peaks. The trip report by expedition leader Anze Cokl.