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09/02/2015 - Alpinism
Massimo Piras and his timeless love for ice climbing The portrait of Massimo Piras, 62-year-old Italian alpinist, instructor at the Scuola Gervasutti di Torino, Academic of the Italian Alpine Club with over 100 new ice climbs to his name during 35 year of continues ice climbing. By Edoardo Falletta.
30/01/2015 - Alpinism
Climbing in Sardinia news: modern and trad multi-pitches Winter update by Maurizio Oviglia about the latest climbing news from the island that just keeps on giving: three new climbs in Sardina.
29/01/2015 - Climbing
Argyro Papathanasiou climbs 8b+/8c at Athens At Spilia Daveli close to Athens, Greece, Argyro Papathanasiou has climbed Au revoir 8b+/8c.
21/01/2015 - Alpinism
Tom Ballard, Cima Grande di Lavaredo and Pizzo Badile in winter for his Starlight and Storm project British mountaineer Tom Ballard, as part of his project Starlight and Storm to climb the six great North Faces of the Alps in winter, has recently climbed the Comici - Dimai route on Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Dolomites...
19/01/2015 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter, Tomasz Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol return to Base Camp after reaching 7800m News just in: France’s Elisabeth Revol and Poland’s Tomasz Mackiewicz have returned to base camp of Nanga Parbat after reaching 7800m during their attempt to make the first winter ascent of this 8126m giant in the Karakorum. This historic feat...
19/01/2015 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
First ski descents in the Dolomites by Vascellari, D'Alpaos and De Barba Between February and May 2014, Italian skiers Francesco Vascellari, Davide D'Alpaos and Loris De Barba carried out a series of first ski descents to solve some old problems in the Dolomites. They concluded their run with a repeat of the...
07/01/2015 - Climbing
Petzl RocTrip 2014: climbing at Olympos, Geyikbayiri and Citdibi in Turkey The sixth and final video of the Petzl RocTrip 2014 and the climbing at Olympos, Geyikbayiri and Citdibi in Turkey.
01/01/2015 - Alpinism
Markus Pucher solos Cerro Torre in raging storm A year after his fast solo ascent of the Ragni route on Cerro Torre, the Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher has now soloed the classic west face route again, this time through a raging storm.
26/12/2014 - Alpinism
Matthias Scherer & Tanja Schmitt: the Quest for early season ice in Canada The Quest for early season ice climbing in Canada, by German ice climbers Matthias Scherer and Tanja Schmitt
21/12/2014 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Aguja Poincenot & Fitz Roy climbed by Corrado Pesce, Pierre Labbre and Damien Tomasi Quick update from Patagonia with two ascents carried out by Corrado Korra Pesce, Pierre Labbre and Damien Tomasi on Aguja Poincenot and Fitz Roy.
09/12/2014 - Alpinism
The myths and legends of alpinism: dreaming about Hermann and his bicycle Ivo Ferrari and Hermann the "cyclist-alpinist", fiction and facts and the story, completely dreamt up, about the legend of alpinism.
03/12/2014 - Alpinism
Quicklyquickly up Spigolo Nord, Monte Agner. By Ivo Ferrari Ivo Ferrari remembers the solo ascent up the infinite Spigolo Nord on Monte Agnèr, Valle di San Lucano, Dolomites. A majestic 1600m high route, first climbed in 1932 by Celso Gilberti and Oscar Soravito, considered to be the longest rock...
01/12/2014 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Josh McCoy repeat the Muir Wall in Yosemite American climber Alex Honnold, together with Josh McCoy, has free climbed the Muir Wall (5.13b/c) and PreMuir (5.13c/d) El Capitan, Yosemite.
18/11/2014 - Climbing
Aquasolo: Mauro Calibani deep water solo at Finale. By Andrea Gallo Andrea Gallo recounts, with words, photos and a video, Mauro Calibani's deep water solo ascent at Dancing Dalle (Finale Ligure) of "Di buono c’è che con l’innalzamento...". This is the first episode of Aspettando il Sole The Movie, a project...
12/11/2014 - Book-press
National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year From 07/11/2014 to 31/01/2015 you can cast your vote online for the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014. Nominees include Tommy Caldwell, Kit DesLauriers, Will Gadd, Wasfia Nazreen and Ueli Steck.
24/10/2014 - Climbing
Yosemite: El Capitan climbing action Jorg Verhoeven, Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Libby Sauter, Chantel Astorga, Quinn Brett, Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall are all in Yosemite currently attempting their projects on El Capitan...
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