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07/02/2014 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, the El Sendero Luminoso in Mexico video Short video clip of American rock climber Alex Honnold who on 14 January soloed El Sendero Luminoso (7b+, 500m) up El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico.
07/02/2014 - Competitions
Pitturina Ski Race live - Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2014 Live streaming from Val Comelico (Dolomites) of Pitturina Ski Race, the third stage of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2014.
06/02/2014 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter: the long journey to the summit commences Polish alpinists Tomek Mackiewicz and Pawel Dunaj have set off from Nanga Parbat base camp for their summit attempt. They should be followed tomorrow by Italy's Simone Moro and Germany's David Göttler.
06/02/2014 - Alpinism
Zweite Geige, new ice climb in the Dolomites by Leichtfried and Purner On 28/01/2014 Austrian alpinists Albert Leichtfried and Bendikt Purner made the first ascent of Zweite Geige (WI7/M7, 140m) in Vallunga, Dolomites, Italy.
06/02/2014 - Environment
Deer seek shelter in a barn in Cortina, the video by Diego Gaspari Bandion Photographer Diego Gaspari Bandion has documented a herd of deer, exhausted after the recent exceptional snowfall, that has found shelter in a barn in Cortina, Dolomites, Italy.
05/02/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
How (not) to shovel snow off a roof... A video showing how to shovel snow off a roof. Or rather, how not to, regardless of the excellent results...
05/02/2014 - Climbing
Jakob Schubert & Katharina Saurwein: hard bouldering in America Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made a swift repeat of Meadowlark Lemon 8B+, while Katharina Saurwein has repeated Lethal Design 8A+.
05/02/2014 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2014: Kuzovlev and Tolokonina win at Champagny en Vanoise. The Italian stage at Rabenstein has been cancelled. Last weekend at Champagny en Vanoise in France Nikolay Kuzovlev and Maria Tolokonina won the fourth stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2014. The next stage, scheduled to take place at Rabenstein in Val Passiria (Italy) has been cancelled...
04/02/2014 - Alpinism
In defence of alpinism, the speech by Bernard Amy to the Italian Academic Alpine Club The speech by well known French mountaineer and writer Bernard Amy, on the occasion of his appointment as an honorary member of the Italian Academic Alpine Club, Turin, 26 October 2013.
04/02/2014 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck video, between Everest and Annapurna South Face In this video Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck talks about his 2013, marked by his Everest traverse attempt and the ascent of the South Face of Annapurna.
04/02/2014 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, interview after First Round First Minute repeat at Margalef Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of First Round First Minute, the 9b sport climb freed by Chris Sharma at Margalef, Spain.
03/02/2014 - Climbing
Video: Vanessa François climbing El Capitan The video of Vanessa François and her ascent of The Zodiac up El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.
03/02/2014 - Climbing
Bouldering at Ussel in Valle d'Aosta, Italy Marco Nardi talks about the redevelopment and expansion of the historic bouldering area Ussel in Italy's Valle d'Aosta.
02/02/2014 - Climbing
Climbing at Calamancina, San Vito lo Capo, Sicily Rock climbing in winter on the Scogliera di Salinella in Sicily, Italy: the beautiful crag Calamancina at San Vito lo Capo. Part 4 of the series "Crags for each season" published together with Vertical-Life.info.
01/02/2014 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 Champagny en Vanoise live Watch the fourth stage Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 unfold live at Champagny en Vanoise in France.
31/01/2014 - Climbing
Manolo: climbing and informed choices Some thoughts by Maurizio 'Manolo' Zanolla about climbing and the need to be conscious of the choices you make.
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