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26/06/2014 - Climbing

Wenden: new climb by Luca Schiera and Silvan Schüpbach

On 6 and 7 June 2014 Silvan Schüpbach and Luca Schiera made the first ascent of El Gordo (6c/7a, 450m) on Wendenstöcke, Switzerland

21/06/2014 - Alpinism

Illimani West Ridge: climbing attempt in Bolivia

At the start of June the alpinists Marco Erbetta, Enrico Rosso and Father Antonio Zavattarelli made un unsuccessful attempt of the stunning West Ridge of Illimani, Cordillera Real, Andes.

16/06/2014 - Alpinism

Two rock climbs in Val Mora

Beautiful Val Mora, on the border between Italys' Valtellina and Switzerland's Engadin and the story of the first ascent of two rock climbs, Gli svizzeri di qua and Mutandenbaum, by Martino Quintavalla

15/06/2014 - Climbing

Mayan Smith-Gobat and Ben Rueck climbing Place of Happiness, Pedra Riscada, Brazil

Video of Mayan Smith-Gobat and Ben Rueck climbing Place of Happiness on Pedra Riscada, Brazil.

14/06/2014 - Climbing

Gabriele Moroni repeats Back Road 9a at Rovereto

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has made the first repeat of Back Road 9a at Rovereto (Arco).

21/05/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Testa di Valnontey: following in the tracks of Rèmy Lecluse...

On 18 May 2014 Davide Capozzi and Julien Herry snowboarded down the NE Face of Testa di Valnontey (Gran Paradiso), skied for the first and only time by Remy Lecluse in 2010. The report by Davide Capozzi.

20/05/2014 - Climbing

Climbing in Sardinia news: Supramonte

May update by Maurizio Oviglia about the latest climbing news from Sardinia: three big new routes in the Supramonte massif.

19/05/2014 - Interviews

David Lama, Cerro Torre and the Compressor route

Interview with Austrian alpinist David Lama two years after the first free ascent of the Compressor route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia, carried out with Peter Ortner in January 2012.

16/05/2014 - Climbing

Psychogramm, the new 8b+ trad climb at Bürser Platte by Alex Luger

On 13/02/2014 Alex Luger made the first ascent of Psychogramm, an 8b+ trad climb on the Bürser Platte in Austria.

12/05/2014 - Climbing

Twll Mawr and the longest sport climb in the UK

Ian Lloyd-Jones and his son Celt Lloyd-Jones have established The Desolation of Smaug, the longest sport climb in the United Kingdom.

09/05/2014 - Alpinism

The Valley of the Moon: climbing in Jordan's Wadi Rum

After a first trip in 2013, Marcello Sanguineti recounts his intense 5-day climbing trip to Wadi Rum in Jordan, this time together with Manrico Dell'Agnola.

30/04/2014 - Events

The Melloblocco 2014 boulder problems by Simone Pedeferri

The latest updates from the route setter Simone Pedeferri about the boulder problems that are just waiting to be climbed during Melloblocco 2014.

18/04/2014 - Climbing

Nicola Vonarburg climbs hard at Grotta di Mezzegra

At Grotta di Mezzegra in Italy, 41-year-old Swiss climber Nicola Vonarburg has repeated Vamos 8c and Vamos Concita Martinez 8b+.

05/04/2014 - Alpinism

The Boxer, new ice climb up Monte Pandoro in Molise

On 28/03/2014 Riccardo Quaranta and Claudio Di Rienzo made the first ascent of The Boxer, a new mixed route upMonte Pandoro (Monte Miletto, Matese mountain chain), Molise, Italy.

24/03/2014 - Climbing

Bavella climbing in Corsica: Punta A Biciartula

Maurizio Oviglia reveals Punta A Biciartula at Bavella, Corsica; pure pleasure climbing up some of the most beautiful and unique granite in the world.