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![Rungofarka first ascent in Himalaya by Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau](/uploads/img/3/49388.jpg)
11/12/2017 - Alpinism
Rungofarka first ascent in Himalaya by Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau Climbing alpine style over five days, American alpinists Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau have made the first ascent of Rungofarka 6495 m in the Zanskar mountain range in the Indian Himalaya.
![Kaunergrat Winter Traverse, Matthias & Hansjörg Auer mountaineering in the Ötztal Alps](/uploads/img/3/44355.jpg)
05/12/2017 - Alpinism
Kaunergrat Winter Traverse, Matthias & Hansjörg Auer mountaineering in the Ötztal Alps Winter mountaineering video: Hansjörg Auer and his brother Matthias and their North - South traverse of the main section of the Kaunergrat ridge in the Ötztal Alps, Austria.
![James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga](/uploads/img/3/49297.jpg)
04/12/2017 - Climbing
James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga British climber James Pearson has made the first ascent of the bold and difficult route Power Ranger (5.14R / 8c) at Sunset Rocks, Chattanooga, USA.
![Climbing video: Nina Caprez on To Bolt Or Not To Be at Smith Rock](/uploads/img/3/49219.jpg)
01/12/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: Nina Caprez on To Bolt Or Not To Be at Smith Rock The video of Swiss climber Nina Caprez repeating the historic To Bolt Or Not To Be at Smith Rock, the first 5.14a/8b+ in the USA freed by French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout in 1986.
![Angelika Rainer first female D15 with A Line Above the Sky](/uploads/img/3/49065.jpg)
23/11/2017 - Alpinism
Angelika Rainer first female D15 with A Line Above the Sky Yesterday at the drytooling crag Tomorrow’s World in the Dolomites Angelika Rainer repeated A Line Above the Sky. With this ascent the climber from the South Tyrol has become the first woman in the world to climb D15 and, in...
![Peter Moser frees old Roberto Bassi project at Celva](/uploads/img/3/48862.jpg)
20/11/2017 - Climbing
Peter Moser frees old Roberto Bassi project at Celva Sport climbing past and present: Peter Moser talks about his February 2017 first ascent of 'Progetto Bassi', an old project bolted by Roberto Bassi years ago at the historic Italian crag Celva.
![French climb new route up Pangbuk North in Nepal](/uploads/img/3/48825.jpg)
14/11/2017 - Alpinism
French climb new route up Pangbuk North in Nepal Mountaineering in the Himalayas: in the Lunag Massif (Khumbu region) the French mountaineers Max Bonniot and Pierre Sancier have climbed Tolérance Zero, a new 1100m route described as elegant, logical and technical up the North Face of Pangbuk North (6589...
![Valery Rozov dies in BASE Jump accident on Ama Dablam](/uploads/img/3/48784.jpg)
12/11/2017 - Alpinism
Valery Rozov dies in BASE Jump accident on Ama Dablam 52-year-old Valery Rozov, one for the most expert and famous BASE jumpers in the world, has died in a BASE Jump accident on Ama Dablam.
![Cuba, the new sports crag in Sardinia](/uploads/img/3/48645.jpg)
09/11/2017 - Climbing
Cuba, the new sports crag in Sardinia Maurizio Oviglia introduces Cuba, a new sports climbing crag in SE Sardinia.
![Mt. Ushba: Slovakians score first ski descent in Georgian Caucasus](/uploads/img/3/48660.jpg)
07/11/2017 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Mt. Ushba: Slovakians score first ski descent in Georgian Caucasus Last May and June Slovakian alpinists Miroslav Peťo and Maroš Červienka carried out a series of difficult ski descents in the Caucasus massif in Georgia: the SW Ridge of Tetnuldi (4858 m), the SE couloir of Chatyn Tau (4412 m)...
![Malte Brun in New Zealand, first ski descent of South Face](/uploads/img/3/48599.jpg)
03/11/2017 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Malte Brun in New Zealand, first ski descent of South Face Italy’s Enrico Mosetti and Britain’s Ben Briggs and Tom Grant have made the first ski descent of the South Face of Mt. Malte Brun, describing the run as 'probably the most technical ski descent in New Zealand.’
![Farewell Fred Beckey, American climbing legend](/uploads/img/3/48546.jpg)
31/10/2017 - Alpinism
Farewell Fred Beckey, American climbing legend Legendary American climber Fred Beckey has passed away aged 94.
![Andrea Zanone climbs Coup de Grace, 9a in Switzerland's Val Bavona](/uploads/img/3/48407.jpg)
24/10/2017 - Climbing
Andrea Zanone climbs Coup de Grace, 9a in Switzerland's Val Bavona Italian climber Andrea Zanone has redpointed his first 9a sports climb Coup de Grace in the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland, first ascended in 2005 by America’s Dave Graham.
![Nuptse South Face, extraordinary new French route climbed by Degoulet, Guigonne, Millerioux](/uploads/img/3/48385.jpg)
21/10/2017 - Alpinism
Nuptse South Face, extraordinary new French route climbed by Degoulet, Guigonne, Millerioux French alpinists Hélias Millerioux, Frédéric Degoulet and Niçois Benjamin Guigonnet have made an alpine style ascent of a new route up the South Face of Nuptse, Nepal Himalaya
![Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing](/uploads/img/3/8694.jpg)
20/10/2017 - Interviews
Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing Top American climber Sasha DiGiulian talks to planetmountain.com about the current state of female sport climbing, starting from the latest great ascents carried out Margo Hayes and Anak Verhoeven.
![Farewell Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, an indescribable tragedy for alpinism](/uploads/img/3/48079.jpg)
11/10/2017 - Alpinism
Farewell Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, an indescribable tragedy for alpinism 27-year-old Hayden Kennedy and his girlfriend Inge Perkins have lost their lives. Kennedy was considered one of the leading climbers of his generation.
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