7986 News found

12/10/2011 - Climbing
Century Crack, the hardest offwidth in the world? British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have carried out the first pinkpoint ascent of Century Crack in the Canyonlands, USA. An analysis including the first-hand account of Steve "Crusher" Bartlett.

11/10/2011 - Alpinism
Chimera verticale, first repeat on Civetta Jakob Schweighofer and Florian Wurm have repeated Chimera verticale, established by Alessandro Baù in 2009 on Monte Civetta, Dolomites.

10/10/2011 - Alpinism
Greenland: 10 new climbs by Swiss-Bavarian expedition to Quvnerit Island In August 2011 a Swiss Bavarian expediton comprised of Caroline Morel, Andres Lietha, Michi Wyser, Tom Holzhauser, Michi Tresch and Toni Lamprecht established 10 new routes on Quvnerit Island in Greenland.

10/10/2011 - Competitions
Lead World Cup: Austria wins in the USA The sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 took place in Boulder (USA) last weekend and was won by Austrian Jakob Schubert and his teammate Johanna Ernst

09/10/2011 - Alpinism
Exploring The Alps final stage, new route on Monte Rosa by Barmasse father and son On 30 September Hervé and Marco Barmasse established a new 800m line up the SE Face of Monte Rosa. This third stage marks the end of Hervé Barmasse's project entitled Exploring The Alps.

07/10/2011 - Alpinism
Via Casarotto on Cima Civetta solo On Tuesday 30 August 2011 Italian alpinist Fabrizio della Rossa carried out what is believed to be the first solo ascent, and one of the rare repeats, of via Casarotto on Cima Civetta 3220m (Dolomites).

06/10/2011 - Climbing
Mayan Smith-Gobat climbs The Salathé Wall on El Capitan new Zealand climber Mayan Smith-Gobat has successfully free climbed The Salathé Wall up El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

06/10/2011 - Alpinism
Meru Shark's Fin, success for Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk American alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk have successfully climbed a direct new route via the Shark's Fin on the NW face of Meru (6310m) in India's Garhwal Himalaya.

05/10/2011 - Climbing
The Rock Bottom Line, the longest sport climb in the UK In Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarry in Wales Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness have established The Rock Bottom Line (130m, 7b+).

05/10/2011 - Climbing
Orbayu, the video of Nico Favresse and Adam Pustelnik The video of Nico Favresse and Adam Pustelnik making the first repeat of Orbayu on Naranjo de Bulnes, Spain.

04/10/2011 - Interviews
Alex Honnold, the Yosemite Heaven and Cosmic Debris solo interview Interview with American climber Alex Honnold after his recent solo ascents of Heaven, Alien and Cosmic Debris in Yosemite, USA

03/10/2011 - Alpinism
Super slovenian new route on K7 Slovenian alpinists Urban Novak, David Debeljak, Luka Strazar and Nejc Marcic have established Dreamers of the Golden Caves up the K7 (6934m) in the Charakusa valley, (Karakoram, Himalaya).

03/10/2011 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer, new route Bruderliebe on the Marmolada, Dolomites Interview with Hansjörg Auer after the first ascent of Bruderliebe (800m/8b/b+) up the South Face of the Marmolada in the Dolomites.

03/10/2011 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses, new Swedish variation up Pointe Young Swedish alpinists Olov Isaksson and Michael Rüter have climbed what might possibly be a new variation up the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses (Mont Blanc range).

01/10/2011 - Competitions
Rock Junior 2011, a 10 year climbing celebration Saturday 1 Ocotber 2011. Boom of participants during the first day of the 10th Rock Junior at the Climbing Stadium in Arco. 207 athletes competed in the Under 14 Cup while 130 middle school students from Arco participated. Another 300 climbers are expected tomorrow for the Kid's Rock.

29/09/2011 - Climbing
Whittaker and Randall take on America's biggest offwidths Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall are touring the USA, where at Vedauwoo Whittaker on-sighted the offwidth Lucille 5.13a.
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