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11/07/2013 - Climbing
James McHaffie repeats The Indian Face at Cloggy On 9 July James McHaffie made the fifth ascent of The Indian Face, E9 6c on Cloggy, Wales.
04/07/2013 - Climbing
New crag at Anavra in Greece Chris Boukoros introduces Anavra sector D - The Big Caves, the new crag which has yet to be developed but which promises to become one of the most important cliffs in central Greece.
02/07/2013 - Climbing
L'uovo di Colombo, new route on Monte Cimo Rolando Larcher recounts his first ascent, carried out in mid-June together with Herman Zanetti of L'uovo di Colombo up Monte Cimo in Val d'Adige. A 200m route that breaches the obvious large roofs with two different options: hard 7c+ and soft 7a+.
01/07/2013 - Alpinism
Alta Val Masino and Venti Polari di Ivo Ferrari Ivo Ferrari and the rock climb Venti Polari, established up Punta Morasachini by Giuseppe "Popi" Miotti, Guido Merizzi and Federico Madonna.
20/06/2013 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival frees The Understanding 8C at Magic Wood At Magic Wood in Switzerland Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of The Understanding 8C. Furthermore, he has made the first repeat of the Daniel Woods problem La Force Tranquille 8C.
19/06/2013 - Climbing
Damai Sentosa, new route on Dragon's Horns in Malaysia In April 2013, Stephanie Bodet, Yong Liu, Arnaud Petit, David Kaszlikowski and Tam Khairudin Haja made the first ascent of Damai Sentosa (280m, 6c+, 6b+ oblig) up the Dragon Horns (Bukit Nenek Simukut) on Tioman Island, Malaysia.
13/06/2013 - Climbing
Jeef, the route and the beauty of climbing in Bavella, Corsica In praise of climbing and nature's beauty. This is Jeef, the route first ascended in 1992 by the French brothers François & Arnaud Petit on Punta U Corbu in Bavella (Corsica). A small masterpiece, examined by Maurizio Oviglia and Arnaud Petit.
10/06/2013 - Climbing
Strike! the incredible route at Perda asub 'e pari in Sardinia On 31 May 2013, 33 years after its first ascent, Maurizio Oviglia and Corrado Pibiri completed this historic route in southern Sardinia. Originally three pitches long, the route now offers six (plus two traverses) to reach the top of beautiful Perda asub 'e pari (also known as Garibaldi), one of...
06/06/2013 - Climbing
Los Compadres, new rock climb by Corrado Pibiri and Vincenzo Carcangiu at Gole di Gorroppu, Sardinia Corrado Pibiri and Vincenzo Carcangiu have made the first ascent of Los Compadres (5c+, 335m) at the Gole di Gorroppu in Sardinia.
30/05/2013 - Alpinism
Ghost Face, new Hubshorn climb by Zanoli, Pagnoncelli, Gallian On 26 May 2013, Paolo Zanoli, Giovanni Pagnoncelli and Davide Gallian made the first ascent of Ghost Face (TD+, 850m length, 550m height) up the North East Face of Hubshorn (3192m, Pennine Alps). The peak is located on the border between Italy's Piedmont and Switzerland's Canton of Valais and the...
29/05/2013 - Climbing
Gole di Gorroppu, Sardinia: new route climbed by Corrado Pibiri and Fabio Erriu In May 2013 Corrado Pibiri and Fabio Erriu made the first ascent of (475m, 6a) in Sardinia's Gole di Gorroppu.
20/05/2013 - Interviews
Colonne d'Ercole, Civetta Punta Tissi, interview with Alessandro Baù Interview with Alessandro Bau about the massive new route first ascended and then freed up Punta Tissi (NW face of Civetta, Dolomites) together with Alessandro Beber and Nicola Tondini.
14/05/2013 - Climbing
Free solo and Base jump in Crimea The video documenting Andrey Nefedov on Morcheka in Crimea: a free solo which concluded with a Base jump off the summit.
07/05/2013 - Climbing
Azazar, new climb on Tadrarate (Morocco) by Aufdenblatten, Papert and Steurer In April 2013 Ines Papert, Lisi Steurer and Patrik Aufdenblatten made the first ascent of Azazar (400m, 8a) up the Tadrarate rock face in the Taghia Gorge, Morocco.
04/05/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2013: day nine, beauty 04/05/2013. 2000 climbers had registered on the penultimate day of Melloblocco and the number is expected to grow even further. Today everyone got some great climbing done beneath a gorgeous blue sky. Many problems were sent. Expectations are high now for tonight's big party which paves the way for tomorrow's...
03/05/2013 - Competitions
XIX Mezzalama Trophy, Saturday 4 May live on Planetmountain.com Mezzalama Trophy gets underway on Saturday 4 May, the classic ski mountaineering competition from Breuil-Cervinia to Gressoney across the slopes of Monte Rosa. The start has been put forward to 5:00am.
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