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25/11/2012 - Climbing
Climbing and the Rio de Janeiro favelas Asa Firestone and the Centro de Escalada Urbana, the climbing initiative to help children living in the favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
23/11/2012 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Voie Mallory: great Aiguille du Midi extreme skiing season start On 20/11/2012 Julien Herry, Francesco Civra Dano, Luca Rolli and Davide Capozzi skied and snowboarded down the famous Mallory Route on Aiguille du Midi in a 14-hour round-trip starting from Chamonix.
22/11/2012 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival, new Ticino boulder problems In Ticino, Switzerland's bouldering paradise, Nalle Hukkataival from Finland has established numerous new boulder problems including Momentum 8C and Off the Wagon 8B+ in Val Bavona.
21/11/2012 - Alpinism
Croz del Rifugio, new routes and reequipping in the Brenta Dolomites On the North Face of Croz del Rifugio (Brenta Dolomites) Italian Mountain Guide Franco Nicolini has put up two new routes and reequipped the belays of his Via Elena (1988) as well as Via Bregtie, first climbed in 1963 by...
21/11/2012 - Alpinism
Matterhorn timelapse The short film by Christian Mülhauser of the Matterhorn, one of the symbols of the Alps.
20/11/2012 - Alpinism
Fitz Roy, important East Face new route by Ackermann and Lerjen-Demjen On the East Face of Fitz Roy in Patagonia Switzerland’s Michael Lerjen-Demjen and Argentina’s Jorge Ackermann have made the first ascent, in alpine style, of Un Mar de Suenos (1200m, 7a, A3, M4).
20/11/2012 - Climbing
Bombé bleu at Buoux, work in progress for Iker Pou The difficult project Bombé bleu at the French crag Buoux has recently been attempted by Iker Pou.
19/11/2012 - Climbing
Capo Pecora, Italy's most exotic trad climbing area Maurizio Oviglia discusses the latest developments at Capo Pecora and the new trad climbs in Sardinia, Italy.
19/11/2012 - Competitions
Mina Markovic and Sachi Amma win the Lead World Cup 2012 19/11/2012. The last stage of the Lead World Cup held last weekend in Kranj, Slovenia, was won by home-athlete Mina Markovic who has now won her second overall World Cup. In the men's event Austria's Jakob Schubert won the Kranj...
19/11/2012 - Climbing
Continuing to dream of Patrick Edlinger While the grief continues regarding the death Patrick Edlinger, we have published a portrait of this climbing legend that was first published in 2005 in the book Rock Master.
17/11/2012 - Climbing
Adieu Patrick Edlinger On Friday 16 November 2012 Patrick Edlinger died aged 52. The Frenchman was one of the early pioneers and absolute legends of sport climbing.
16/11/2012 - Climbing
Kalymnos and the 2012 Festival video Video of the The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2012 and the climbing on this Greek island.
16/11/2012 - Alpinism
Mick Fowler and the ascent of Prow of Shiva A short interview with British mountaineer Mick Fowler who, together with Paul Ramsden, climbed the stunning new route Prow of Shiva ED+ up Mt. Shiva (6,142m), India.
15/11/2012 - Climbing
Freerider in Yosemite repeated by Della Bordella and Bacci The report by Matteo della Bordella about his recent free ascent, together with David Bacci, of Freerider, the famous climb freed by Alexander and Thomas Huber on El Capitan, Yosemite.
15/11/2012 - Climbing
Yosemite bolt replacement and Death Block removal Two videos by Cheyne Lempe from Yosemite concerning climbing safety: replacement of old bolts and the removal, off El Capitan, of the famous Death Block.
15/11/2012 - Alpinism
Denis Urubko and his discovery of vertical Spain Kazakh mountaineer Denis Urubko and his trip to Spain, an intense tour with talented Spanish alpinist Alex Txikon to reach the Vielha Festival on time...
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