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Brenta Base Camp #1 - meetings, new climbs and lightening bolts
18/08/2014 - Alpinism
Brenta Base Camp #1 - meetings, new climbs and lightening bolts
The first report of the Brenta Base Camp, the small 'expedition' into the the heart of the Brenta Dolomites during the Discover Brenta Dolomites event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first traverse of this massif. Alessandro Beber reports...
Ak-Su valley, two new rock climbs by Luca Schiera and Matteo De Zaiacomo
12/08/2014 - Alpinism
Ak-Su valley, two new rock climbs by Luca Schiera and Matteo De Zaiacomo
A great and intense and climbing trip to the Ak-su Valley (Pamir Alay, Kyrgyzstan) resulted in two new climbs and three repeats for the Italian alpinists Luca Schiera and Matteo De Zaiacomo. Schiera provides the report.
Blåmannen Ikaros: the first free ascent by Thomas Meling
05/08/2014 - Alpinism
Blåmannen Ikaros: the first free ascent by Thomas Meling
On 9 June 2013 Thomas Meling made the first free ascent of Ikaros (7c), first climbed by Robert Caspersen, alone, in 1994 up the North Face of Blåmannen, Norway. The full report by Meling.
Then and now: the Lecco route on Grand Capucin
03/08/2014 - Alpinism
Then and now: the Lecco route on Grand Capucin
Matteo Della Bordella and Arianna Colliard and the ascent of the Lecco route up the SE Face of Grand Capucin, put up in 1968 by the Ragni di Lecco climbers Aldo Anghileri, Guerino Cariboni, Casimiro Ferrari, Carlo Mauri and Pino...
DoloMitiche 2.0: Brenta Base Camp time
25/07/2014 - Alpinism
DoloMitiche 2.0: Brenta Base Camp time
The Brenta Base Camp kicks off from 29 July to 7 August in the Italian Brenta Dolomites, an event that aims to climb three new multi-pitch routes close to the Pedrotti alla Tosa mountain hut. A short interview with the...
Michel Piola interview: climbing on Mont Blanc, the search and the story that continues
22/07/2014 - Interviews
Michel Piola interview: climbing on Mont Blanc, the search and the story that continues
The fabulous world of Babette, or rather Mont Blanc's marvelous granite climbing, starting from Envers des Aiguilles. Interview with Michel Piola, one of the most prolific alpinists in the world who, in more than 30 years of activity, has left...
Rocklands trad climbing for James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini
18/07/2014 - Climbing
Rocklands trad climbing for James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini
From 19 June to 9 July James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini travelled to South Africa to check out the trad climbing at Rocklands.
Baba Jaga, new aid climb up Pinnacolo di Maslana
15/07/2014 - Alpinism
Baba Jaga, new aid climb up Pinnacolo di Maslana
The report by Diego Pezzoli about the first ascent of Baba Jaga (V 6a A2+, 180m),a new aid climb up the Maslana pinnacle, above Valbondione, Italy.
Welcome to Tijuana, new rock climb in Italy's Gola del Limarò
14/07/2014 - Climbing
Welcome to Tijuana, new rock climb in Italy's Gola del Limarò
In June 2014 Francesco Salvaterra and Nicola Calza made the first ascent of Welcome to Tijuana (180m 7a, 6b+ oblig), a new multi-pitch climb in the Gola del Limarò canyon close to Arco, Trentino - Alto Adige, Italy
The story of Mirtillo the deer
08/07/2014 - Environment
The story of Mirtillo the deer
Mirtillo, Blueberry is a small deer, one of the many victims of those accidents defined by us humans as simply "collateral damage", of little importance, something completely indifferent. But not so for Ermanno Salvaterra who tells the story of his...
Jonathan Siegrist climbs Speed Intégrale at Voralpsee
05/07/2014 - Climbing
Jonathan Siegrist climbs Speed Intégrale at Voralpsee
American climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Speed Intégrale 9a at Voralpsee, Switzerland.
Spigolo Anja, new rock climb in the Dolomites
02/07/2014 - Alpinism
Spigolo Anja, new rock climb in the Dolomites
On 31/07/2013 Maurizio Bergamo and Ferruccio Svaluto Moreolo made the first ascent of Spigolo Anja (VII, 200m), a new route up the Bastione del Mondeval, Lastoni di Formin, Dolomites. The report by Maurizio Bergamo.
New climb on Dente di Mezzaluna, Valgerola
30/06/2014 - Alpinism
New climb on Dente di Mezzaluna, Valgerola
On 8 June 2014, Cristian Candiotto, Fabrizio Guerra and Valentina Manni mde the first ascent of "Ich liebe dich", (V/VI, 210m) on Dente di Mezzaluna, Valgerola. Orobie Alps. Carlo Mazzoleni provides the information.
Nepal Mountaineering Association meeting report
24/06/2014 - Alpinism
Nepal Mountaineering Association meeting report
Ang Tshering Sherpa, President Nepal Mountaineering Association, reports about recent meetings and decisions regarding climbing Everest and Nepal's mountains in general.
Two rock climbs in Val Mora
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
The other, unusual climbing in Greece. By Maurizio Oviglia
11/06/2014 - Climbing
The other, unusual climbing in Greece. By Maurizio Oviglia
A climbing trip off the beaten path in Greece, between Epirus and Thessaly.