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24/07/2011 - Competitions
Ramón Julian Puigblanque Lead World Champion Spaniard Ramón Julian Puigblanque is the new Lead World Champion. Jakob Schubert from Austria wins silver, Adam Ondra wins bronze. Qixin Zhong from China and Maria Krasavina from Russia are the new Speed World Champions.
23/07/2011 - Competitions
Angela Eiter World Champion Lead in Arco In the Arco Climbing Stadium Angela Eiter won the Lead World championship for the third time.
22/07/2011 - Events
Arco Rock Legends and the sport climbing legends During the VI Arco Rock Legends the Salewa Rock Award was given to Adam Ondra. The La Sportiva Competition Award went to Ramon Julien Puigblanque.
18/07/2011 - Climbing
Naranjo de Bulnes, Pou brothers free Gorilas en la Roca Iker and Eneko Pou have freed Gorilas en la Roca (7b+, 200m) on the Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos de Europa, Spain.
18/07/2011 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Race On! Today 30 adventure athletes set out from Salzburg on the race of their lives: the Red Bull X-Alps.
17/07/2011 - Competitions
Dmitry Sharafutdinov and Anna Stöhr crowned Boulder World Champions at Arco Dmitry Sharafutdinov from Russia and Anna Stöhr from Austria are the new Boulder World Champions! Silver for Adam Ondra & Sasha DiGiulian, bronze for Rustam Gelmanov & Juliane Wurm. Two beautiful finals at the IFSC World Championship in Arco, Italy
15/07/2011 - Competitions
Arco World Championship: the start! As mentioned, the Planetmountain team is in Arco to follow the IFSC World Championship live.
14/07/2011 - Competitions
IFSC World Championship in Arco a 10 day climbing celebration The IFSC World Championship kicks off in Arco and expectations for this great sport event are simply enormous.
14/07/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, L'Avaro 8c+ on-sight Adam Ondra has achieved the first 8c+on-sight on Italian soil by sending L'Avaro at the Tetto di Sarre (Aosta).
14/07/2011 - Competitions
Chrigel Maurer before the start of Red Bull X-Alps Chrigel Maurer is the most successful paragliding pilot of our days and the titleholder of Red Bull X-Alps. In 3 days, the Red Bull X-Alps 2011 will start in Salzburg. In the following interview, we asked Chrigel Maurer 12 questions.
11/07/2011 - Alpinism
Valery Rozov, the Mont Blanc BASE jump video The video of Valery Rozov from Russia and the recent first BASE jump off the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
08/07/2011 - Climbing
Twll Mawr: new route and The Quarryman Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuiness add Supermassive Black Hole (F7a, 75m) to Twll Mawr in the Llanberis slate quarries in Wales. Video of James MacHaffie on The Quarryman
07/07/2011 - Climbing
Il mio criceto, new route on Tofana di Rozes The Slovenians Dejan Koren and Sranka Vidmar have stablished Il mio criceto (400m, 7b max, 7a obl.) up the Primo Spigolo on Tofana di Rozes, Dolomites.
06/07/2011 - Alpinism
Valery Rozov, BASE jump off Grand Pilier d‘Angle, Mont Blanc This morning at 06:45 Russian alpinist and base jumper Valery Rozov carried out the first BASE jump off the Italian side of Mont Blanc
06/07/2011 - Alpinism
French paraglider Xavier Murillo reported missing in Peru Xavier Murillo, 55, from France, member of Paragliding World Cup Association and respected pilot has been reported missing since Friday 1 July. Xavier has not reported or been seen after he took off with a white paraglider in the area of Caraz in Peru. The comunity of pilots and moutaineers...
06/07/2011 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter frees The Edge of Pan at Squamish, Canada A fortnight ago Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter freed The Edge of Pan on the Chief at Squamish, Canada.
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