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![Siebe Vanhee, David Leduc sweep up new climb in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/60034.jpg)
28/07/2019 - Alpinism
Siebe Vanhee, David Leduc sweep up new climb in the Dolomites Belgian climbers Siebe Vanhee and David Leduc have made the first ascent of Spazzacamino up the Terza Pala di San Lucano (Pale di San Lucano, Dolomites). The new multi-pitch climb was established ground-up, all free and with one bivouac on...
![Robert Leistner climbs cutting edge traditional Elbsandstein masterpiece](/uploads/img/3/59672.jpg)
12/07/2019 - Interviews
Robert Leistner climbs cutting edge traditional Elbsandstein masterpiece German rock climber Robert Leistner has made the first free ascent of Vertreibung der letzten Idealisten up the Nonnengärtner tower in the Elbsandstein massif in Germany. Graded 12a, or French 8c, this is now the most difficult climb in the...
![Sense retorn, new climb up Mont-Rebei in Spain in memory of Hansjörg Auer](/uploads/img/3/58855.jpg)
23/05/2019 - Alpinism
Sense retorn, new climb up Mont-Rebei in Spain in memory of Hansjörg Auer On Pared de Catalunya at Mont Rebei in Spain Siebe Vanhee, Roger Molina and Jorge Solórzano have made the first ascent of Sense retorn - No turning back, a new rock climb dedicated to Hansjörg Auer.
![Sonnie Trotter frees North America Wall variation on El Capitan](/uploads/img/3/55979.jpg)
07/12/2018 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter frees North America Wall variation on El Capitan Climbing with Tommy Caldwell, on 19 November Sonnie Trotter made the first one day free ascent of a new all free variation to North America Wall / El Nino. The Canadian had discovered the 3-pitch variation, now called Pineapple Express,...
![Blood Moon, Brits climb new route up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar](/uploads/img/3/52974.jpg)
04/09/2018 - Climbing
Blood Moon, Brits climb new route up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar Alan Carne, Calum Cunningham and Robbie Phillips have made the first ascent of Blood Moon (8a+, 700m) up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar.
![Tom Frost, farewell to Yosemite Golden Age climbing legend](/uploads/img/3/43872.jpg)
25/08/2018 - Climbing
Tom Frost, farewell to Yosemite Golden Age climbing legend On 24 August 2018 American climber Tom Frost died aged 81. Frost was one of the pioneering climbers and photographers during the Golden Age of Yosemite climbing.
![Alan Watts - the Smith Rock sport climbing pioneer](/uploads/img/3/51616.jpg)
02/04/2018 - Climbing
Alan Watts - the Smith Rock sport climbing pioneer Video portrait of American climber Alan Watts, one of the driving forces behind the development of Smith Rock and sport climbing in the USA.
![Huge Fosslimonster icefall repeated in Norway by French alpinists](/uploads/img/3/50807.jpg)
01/03/2018 - Alpinism
Huge Fosslimonster icefall repeated in Norway by French alpinists Fosslimonster at Gudvangen, reputed to be one of the longest and most beautiful ice climbs not just in Norway, has been repeated by a flurry of French alpinists including Pierre Labbre, Max Bonniot and Léo Billon. The video of what are quite...
![Jim Bridwell, goodbye to legendary rock climber The Bird](/uploads/img/3/50529.jpg)
17/02/2018 - Alpinism
Jim Bridwell, goodbye to legendary rock climber The Bird Jim Bridwell has left us. Yesterday, February 16th 2018, one of the absolute legends of rock climbing and mountaineering, died aged 73.
![Climbing video: Nina Caprez on To Bolt Or Not To Be at Smith Rock](/uploads/img/3/49219.jpg)
01/12/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: Nina Caprez on To Bolt Or Not To Be at Smith Rock The video of Swiss climber Nina Caprez repeating the historic To Bolt Or Not To Be at Smith Rock, the first 5.14a/8b+ in the USA freed by French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout in 1986.
![Larcher and Marazzi free Così parlò Zarathustra in Vallone di Sea, Italy](/uploads/img/3/47472.jpg)
12/09/2017 - Climbing
Larcher and Marazzi free Così parlò Zarathustra in Vallone di Sea, Italy On 28 July 2017 Jacopo Larcher and Paolo Marazzi made the first free ascent of Così parlò Zarathustra, a A3 aid climb in Vallone di Sea established in 1983 by Isidoro Meneghin and Daniele Caneparo.
![On the trails of the glaciers: how Patagonia has changed in the last 100 years](/uploads/img/3/36250.jpg)
03/06/2017 - Environment
On the trails of the glaciers: how Patagonia has changed in the last 100 years The video trailer by Fabiano Ventura documenting the effects of climate change on the glaciers in Patagonia.
![Melloblocco 2017, climbing and bouldering galore tomorrow in Val Masino and Val di Mello](/uploads/img/3/36845.jpg)
10/05/2017 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2017, climbing and bouldering galore tomorrow in Val Masino and Val di Mello Tomorrow heralds the start in Italy’s Val Masino – Val di Mello on Melloblocco 2017, the world’s most famous international climbing meeting. Over 2000 climbers have already registered for the 14th edition.
![Hervé Barmasse, Shisha Pangma and the lure of unpredictable mountaineering](/uploads/img/3/44778.jpg)
24/04/2017 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, Shisha Pangma and the lure of unpredictable mountaineering Interview with Hervé Barmasse, the Italian alpinist and Matterhorn mountain guide who together with Germany’s David Göttler will attempt a new route up the South Face of Shisha Pangma (8027m) in Tibet. Should things go according to plan this would...
![Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias, goodbye to the alpinist who climbed with his soul](/uploads/img/3/42845.jpg)
21/01/2017 - Alpinism
Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias, goodbye to the alpinist who climbed with his soul On Wednesday evening Spiro Dalla Porta Xydias passed away in Trieste. The acclaimed Italian alpinist, writer and theater director was an academic of the Italian Alpine Club and, for three decades, president of GISM, the Italian Group of Mountain Writers....
![Malga Spora: another Brenta Dolomites climbing gem](/uploads/img/3/42086.jpg)
29/12/2016 - Climbing
Malga Spora: another Brenta Dolomites climbing gem Alessio Tait introduces the stunning crag Malga Spora at Croz of Giovan. Another little sport climbing gem in the Brenta Dolomites.
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