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James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga
04/12/2017 - Climbing
James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga
British climber James Pearson has made the first ascent of the bold and difficult route Power Ranger (5.14R / 8c) at Sunset Rocks, Chattanooga, USA.
Michele Caminati and the shocking ground fall video
31/03/2017 - Climbing
Michele Caminati and the shocking ground fall video
The video of Italian climber Michele Caminati falling to the ground when his rope broke at the gritstone crag Curbar in England. Caminati miraculously walked away with only a broken wrist and heel.
Michele Caminati survives gritstone ground-fall in England
30/03/2017 - Climbing
Michele Caminati survives gritstone ground-fall in England
Michele Caminati, an expert of England’s gritstone, fell to the ground while climbing The Elder Statesman at Curbar in the Peak District. Miraculously, the Italian walked away with nothing more than a fractured wrist and heel.
Stuck - Alice Hafer and Zofia Reych climb classic Peak District crack
28/02/2017 - Climbing
Stuck - Alice Hafer and Zofia Reych climb classic Peak District crack
The short film Stuck featuring Alice Hafer and Zofia Reych climbing a classic crack in the Peak District, England.
Ned Feehally mantles Ned Zepplin at the Roaches
28/12/2016 - Climbing
Ned Feehally mantles Ned Zepplin at the Roaches
The video of British rock climber Ned Feehally climbing Ned Zepplin at the Roaches, one of the UK's hardest mantels.
Pete Whittaker / Climbing interview after all-free rope-solo up El Capitan in a day
08/12/2016 - Interviews
Pete Whittaker / Climbing interview after all-free rope-solo up El Capitan in a day
Interview with British rock climber Pete Whittaker who at the start of November 2016 made a rope solo and all free ascent of Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA, in just over 20 hours. In doing so he has become the first person to climb Yosemite’s monolith in this style...
Only one climbing God: the grade!
14/07/2016 - Climbing
Only one climbing God: the grade!
Motivated by debates on facebook, the Italian climber and photographer Riky Felderer shares his point of view about an issue that knows no end: climbing grades.
Video: Sean McColl climbing Gaia at Black Rocks
17/03/2016 - Climbing
Video: Sean McColl climbing Gaia at Black Rocks
Canadian climber Sean McColl repeating the trad climb Gaia E8 6c, established by Johnny Dawes at Black Rocks in England.
Niccolò Ceria climbing Voyager in UK's Peak District
30/11/2015 - Climbing
Niccolò Ceria climbing Voyager in UK's Peak District
The video documenting Niccolò Ceria’s first repeat of Voyager, the 8B+ boulder problem put up by Ben Moon in 2006 at Burbage North in the Peak District, England.
Niccolò Ceria cruises Moon's Voyager
26/10/2015 - Climbing
Niccolò Ceria cruises Moon's Voyager
Italian climber Niccolò Ceria has made the first repeat of Voyager sit, the 8B+ boulder problem put up by Ben Moon in 2006 on the gritstone outcrop Burbage North in England’s Peak District.
Johnny Dawes no handed climbing II
18/09/2015 - Climbing
Johnny Dawes no handed climbing II
The video of British rock climber Johnny Dawes attempting Permutation Rib E1 5c at Caley, England, without hands.
Hard Gritstone Bouldering with Benjamin Linné Ryn
26/05/2015 - Climbing
Hard gritstone Bouldering with Benjamin Linné Ryn
Thirteen classic gritstone boulder problems and trad climbs in the Peak District National Park climbed by Benjamin Linné Ryn at Stanage Edge, Millstone Edge, Froggatt Edge, Burbage and Black Rocks.
Gabriele Moroni: from competitions to Goldrake, sport climbing in his DNA
20/11/2014 - Interviews
Gabriele Moroni: from competitions to Goldrake, sport climbing in his DNA
Interview with Italian climber Gabriele Moronim from his first competitions to when he won bronze in the 2004 European Bouldering Championship in 2004, via his bouldering and sport climbing which recently netted him the redpoint of Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba, Italy.
James Pearson, the Is not always Pasqua climbing interview
10/01/2014 - Interviews
James Pearson, the Is not always Pasqua climbing interview
Interview with James Pearson after the first ground-up repeat of Is not always Pasqua E9 at Collina di Interprete (Monti Sibillini, Marche, Italy) and the first ascent of Pazienza E8 7a.
Gritstone gems climbed by Pete Whittaker and Tyler Landman
05/01/2014 - Climbing
gritstone gems climbed by Pete Whittaker and Tyler Landman
At the end of 2013 British rock climbers Tyler Landman and Pete Whittaker made the first ascents of two notable, unclimbed lines on Britain's gritstone: the boulder problem Smiling Buttress at Curbar and Headless Horseman Arête at the Roaches.
Ben Bransby first to climb The Parthian Shot without flake
22/11/2013 - Climbing
Ben Bransby first to climb The Parthian Shot without flake
On 19/11/2013 Ben Bransby became the first person to climb The Parthian Shot at Burbage South, UK, since the crucial flake broke off in 2011.