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Climbing and climate change
02/07/2020 - Environment
Climbing and climate change
How does our love for the mountains affect the climate? And what can we do to change this process? Germany's Lena Müller, who is currently doing a PhD on the effects of climate change at the University of Innsbruck and recently repeated the E9 Prinzip Hoffnung at Bürs, shares her...
The North Face Covid-19 Explore Fund pledges €1 million to support outdoor communities
06/05/2020 - Environment
The North Face Covid-19 Explore Fund pledges €1 million to support outdoor communities
We have received and publish the press release of The North Face that through its COVID-19 Explore Fund is committing € 1 million to support the outdoor communities affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Applications are welcome from companies and charities in the UK, Germany, France and Italy and are open...
La Sportiva produces face masks to combat coronavirus pandemic
01/04/2020 - Environment
La Sportiva produces face masks to combat coronavirus pandemic
Everyone is united, even the outdoor world against Covid-19: La Sportiva has converted part of its production to create lab coats and face masks for the Province of Trento to combat the coronavirus emergency.
Eleonora Delnevo: the sound of the epidemic affecting us all
28/03/2020 - Environment
Eleonora Delnevo: the sound of the epidemic affecting us all
'This is my city. This is Bergamo. This is the sound of the epidemic affecting us all.' Italian mountaineer Eleonora Delnevo shares the pain of her city battling against the coronavirus.
Do your part
25/03/2020 - Environment
Do your part
Now more than ever we are called upon to do our part. We must stay at home for everyone’s good, in order to regain happiness and also the freedom to return to the mountains.
Mont Blanc Planpincieux glacier in danger of collapsing
25/09/2019 - Environment
Mont Blanc Planpincieux glacier in danger of collapsing
The Planpincieux glacier on the Italian side of the Grandes Jorasses (Mont Blanc) is at risk of collapsing. The road into Val Ferret has been closed. And yet it seems as if nothing awakens us.
Val di Mello: agreement reached for contested path for the disabled
17/05/2019 - Environment
Val di Mello: agreement reached for contested path for the disabled
After months of controversy concerning a planned expansion in Val di Mello, Italy, of an existing path that would make it accessible to wheelchairs and the disabled, an agreement has now been reached to protect the pristine valley. The peaceful protest scheduled for Saturday 18th May has therefore be transformed...
Val di Mello online petition against path for the disabled
13/03/2019 - Environment
Val di Mello online petition against path for the disabled
The Committee for the defence of Val Di Mello, Italy, has launched an online petition against the planned expansion of an existing path that would make it accessible to wheelchairs and the disabled. While thousands have already signed in protest, Luca Maspes, President of the Val di Mello Mountain Guides, urges for...
Igor Koller appeals against access restrictions to Tatra National Park
05/03/2019 - Environment
Igor Koller appeals against access restrictions to Tatra National Park
Slovak mountaineer Igor Koller appeals to all mountaineers, climbers, walkers, ski mountaineers against restrictions within the Tatra National Park. An online petition has been created to safeguard access to these mountains in Slovakia.
Tommy Caldwell, climate change and Yosemite valley
10/12/2018 - Environment
Tommy Caldwell, climate change and Yosemite valley
Starting from what he has observed in the Yosemite Valley, American climber Tommy Caldwell shares his concerns about climate change.
The mountain cairns of Pontus Jansson
13/04/2018 - Environment
The mountain cairns of Pontus Jansson
The video of rock balancing master Pontus Jansson and his cairns.
Climbing USA: Donald Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85%
05/12/2017 - Environment
Climbing USA: Donald Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85%
The President of the United States Donald Trump has reduced protected lands in the Bears Ears National Monument by 85%, and by 45% those protected in the National Monument.
Bird's-eye view of Vajont dam, 54 years after the disaster
08/10/2017 - Environment
Bird's-eye view of Vajont dam, 54 years after the disaster
The drone footage of Alessandro Menafra to remember the Vajont disaster that ocurred in Italy on 9 October, 1963.
El Capitan, video footage of the enormous second rockfall in Yosemite
02/10/2017 - Environment
El Capitan, video footage of the enormous second rockfall in Yosemite
The video filmed by Peter Zabrok of the second rockfall that occurred on the SE Face of El Capitan in Yosemite on 28/09/2017.
Solar eclipse at Smith Rock, the story behind the viral photo
30/08/2017 - Environment
Solar eclipse at Smith Rock, the story behind the viral photo
The 'behind the scenes' video documenting how the viral photo was taken of the solar eclipse by Ted Hesser on August 21, 2017 at Smith Rock, Oregon, USA.
Pizzo Cengalo massive rockfall video
24/08/2017 - Environment
Pizzo Cengalo massive rockfall video
The video of the massive rockfall that occurred on 23 August 2017 on the NE Face of Pizzo Cengalo (3396 m) in Val Bregaglia, Switzerland.

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