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18/04/2011 - Competitions

Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011, Milan results

The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2011 was won by Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) and Jain Kim (KOR). Jakob Schubert and Anna Stöhr placed second while Rustam Gelmanov (RUS) and Melissa La Neve (FRA) placed third. The Speed event...

18/04/2011 - Alpinism

Ueli Steck top speed solo on Shisha Pangma

On 17/04/2011 Swissman Ueli Steck ascended Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet in record time.

17/04/2011 - Climbing

New climbs at Indian Creek

New rock climbs at Indian Creek, Utah, USA, by Neil Kauffman and Trevor Bowman

16/04/2011 - Events

Piolet d'Or 2011: Mount Logan and Greenland Big Walls the winners

Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto.

15/04/2011 - Events

Melloblocco 2011 - everyone's bouldering in Val Masino

From 5 - 8 May 2011 the 8th edition of the Melloblocco will take place in Val Masino, Sondrio, Italy. The Melloblocco is the biggest and most important bouldering meeting in the world and this year it is dedicated to...

15/04/2011 - Competitions

Bouldering World Cup 2011 - Live in Milan

The Bouldering World Cup 2011kicks off in Mialn this morning and can be followed live on www.ifsc.tv.

15/04/2011 - Alpinism

Ueli Steck in the Himalaya

Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is back in the Himalaya, at present in Shisha Pangma base camp, ready for an attempt up the South Face together with Don Bowie

14/04/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, the Chilam Balam interview

Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of Chilam Balam 9b, the route claimed by Bernabé Fernandez in 2003 at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain.

13/04/2011 - Competitions

Milan Climbing 2011, the climbing World Cup kicks off in Milan

The first stage of the Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011 will take place from Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 April in Milan. 166 athletes from all over the world will travel to the enchaning Sempione Park for these four...

12/04/2011 - Climbing

Campus board advice from the British Mountaineering Council

The British Mountaineering Council has issued important Campus Board advice aimed primarily at children and teenagers. Interview with Dr. Volker Schöffl

12/04/2011 - Climbing

Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise

Eva Scroccaro repeats "Il Padrone Assoluto" 8a/8a+ at Napoleonica and the video of Tito Traversa climbing "Je est un autre" 8b at Castillon in France, filmed by Andrea Tosi.

12/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Aiguille du Plan north face descents

Two recent descents of the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan (Mont Blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards...

11/04/2011 - Events

Adam Ondra, bone marrow donor

Adam Ondra has become a bone marrow donor. Pietro Dal Pra and Giovanni Spitale of Climb for Life explain this important gesture for donors and the climbing community.

11/04/2011 - Environment

Kevin Jorgeson & Transporter Room, repeat two decades on

American climber Kevin Jorgeson has carried out the probable second ascent of Transporter Room, the highball boulder problem on the Grandpa Peabody at the Buttermilks, USA, established by Dale Bard in the late '80's.

08/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Chamonix - Zermatt, new record

On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.