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20/06/2017 - Climbing
Chris Sharma climbs huge Pont d’Arc Deep Water Solo American rock climber Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of a circa 30m high deep water solo climb on Pont d’Arc, Ardèche, france.

19/06/2017 - Climbing
Ghisolfi, Puccio, Leslie-Wujastyk and Chanourdie: women’s climbing galore A brief roundup of the latest sport climbing and bouldering sends carried out by Claudia Ghisolfi, Alex Puccio, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Katrin Gründler and Julia Chanourdie.

16/06/2017 - Climbing
Trad climbing video: James Pearson climbs Le Voyage at Annot The video of British climber James Pearson and his first ascent of Le Voyage, a trad climb at Annot that checks is as one of the hardest single pitch pure trad routes in france.

02/06/2017 - Competitions
Italian climbing team: European Championship dreams at Campitello di Fassa While the Val di Fassa Climbing club continues preparing for the IFSC European Climbing Championship (Lead and Speed) at the end of June, the Italian Climbing Team coached by Luca Giupponi has just spent four days training on the ADEL climbing wall.

30/05/2017 - Alpinism
Aiguille du Midi new mixed climb by Jeff Mercier & Co French alpinists Jeff Mercier, David Autheman, Lucien Boucansaud and Gérémy Rakowski have completed Red Devils, a new route up the NW Face of Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc massif, france.

25/05/2017 - Alpinism
Everest & Co, good and bad news from the highest mountains in the world Mountaineering: the latest updates from Everest, Lhotse, Dhaulagiri, Cho Oyu and Makalu, concerning Kilian Jornet Burgada, Elisabeth Revol and Marco Confortola as well as Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger's attempt at Kangchenjunga. Furthermore, several deaths have been reported.

07/05/2017 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret and Aleksei Rubtsov climb to new heights in Japan The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2017 was won today at Hachioji-Tokyo in Japan by Slovenia climber Janja Garnbret and Russia’s Aleksei Rubtsov.

03/05/2017 - Climbing
Trad climbing: James Pearson takes on the difficult Le Voyage at Annot At Annot in france James Pearson has made the first ascent of Le Voyage, a trad climb graded E10 7a that might well be one of the hardest single pitch pure trad routes in the country.

02/05/2017 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi adds new 9a+ to Arco, Italy At Laghel close to Arco, Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi made the first ascent of One Punch, a new 9a+ sports climb. Stefano Carnati repeated Il Frutto del Diavolo 8c+/9a at Bus de Vela and at Narango Alexander Megos made one of the hardest onsights on Italian soil.

27/04/2017 - Events
Arco Rock Star: Giovanni Danieli wins the 2017 photo contest The second edition of Arco Rock Star, the photography competition that takes place annually during the Adventure Awards Days Festival, was won on Sunday 23 April by pro photographer Giovanni Danieli. Alex Buisse took second place while Federico Ravassard took third. The Open category was won by Graziano Galvagni.

21/04/2017 - Climbing
Adam Ondra repeats Lapsus at Andonno, second 9b in two days Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the first repeat of Lapsus, the 9b sport climb freed by Stefano Ghisolfi at Andonno, Italy. This is Ondra’s second 9b in just two days, after his first ascent of Queen Line at Laghel (Arco). Ondra ended the day in style by making a...

20/04/2017 - Climbing
Cengia Giradili, the panoramic new crag in Sardinia Richard Felderer introduces the new crag Cengia Giradili at the foot of famous Punta Giradili close to Baunei in Sardinia. 22 new routes from 5b to 8b in a spectacularly beautiful setting.

14/04/2017 - Competitions
XXI Mezzalama Trophy - live streaming of the Marathon of the Glaciers The XXI Trofeo Mezzalama, the legendary ski mountaineering competition will take place on 22 April 2017, from Breuil-Cervinia to Gressoney in the Mont Blanc massif. The Mezzalama Jeunes will take place on 21 April and the competition will be screened online in live streaming.

12/04/2017 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Les Dames Anglaises in the Mont Blanc massif, skiing and snowboarding down absolute beauty The video by Yannick Boissenot about the recent ski and snowboard descent of the NE Couloir of Brèche des Dames Anglaises in the Mont Blanc massif, skied together with Giulia Monego, Francesco Civra Dano, Federico Camangi and Davide Capozzi.

11/04/2017 - Events
Arco Rock Star and Adventure Awards Days, the Italian adventure and exploration festival From 21- 23 April Arco, Italy will host the Adventure Awards Days, the International Festival of adventure and exploration. Guests include Manolo, Emilio Previtali, Francesco Sauro, Stefano Gregoretti, Michele Evangelisti and Robbie Shone. The two-day festival will also host the second edition of Arco Rock Star, the international contest of...

01/04/2017 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga returns to 9a+ climbing form Basque climber Patxi Usobiaga has repeated Papichulo, a 9a+ sport climb at Oliana in Spain. This heralds a great return to form after injury.
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