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![Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Voie Petit on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc](/uploads/img/3/38270.jpg)
09/07/2016 - Alpinism
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Voie Petit on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc French climber Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated Voie Petit, the 450m 8b multi-pitch climb on Grand Capucin (3838m), Mont Blanc first ascended in 1997 by Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bodet, Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit and freed in 2005 by Alexander Huber.
![Traumschiff at Cansla in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/37604.jpg)
02/07/2016 - Alpinism
Traumschiff at Cansla in the Dolomites Italian mountain guide Alberto De Giuli introduces Traumschiff, the classic multi-pitch sport climb established in 1986 by Simon Demetz and Karl Vinatzer up the Traumpfeiler face at Cansla, Meisules dla Biesces, Dolomites.
![Barbara Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher repeat Stefan Glowacz climb in the Verdon](/uploads/img/3/38146.jpg)
28/06/2016 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher repeat Stefan Glowacz climb in the Verdon Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have climbed Golden Shower (8b+, 150m), the multi-pitch route freed by Stefan Glowacz in 2012 in Verdon Gorge, france. Their ascent took place shortly after that of the Austrians Tobias Bitschnau and Christoph Schranz.
![Stefano Ghisolfi, a year after climbing Biographie](/uploads/img/3/37929.jpg)
27/06/2016 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi, a year after climbing Biographie Stefano Ghisolfi talks about his return to Céüse in france a year after having repeated Biographie. It's a chance to remember those moments with a video that documents his ascent of this legendary sports climb freed by Chris Sharma in...
![International Ski Mountaineering: the 2017 competition calendar](/uploads/img/3/38096.jpg)
26/06/2016 - Competitions
International Ski Mountaineering: the 2017 competition calendar The 2017 ISMF World Cup season contains 11 races in 5 different countries including, for the first time, Turkey. The traditional Grande Course competitions will no longer be part of the World Cup circuit.
![Italian Lead Cup, Claudia Ghisolfi and Alberto Gotta win at L'Aquila](/uploads/img/3/37924.jpg)
21/06/2016 - Competitions
Italian Lead Cup, Claudia Ghisolfi and Alberto Gotta win at L'Aquila On Sunday, June 19 the third stage of the Italian Lead Cup was won o Villa San Angelo, L'Aquila, by Claudia Ghisolfi and Alberto Gotta.
![Rocklands trad climbing revisited by Caroline Ciavaldini & James Pearson](/uploads/img/3/37913.jpg)
20/06/2016 - Climbing
Rocklands trad climbing revisited by Caroline Ciavaldini & James Pearson Climbing video: Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson revisit Rocklands in South Africa to discover the area’s wealth of trad climbing.
![Grivel Twin Gate carabiner wins Compasso d'Oro - ADI](/uploads/img/3/37871.jpg)
20/06/2016 - Gear
Grivel Twin Gate carabiner wins Compasso d'Oro - ADI The Grivel Twin Gate carabiner has won the prestigious award Compasso d’oro ADI 2016, category Design for the individual.
![Lena Herrmann first German woman to climb 8c+](/uploads/img/3/37861.jpg)
16/06/2016 - Climbing
Lena Herrmann first German woman to climb 8c+ 22-year-old German Lena Herrmann has climbed her first 8c+, Battle Cat in the Frankenjura. With this ascent she has become the first German woman to climb a route of this difficulty.
![Bhagirathi III: two ascents in the Indian Himalaya](/uploads/img/3/37449.jpg)
01/06/2016 - Alpinism
Bhagirathi III: two ascents in the Indian Himalaya An expedition composed of the mountaineers Corrado Pesce, Damien Tomasi, Martin Elias, Sebastien Corret, Fanny Tomasi-Schmutz and Elodie Le Comte has repeated two routes on Bhagirathi III (6454m) in the Indian Himalayas. While the men repeated Estrella Impossible, the women...
![Sport climbing: tie a knot in the end of the rope!](/uploads/img/3/37435.jpg)
31/05/2016 - Climbing
Sport climbing: tie a knot in the end of the rope! We have received the following appeal by the French Alpine Club section Causses et Cévennes that manages the Gorges du Tarn cliff reminding all climbers to tie a knot in the end of the tope before starting climbing a sport...
![Stefano Ghisolfi climbs Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a at Céüse](/uploads/img/3/37432.jpg)
30/05/2016 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi climbs Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a at Céüse Italian sports climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Le Cadre Nouvelle, the route freed at Ceuse in france in 2010 by Adam Ondra graded 9a.
![Jon Cardwell climbs Biographie at Céüse in France](/uploads/img/3/37424.jpg)
30/05/2016 - Climbing
Jon Cardwell climbs Biographie at Céüse in france At Ceuse in france Jon Cardwell has redpointed Biographie, the famous 9a+ sports climb freed by Chris Sharma in 2001.
![Mont Blanc Major Route: ski descent by Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano](/uploads/img/3/37335.jpg)
24/05/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Mont Blanc Major Route: ski descent by Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano On 6 May 2016 the mountain guides from Courmayeur Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano skied the Major Route down the East Face of Mont Blanc. Theirs is only the second descent of this line in 37 years, after the...
![Universal Studio, new mixed climb on Rognon du Plan (Mont Blanc) by Jeff Mercier and Simon Chatelan](/uploads/img/3/37212.jpg)
20/05/2016 - Alpinism
Universal Studio, new mixed climb on Rognon du Plan (Mont Blanc) by Jeff Mercier and Simon Chatelan On 5 May 2016 Jeff Mercier and Simon Chatelan made the first ascent of 'Universal Studio', a new mixed climb graded M8/650m on Rognon du Plan (3601m) in the Mont Blanc massif, france.
![Bouldering World Cup 2016: first victories for Miho Nonaka and Kokoro Fujii in India](/uploads/img/3/37081.jpg)
16/05/2016 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2016: first victories for Miho Nonaka and Kokoro Fujii in India The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2016 was won in Navi Mumbai, India, yesterday by Japanese climbers Miho Nonaka and Kokoro Fujii. Monika Retschy and Tomoa Narasaki took silver, Akiyo Noguchi and Alexey Rubtsov won bronze.
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