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23/05/2008 - Climbing
Adam Ondra repeats Action Directe, Frankenjura On 19/05/2008 Adam Ondra repeated Action Direct 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991.
28/04/2008 - Competitions
Climbing World Cup Speed: Vaytsekhovsky Blanco win in Trento The first stage of the World Cup Speed was held in Trento yesterday and was won by Evgeny Vaytsekhovsky (Rus) and Lucelia Blanco (Ven).
11/03/2008 - Events
Saint Vincent Award for Mountain Professionals – the award ceremony
On the 7th, of March Valery Babanov, Hervé Barmasse, Ettore Taufer, Giovanni Amort, Elio Sganga and Marco Farina (Alpine Training Centre), Christophe Profit and Pemba Doma Sherpa all received their Saint Vincent Awards for Mountain Professionals in front of a...
14/02/2008 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck Speed record on Eiger Heckmair route Ueli Steck from Switzerland has set a new Speed record on the Eiger North face, climbing the Heckmair Route in 2:47:33.
11/02/2008 - Climbing
Adam Ondra climbs La Rambla 9a+ at Siurana Adam Ondra has climbed La Rambla 9a+ at Siurana, Spain, fifth go.
22/01/2008 - Climbing
Manolo climbs Bimbaluna at Saint Loup, Switzerland On 20/01/2008 Maurizio Manolo Zanolla repeated Bimbaluna 9a/9a+ at Saint Loup, Switzerland.
18/01/2008 - Competitions
Ice Master Daone 2008, the Ice Climbing World Cup 2008 gets underway The first stage of the Ice World Cup Difficulty and Speed takes place in Valle di Daone from 18 - 20 January 2008.
26/12/2007 - Climbing
Sport climbing recognised by the IOC The International Federation of Sport Climbing has been granted provisional recognition status by the International Olympic Committee. This is the first step towards the Olympics for sports climbing. An interview with Marco Scolaris the president of the IFSC.
04/12/2007 - Interviews
Patxi Usobiaga strolls La Rambla and more On Tuesday 27 November Patxi Usobiaga redpointed La Rambla 9a+ in Siurana, one of the reference routes for this incredible grade.
26/11/2007 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Cerro Standhardt, Punta Herron and Torre Egger traverse From 21 to 23/11/2007 Ermanno Salvaterra, Alessandro Beltrami, Mirko Mase and Fabio Salvadei accomplished the traverse of Cerro Standhardt, Punta Herron and Torre Egger in the Cerro Torre group in Patagonia. The Italian mountaineers turned back from the Col of...
19/11/2007 - Alpinism
Annapurna: Tomasz Humar south face report Tomaz Humar reveals details of his solo adventure to the East Summit of Annapurna (8047m) via a new line up the South Face.
18/10/2007 - Climbing
The Nose Speed record by Alexander and Thomas Huber On Monday 9 October Thomas and Alexander Huber set a new Speed record on The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, climbing the route in 2:45:45 and beating the old record by over 3 minutes.
24/09/2007 - Competitions
IX Climbing World Championship Aviles: full results Angela Eiter and Ramón Julian Puigblanque won the World Championship Lead 2007 in Aviles. The Bouldering competition was won by Dmitry Sharafutdinov and Anna Stöhr, while the Speed event was won by Qixin Zhong and Tatiana Ruyga (RUS). The Combined...
19/09/2007 - Competitions
IX Climbing World Championship Aviles: Qualification Lead All the best athletes have qualified for Saturday's Semifinal in the Lead World Championship 2007 in Aviles, Spain.
08/09/2007 - Events
Patxi Usobiaga and David Lama win the II Arco Rock Legends The second edition of the ARCO ROCK LEGENDS took place in Arco (Trentino, Lake Garda, Italy) on 07/09/07. Patxi Usobiaga from Spain won the second SALEWA ROCK AWARD while David Lama from Austria won the LA SPORTIVA COMPETITION AWARD.
27/08/2007 - Competitions
Arco Rock Master 21 and Arco Rock Legends: read before use On the eve of the 21st Rock Master it's definitely worth repeating: you simply cannot miss the world's most famous climbing weekend on 8 and 9 September...
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