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![Steve House / knowing yourself](/uploads/img/3/38860.jpg)
11/08/2016 - Alpinism
Steve House / knowing yourself American alpinist Steve House shares his thoughts about how failing wisely provides interior growth. Originally posted only on facebook, House has kindly allowed his text to be republished on planetmountain.com.
![Sean Bailey blasts Biographie at Céüse](/uploads/img/3/38402.jpg)
06/08/2016 - Climbing
Sean Bailey blasts Biographie at Céüse American sports climber Sean Bailey has repeated Biographie 9a+ at Ceuse, France.
![Touching the void - immortal stories](/uploads/img/3/37621.jpg)
09/06/2016 - Alpinism
Touching the void - immortal stories PlayAlpinismo films: Touching the void by Kevin Macdonald recounts the dramatic and immortal story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates and their first ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande (Andes, Peru). A film and a story about the...
![Enrico Baistrocchi: California, climbing, work and a touch of nostalgia](/uploads/img/3/37527.jpg)
06/06/2016 - Climbing
Enrico Baistrocchi: California, climbing, work and a touch of nostalgia At Mt. Woodson, San Diego, California, where Enrico Baistrocchi moved to work as a route setter and climbing coach, the Italian climber has made the first ascent of Ancora Vivo, at V12 the hardest boulder problem in the area and...
![Melloblocco 2016 - day 2. Social climbing](/uploads/img/3/36715.jpg)
06/05/2016 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2016 - day 2. Social climbing The report of the second day of Melloblocco 2016. 1500 boulderer have already flocked to the valley for the social Mello climbing.
![Nanga Parbat in winter and the Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger climbing partnership](/uploads/img/3/35667.jpg)
24/03/2016 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter and the Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger climbing partnership Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger: how the climbing partnership was formed that, together with Ali Sadpara and Alex Txikon, paved the way to the historic first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (8126m, Karakorum, Pakistan).
![Ski Makalu with Emily Harrington](/uploads/img/3/35698.jpg)
06/03/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Ski Makalu with Emily Harrington The video retracing the 2015 expedition comprised of Emily Harrington, Adrian Ballinger, Hilaree O'Neill, Jim Morrison and Kit Deslauriers to climb and ski Makalu (8462m), Nepal, Himalaya.
![Sasha DiGiulian ice climbing in Colorado](/uploads/img/3/34610.jpg)
14/01/2016 - Alpinism
Sasha DiGiulian ice climbing in Colorado The video of American sports climber Sasha DiGiulian ice climbing in Colorado, USA.
![UIAA recommends titanium bolts only for marine crags](/uploads/img/3/33764.jpg)
25/11/2015 - Climbing
UIAA recommends titanium bolts only for marine crags Maurizio Oviglia discusses the new document produced by the UIAA (the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation) which outlines management strategies for individual climbers, bolters and manufacturers for anchor safety and bolting of sport climbs at seaside crags.
![Basilicata: searching for climbing's Never Never land. By Marzio Nardi](/uploads/img/3/33258.jpg)
30/10/2015 - Climbing
Basilicata: searching for climbing's Never Never land. By Marzio Nardi Marzio Nardi reports about Rock Slave XP 2015, the climbing trip to Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa and the Lucane Dolomites in Basilicata, Souther Italy. A journey inspired by the famous book "Mezzogiorno di pietra" published in 1985 by Alessandro Gogna.
![Nina Caprez and Marc le Menestrel repeat Hannibals Alptraum in Rätikon](/uploads/img/3/31418.jpg)
16/07/2015 - Interviews
Nina Caprez and Marc le Menestrel repeat Hannibals Alptraum in Rätikon Interview with Nina Caprez who, together with Marc le Menestrel, repeated Hannibals Alptraum, the smooth limestone testpiece first climbed in 1986 by Martin Scheel and Robert Bösch in Switzerland’s Rätikon massif.
![Reequipping with 'marine' gear in Sardinia by Louis Piguet](/uploads/img/3/30397.jpg)
11/06/2015 - Climbing
Reequipping with 'marine' gear in Sardinia by Louis Piguet Maurizio Oviglia shares the information, provided by Louis Piguet, about the Swissman’s recent rebolting of some sport climbs in Sardinia located at the Buggerru sea cliff and at Cala Fuii (Cala Gonone).
![Heart and muscles: Mont Blanc on foot and by bike](/uploads/img/3/29851.jpg)
15/04/2015 - Alpinism
Heart and muscles: Mont Blanc on foot and by bike From Padua, close to Venice, all the way to the summit of Mont Blanc: a bicycle ride that culminated on the summit of the symbol of mountaineering. A great adventure experienced at just the right speed which, three summers down...
![Amore e ombra, Adam Holzknecht and Alex Walpoth climb new mixed route in Vallunga](/uploads/img/3/29130.jpg)
24/02/2015 - Alpinism
Amore e ombra, Adam Holzknecht and Alex Walpoth climb new mixed route in Vallunga On Col Turont, Vallunga / Langental, Dolomites, Adam Holzknecht and Alex Walpoth have made the first ascent of the mixed climb Amore e Ombra (160m, M9, VIII, WI5).
![Has exploratory alpinism failed?](/uploads/img/3/12431.jpg)
10/10/2014 - Alpinism
Has exploratory alpinism failed? Starting from a recent statement by Reinhold Messner, Manuel Lugli discusses the presumed end of “traditional” and exploratory alpinism.
![The Grandes Jorasses serac, interview with Michèle Curtaz, Fondazione Montagna Sicura](/uploads/img/3/26451.jpg)
01/10/2014 - Alpinism
The Grandes Jorasses serac, interview with Michèle Curtaz, Fondazione Montagna Sicura On 16/09/2014, the Mayor of Courmayeur prohibited access to the path that leads to Rifugio Boccalatte and also the areas below the Whymper serac on the Grandes Jorasses. Excessive zeal on behalf of the town council, or was the serac...
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