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![Jirishanca, Pumari Chhish East, Jugal Spire win Piolets d'Or 2023, Northern Sun Spire in Greenland receives Special Mention](/uploads/img/3/123681.jpg)
19/10/2023 - Alpinism
Jirishanca, Pumari Chhish East, Jugal Spire win Piolets d'Or 2023, Northern Sun Spire in Greenland receives Special Mention The organisers of the Piolets d'Or 2023 have awarded the following climbs: Jirishanca in Peru by Alik Berg and Quentin Roberts, Pumari Chhish East in Pakistan by Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede and Jérôme Sullivan, and Jugal Spire in Nepal by...
![Jakob Schubert proposes 9c for B.I.G. at Flatanger](/uploads/img/3/123066.jpg)
27/09/2023 - Interviews
Jakob Schubert proposes 9c for B.I.G. at Flatanger Interview with Jakob Schubert after the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger in Norway last week. The 32-year-old Austrian has now called the climb B.I.G. and suggested the grade 9c. This is currently the third route in the world...
![Andrea Lanfri receives Cala Cimenti Award 2023](/uploads/img/3/122676.jpg)
19/09/2023 - Events
Andrea Lanfri receives Cala Cimenti Award 2023 At the Frasassi Climbing Festival the 2023 Cala Cimenti Award was handed to Italian mountaineer Andrea Lanfri by Erika Siffredi. 'For his life story, his Strength, his Courage, his commitment Over All Limits. Living testimony of Cala and his values.'
![Ranrapalca NW Face climbed in Peru by Pou brothers & Micher Quito](/uploads/img/3/122998.jpg)
18/09/2023 - Alpinism
Ranrapalca NW Face climbed in Peru by Pou brothers & Micher Quito In August 2023 the virgin NW Face of Ranrapalca in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru was been climbed alpine style by Iker Pou, Eneko Pou and Micher Quito via their 'Ya Pe' Cholo' (6b/80°/1,200m).
![European Speed Olympic Qualification today in Rome](/uploads/img/3/122858.jpg)
15/09/2023 - Competitions
European Speed Olympic Qualification today in Rome One of the most ancient cities in the world, with a history that spans 28 centuries, is about to award two Olympic tickets in the fastest medal event of the Paris 2024 programme.
![Greenland 2023: ambitious Mirror Wall attempt abandoned by Cookson, Ditto, Favresse, Villanueva](/uploads/img/3/122849.jpg)
14/09/2023 - Alpinism
Greenland 2023: ambitious Mirror Wall attempt abandoned by Cookson, Ditto, Favresse, Villanueva Franco Cookson, Ben Ditto, Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva have attempted to forge a new big wall climb on the Mirror Wall in Greenland. As usual the group sailed from Scotland to Greenland. Favresse reports
![Welcome to the new planetmountain website](/uploads/img/3/73237.jpg)
10/09/2023 - Events
Welcome to the new planetmountain website Planetmountain has unveiled a new site for its readers. Features of the redesign include responsive mobile-friendly viewing and major reorganisation of contents and articles.
![Louis Gundolf frees old David Lama project on Laserz in Lienz Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/122579.jpg)
01/09/2023 - Climbing
Louis Gundolf frees old David Lama project on Laserz in Lienz Dolomites Austrian climber Louis Gundolf has made the first free asent of an old David Lama project on the south face of Laserz in the Lienz Dolomites, Austria. The 250m multipitch is called Project Lama and graded 8c+.
![Paul Pritchard makes first ascent of 'Jean', first trad lead in 25 years](/uploads/img/3/89168.jpg)
22/08/2023 - Interviews
Paul Pritchard makes first ascent of 'Jean', first trad lead in 25 years Interview with British rock climber Paul Pritchard who has made the first ascent of the trad climb 'Jean' in Tasmania. This is Pritchard's first trad lead in 25 years, after his near-fatal fall on the Totem Pole in 1998, and...
![Ciao Ermanno Salvaterra, the great dreamer](/uploads/img/3/12833.jpg)
19/08/2023 - Alpinism
Ciao Ermanno Salvaterra, the great dreamer Remembering Ermanno Salvaterra, the great Italian mountaineer of the Brenta Dolomites and Patagonia, who perished yesterday while climbing on Campanile Alto di Brenta.
![Connor Herson's staggering Squamish sending spree](/uploads/img/3/89110.jpg)
17/08/2023 - Climbing
Connor Herson's staggering Squamish sending spree American climber Connor Herson has made the second ascent of Crack of Destiny (5.14b/8c) and a fast repeat of Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c) at Squamish, Canada. Other repeats include Spirit Quest (5.14d/9a), Tainted Love (5.13d R/8b) and the multipitch Télmexw (5.13c/8a+).
![Swift Tre Cime di Lavaredo double for Jernej Kruder: Pan Aroma and Spanish route](/uploads/img/3/89087.jpg)
14/08/2023 - Alpinism
Swift Tre Cime di Lavaredo double for Jernej Kruder: Pan Aroma and Spanish route The report by Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder who earlier this summer made quick repeats of two hard climbs at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites: Panaroma (8b+, 500m) on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo and the Spanish route on...
![Skapelsen repeated free on Tågveggen in Norway by Eivind Hugaas and Kalle Olsson](/uploads/img/3/88709.jpg)
03/08/2023 - Climbing
Skapelsen repeated free on Tågveggen in Norway by Eivind Hugaas and Kalle Olsson On 24 - 25 June 2023 Eivind Hugaas and Kalle Olsson completed what is likely to be the first free repeat of Skapelsen on Tågveggen (Tågwall) in Litldalen, Norway. The 700 m climb was first ascended in 1986 by Anders...
![New climb on Baintha Kabata (Karakorum) by Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach, Symon Welfringer](/uploads/img/3/88674.jpg)
02/08/2023 - Climbing
New climb on Baintha Kabata (Karakorum) by Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach, Symon Welfringer Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach and Symon Welfringer have established a new route up the South Pillar of Baintha Kabata (6250m) in the Karakorum, Pakistan.
![Sport Climbing World Championships 2023 begin in Bern today](/uploads/img/3/88670.jpg)
01/08/2023 - Competitions
Sport Climbing World Championships 2023 begin in Bern today The 2023 Sport Climbing World Championships begin today in Bern, Switzerland. The event will award world titles in Boulder, Lead, Speed and Paraclimbing, also distribute the first batch of 10 Olympic quota places for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
![New climb on Roi du Siam in Mont Blanc massif by Niccolò Bruni, Gianluca Marra](/uploads/img/3/88661.jpg)
31/07/2023 - Alpinism
New climb on Roi du Siam in Mont Blanc massif by Niccolò Bruni, Gianluca Marra On the gendarme Roi du Siam (3632m) in the Mont Blanc massif the Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Gianluca Marra have established the multi-pitch climb 'Calcul du Roi'. Bruni reports.
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