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On 6 December 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Ultima Ronda' (AI3 M4, 700m) on the previously unclimbed south face of Cerro Trono Blanco in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.

From 10 to 12 January 2025, the eighth Eiskletterfestival Osttirol ice Climbing Festival, Austria, will take place at the Eispark Osttirol close to the Matreier Tauernhaus. This year's guest of honour will be the mountaineer Rudolf Hauser.

Daniel Ladurner reports about the first ascent, carried out with Mathieu Maynadier and Francesco Favilli on 5 January 2024, of the mixed route 'Birthday Crack' in Vallunga / Langental, Dolomites, Italy. A way to remember Favilli, who died tragically in...

The report of the second day of the Piolets d'Or 2024 in San Martino di Castrozza, Dolomites.

The short report of the first day of the Piolets d'Or 2024 in San Martino di Castrozza, Dolomites.

The report by Italian mountain guide Saro Costa of his Alpin’ Ticino Project, ie the link-up from 19 to 30 October 2024 of the 42 3000-meter mountains in the Ticino Alps in Switzerland. The only mountain not summited, due to...

The 2024 edition of the Piolets d'Or will take place from 8 - 11 December 2024 in San Martino di Castrozza, Dolomites, Italy.

The third edition of 'Baunei, Sport climbing', the compact climbing guidebook by Maurizio Oviglia, has been published by Pietra di Luna Edizioni. One of the best-selling guidebooks to the east coast of Sardinia, Italy, features all the crags in the...

PIEPS GmbH announces a voluntary recall for the PIEPS PRO IPS Avalanche Transceiver. Published below is the company's press release.

Gioachino Gobbi, the Italian alpinist and great entrepreneur who in the 1980s relaunched the prestigious Grivel mountain equipment brand, has died aged 79.

The crag Castel Madruzzo is located less than half an hour from Arco, Italy, and features 24 climbs from 6a to 7c+.

Mammut has announced a voluntary recall of its Barryvox 2 and Barryvox S2 avalanche beacons from the Winter 24/25 season. Published below is the company's press release.

South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher has repeated 'Magic Line' (5.14c/8c+) in Yosemite Valley, California, making the route’s 7th ascent.

On 03/11/2024 French climber Caroline Ciavaldini repeated ‘Greenspit (8b/+) in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.

Slovakian mountaineer Ondrej Huserka died last week while descending Langtang Lirung in Nepal, shortly after having made the first ascent of the huge East Face with Marek Holeček. Born in 1990, he was widely regarded as one of the leading...

On 01/11/2024 Niccolò Bruni and Federica Furia made the first ascent of 'C'est trop facile', a new mixed climb on Aiguille de Toule in the Mont Blanc massif.