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68-year-old Scottish mountaineer Rick Allen has lost his life while attempting to establish a new route on K2. In 2012, together with Sandy Allan, he completed the historic first traverse of the interminable Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat.

Last night Stefano Ghisolfi from Italy and Eliška Adamovská from the Czech republic won the fourth stage of the Lead World Cup in Briançon in France.

The second stage of the Lead World Cup 2021 is currently being held at Villars in Switzerland. The Semifinals take place at 10:00 today, and are followed by the Finals at 20:00. The second stage of the Speed World Cup...

Czech alpinist Márek Holeček reports about Heavenly Trap, the new route climbed alpine style over 10 days up the West Face of Baruntse (7129m) in Nepal together with Radoslav Groh.

Russian rock climber Dinara Fakhritdinova has repeated Max Factor, 9a at Bakhchisaray in Crimea. In doing so she has become the first Russian woman to climb 9a.

On 6 March 2021 Paul Bonhomme and Xavier Cailhol skied La Cathédrale (1600m, 5.4-5.5/E4) down Rochers du Rochail in the Oisans massif, France.

Carlo Alberto Cimenti, best known as Cala, and Patrick Negro perished yesterday in an avalanche while skiing in the mountains of Susa Valley in Italy.

German journalist Stefan Nestler examines the physiological difficulties associated with climbing K2 in winter without supplemental oxygen. Originally published on his website, Nestler has kindly allowed his text to be republished on planetmountain.com.

Viktoriia Meshkova and Aleksei Rubtsov from russia have qualified for Tokyo Olympic Games after winning the European Combined Championships in Moscow, russia. Stasa Gejo and Sascha Lehmann placed second, Eliska Adamovska and Sergei Luzhetskii placed third.

Live streaming at 13:35 CET today from the Finals of the European Combined Championships 2020, currently taking place in Moscow, russia. Up for grabs the final two European spots at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Live streaming today of the European Combined Championships 2020 from Moscow, russia, for the final two European spots at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

In Moscow earlier today Viktoriia Meshkova from russia and Sascha Lehmann from Switzerland won the 2020 European Lead Championship.

Live streaming today of the European Lead Championships 2020 from Moscow, russia. Semifinals this morning, Finals this afternoon

In Moscow today Viktoriia Meshkova from russia and Jernej Kruder from Slovenia won the 2020 European Bouldering Championship. Chloe Caulier and Sergei Luzhetskii won silver, Stasa Gejo and Nikolai Iarilovets bronze.

Live streaming today from Moscow, russia, currently hosting the European Bouldering Championships 2020.

Ekaterina Barashchuk from russia and Danyil Boldyrev from the Ukraine were crowned European Speed Champions in Moscow, russia, yesterday after beating Elizaveta Ivanov and Lev Rudatskiy. The bronze medal was won by Iuliia Kaplina and Marcin Dzienski. Kaplina set a...