105 News found
18/05/2015 - Climbing
Dean Potter and Graham Hunt die in Yosemite accident On Saturday, 16/05/2015, the famous American climber Dean Potter and Graham Hunt lost their lives in a wingsuit accident in Yosemite Valley, USA.
04/05/2015 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama climbing in Yosemite Valley The video of Yuji Hirayama and his recent trip to Yosemite National Park, USA to climb and go bouldering.
01/05/2015 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold climbs Matterhorn Schmid route in 1:46 On 22/04/2015 Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold climbed the Schmid route on the North Face of the Matterhorn in 1 hour and 46 minutes, 10 minutes faster than previous record holder Ueli Steck in 2009.
24/12/2014 - Trekking
Kilian Jornet Burgada sets new Aconcagua speed record Spanish skyrunner Kilian Jornet Burgada has set a new speed record on Aconcagua, ascending and descending the 6962m high mountain in 12 hours and 49 minutes.
08/11/2014 - Climbing
Lofoten Storpillaren, new climb up Vagakallen by Adam Pustelnik and Andreas Klarström This summer Adam Pustelnik and Andreas Klarström made the first ascent of The Corner kick (8a, 900m), a difficult and dangerous new variation to the climb Freya up the Storpillaren pillar on the North Face of Vågakallen, Lofoten islands, Norway.
29/10/2014 - Climbing
The Nose, Libby Sauter and Mayan Smith-Gobat set new El Capitan record On 28 October Libby Sauter from America and Mayan Smith-Gobat from New Zealand set a new female speed record on The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA, climbing the route in 5 hours and 2 minutes.
24/10/2014 - Climbing
Yosemite: El Capitan climbing action Jorg Verhoeven, Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Libby Sauter, Chantel Astorga, Quinn Brett, Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall are all in Yosemite currently attempting their projects on El Capitan...
04/10/2014 - Climbing
Hans Florine and the King Swing on The Nose, El Capitan The videos by American climber Hans Florine that explain how to do the King Swing on the legendary rock climb The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite.
04/04/2014 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold solos Crack Baby on Breitwangflue in 27 minutes and 13 seconds On Sunday 9 March Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold solo climbed Crack Baby up the Breitwangflue in Switzerland in a mere 27 minutes and 13 seconds.
26/03/2014 - Climbing
Sean Leary dies in BASE jump accident On 13 March the American climber Sean Leary died during a BASE jump accident in Utah, USA
18/02/2014 - Alpinism
Chad Kellogg dies on Fitz Roy in Patagonia On 14/02/2014 the 42-year-old American alpinist Chad Kellogg lost his life while descending from Fitz Roy in Patagonia.
15/11/2013 - Events
Banskofilmfest 2013 From 20 - 24 November 2013 more than 110 film from 27 countries will be screened at the Bansko Film Festival in Bulgaria. Special guests include Peter Habeler, Simone Origone, Christian Stangl, Géraldine Fassnacht, Juanito Oiarzabal and Benedikt Purner.
13/11/2013 - Climbing
Cheyne Lempe sets Salathé Wall rope-solo speed record on El Capitan American climber Cheyne Lempe has set a new rope-solo speed record on the Salathé Wall, climbing the historic route up El Capitan in Yosemite in 20 hours 6 minutes.
04/10/2013 - Climbing
Yosemite and all U.S. National Parks closed, for climbers too Following the U.S. Shutdown, all National Parks are now officially closed such as Yosemite National Park where the climbers on the big walls will be the last to leave.
01/10/2013 - Climbing
The Nose, Mayan Smith-Gobat and Libby Sauter set new women's speed record Mayan Smith-Gobat from New Zealand and Libby Sauter from America have set a new women's speed record up The Nose in Yosemite, climbing the iconic route in 5 hours and 39 minutes.
26/08/2013 - Alpinism
Kilian Jornet Burgada: up and down the Matterhorn in less than three hours. Giulio Caresio analyses the visible and invisible aspects of an extraordinary achievement: the record-breaking ascent and descent of the Matterhorn in 2:52:02.
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