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Patxi Usobiaga returns to 9a+ climbing form
01/04/2017 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga returns to 9a+ climbing form
Basque climber Patxi Usobiaga has repeated Papichulo, a 9a+ sport climb at Oliana in Spain. This heralds a great return to form after injury.
Red Bull X-Alps 2017 route announced
31/03/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017 route announced
The route for 8th edition of the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 has now been announced. Considered the world’s toughest adventure race, the +1000km traverse across the Alps by paraglider or on foot will begin on 2 July 2017 at Salzburg...
Julia Chanourdie climbs Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre
28/03/2017 - Climbing
Julia Chanourdie climbs Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre
French rock climber Julia Chanourdie has repeated Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, freed in 2002 by Alberto Gnerro and graded 9a.
Margo Hayes / the La Rambla Siurana climbing interview
27/03/2017 - Climbing
Margo Hayes / the La Rambla Siurana climbing interview
Interview with American climber Margo Hayes who on 26 February 2017 became the first woman to climb 9a+ with her ascent of La Rambla at the crag Siurana in Catalonia, Spain.
 Mina Leslie-Wujastyk in This is Why
24/03/2017 - Climbing
Mina Leslie-Wujastyk in This is Why
The video portrait of British rock climber Mina Leslie-Wujastyk.
Jacopo Larcher climbs La Rambla at Siurana / Interview
23/03/2017 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher climbs La Rambla at Siurana / Interview
Interview with Italian climber Jacopo Larcher after his repeat of the legendary sport climb La Rambla 9a+ at Siurana in Spain.
Royal Robbins, goodbye to America's legendary climber
15/03/2017 - Climbing
Royal Robbins, goodbye to America's legendary climber
On 14 March 2017 American rock climbing pioneer Royal Robbins passed away. Aged 82, Robbins was one of the best American climbers during the ’60’s and ’70’s, the period known in "Golden Age"" of Yosemite Valley climbing. Robbins was a...
Torres del Paine, interview with Nicolas Favresse after the first free ascent of El Regalo de Mwono in Patagonia
10/03/2017 - Alpinism
Torres del Paine, interview with Nicolas Favresse after the first free ascent of El Regalo de Mwono in Patagonia
Interview with Nicolas Favresse after the first free ascent, carried out with fellow-Belgians Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and Siebe Vanhee, of the big wall rock climb El Regalo de Mwono (1200m, 8a) located on the East Face of the Central Tower...
Luca Rinaldi boulders 8B at Cresciano and Varazze
09/03/2017 - Climbing
Luca Rinaldi boulders 8B at Cresciano and Varazze
At Cresciano in Switzerland Italy’s Luca Rinaldi repeated The Proue while at Varazze he sent Gioia and Alphacentauri. All three boulder problems are graded 8B.
Nina Williams claims first female ascent of Bishop highball Ambrosia
03/03/2017 - Climbing
Nina Williams claims first female ascent of Bishop highball Ambrosia
American rock climber Nina Williams has made the first female ascent of the famous highball boulder problem Ambrosia at Buttermilks, Bishop, USA.
Nomesino, the climbing gem in Val di Gresta - Arco
02/03/2017 - Climbing
Nomesino, the climbing gem in Val di Gresta - Arco
Planetmountain.com introduces the historic crag Nomesino in Val di Gresta, one of the most beautiful sport climbing crags in the entire Arco area in Northern Italy.
Margo Hayes repeats La Rambla, first woman to climb 9a+
27/02/2017 - Climbing
Margo Hayes repeats La Rambla, first woman to climb 9a+
America’s Margo Hayes has repeated La Rambla at Siurana in Spain and, in doing so, has become the first woman to climb 9a+.
Campitello di Fassa to host the IFSC European Climbing Championships 2017
26/02/2017 - Climbing
Campitello di Fassa to host the IFSC European Climbing Championships 2017
The small town Campitello in Val di Fassa, Italy, will host the sport climbing European Championships lead and Speed from 29 June to 1 July 2017. This is only the second time this prestigious climbing competition is disputed in Italy.
Damiano Lenzi and Laetitia Roux Individual Ski Mountaineering World Champions
24/02/2017 - Competitions
Damiano Lenzi and Laetitia Roux Individual Ski Mountaineering World Champions
On the first day of the Ski Mountaineering World Championships 2017 at Alpago - Piancavallo, Italy’s Damiano Lenzi and France’s Laetitia Roux were crowned Individual world champions. Silver went to Kilian Jornet Burgada from Spain and Maude Mathys from Switzerland,...
 Monte Miletto, new mixed climb Infinite Dreams in Italy’s Matese mountains
23/02/2017 - Alpinism
Monte Miletto, new mixed climb Infinite Dreams in Italy’s Matese mountains
Winter mountaineering in Molise, Italy: Riccardo Quaranta reports about Infinite Dreams (120m, AI4-, TD), the new mixed climb he established Monte Miletto in the Matese massif, established on 15/02/2017 with Agnese Flavi.
Federica Mingolla climbing Fisch - Attraverso il Pesce - up Marmolada, Dolomites
21/02/2017 - Alpinism
Federica Mingolla climbing Fisch - Attraverso il Pesce - up Marmolada, Dolomites
Climbing video: the documentary Fish that follows Italian climber Federica Mingolla up the famous rock climb via Attraverso il Pesce (Weg durch den Fisch), first ascended in 1981 by Igor Koller and Jindric Šustr on the South Face of Marmolada,...