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Arc'teryx Alpine Academy 2016 at Chamonix
16/03/2016 - Alpinism
Arc'teryx Alpine Academy 2016 at Chamonix
Registration is now online for the 5th Arcteryx Alpine Academy that will take place from 16 - 19 June 2016 at Chamonix, France. This unique event offers climbers of all abilities to learn more about climbing and alpinism directly on...
Ortler Trinitas: Riegler brothers complete their South Tyrolean trilogy
11/01/2016 - Alpinism
Ortler Trinitas: Riegler brothers complete their South Tyrolean trilogy
Florian Riegler reports about his ascent of Trinitas (WI4, M5, 1000m), a probable new route up the NW Face of Ortler climbed on 27/12/2015 together with his brother Martin Riegler. With this ascent the two South Tyrolean alpinists have completed...
Tancrède Melet, salut l'artiste
07/01/2016 - Alpinism
Tancrède Melet, salut l'artiste
Tancrède Melet, the French artist and acrobat perished on Tuesday 5 January 2016 at Diois in France.
Klemen Premrl and Rahel Schelb climbing ice in the Iceland Trifecta
22/11/2015 - Alpinism
Klemen Premrl and Rahel Schelb climbing ice in the Iceland Trifecta
The film Climbing Ice - The Iceland Trifecta by Tim Kemple featuring Klemen Premrl and Rahel Schelb.
Slovenians climb new routes in Kyrgyzstan
02/11/2015 - Climbing
Slovenians climb new routes in Kyrgyzstan
The trip report by Miha Hauptman who, together with Matjaž Cotar, Anže Jerše and Uroš Stanonik travelled to the Kyzyl Asker glacier (Western Kokshaal Too range) in Kyrgyzstan and climbed a flurry of probable new routes.
French forge new climb up Cerro Riso Patrón Central in Patagonia
15/10/2015 - Alpinism
French forge new climb up Cerro Riso Patrón Central in Patagonia
In September 2015 the French alpinists Lise Billon, Antoine Moineville, Diego Simari and Jérôme Sullivan made the first ascent of Hasta las Wuebas (1000m, ED-, WI5, M5, 90°), a new climb up the east face of Cerro Riso Patrón Central,...
Marc-André Leclerc free solo of the Tomahawk - Excocet routes in Patagonia
05/10/2015 - Alpinism
Marc-André Leclerc free solo of the Tomahawk - Excocet routes in Patagonia
Canadian alpinist Marc-Andre Leclerc has carried out a fast solo ascent of the routes Tomahawk and Excocet on Aguja Standhardt in Patagonia.
Mount Malaspina in Canada first ascended by Natalia Martinez and Camilo Rada
25/08/2015 - Alpinism
Mount Malaspina in Canada first ascended by Natalia Martinez and Camilo Rada
On 15 August 2015 Natalia Martinez from Argentina and Camilo Rada from Chile made the first ascent of Mount Malaspina (3,776 meters), Saint Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada. The two climbed what was reputed to be the "highest named unclimbed mountain...
Martjin Seuren perishes on Rochefort ridge
24/07/2015 - Alpinism
Martjin Seuren perishes on Rochefort ridge
On Wedndesday 22 July 2015 Dutch alpinist Martjin Seuren lost his life in a fall while climbing the Rochefort ridge in the Mont Blanc massif. He had been climbing with another alpinist and Ueli Steck, currently attempting the 82 peaks...
Alaska Mount Lucifer: John Frieh and Doug Shepherd climb Agua Sin Gas
29/06/2015 - Alpinism
Alaska Mount Lucifer: John Frieh and Doug Shepherd climb Agua Sin Gas
In May 2015 John Frieh and Doug Shepherd made the first ascent of "Agua Sin Gas" (III WI4/steep snow) up the North Face of Mount Lucifer in Alaska. The trip report by John Frieh.
Heart and muscles: Mont Blanc on foot and by bike
15/04/2015 - Alpinism
Heart and muscles: Mont Blanc on foot and by bike
From Padua, close to Venice, all the way to the summit of Mont Blanc: a bicycle ride that culminated on the summit of the symbol of mountaineering. A great adventure experienced at just the right speed which, three summers down...
Tom Ballard solos the Allain - Leininger route up the Petit Dru North Face
16/03/2015 - Alpinism
Tom Ballard solos the Allain - Leininger route up the Petit Dru North Face
British alpinist Tom Ballard has climbed the Allain - Leininger route up the North Face of the Petit Dru (3,733m) in the Mont Blanc massif. This is his fifth climb of his Starlight and Storm project that aims to climb...
Shivling, the perfect attempt by Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo
08/03/2015 - Alpinism
Shivling, the perfect attempt by Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo
The report by Portugese climbers Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo about their autumn 2014 attempt to forge a new route up Shivling in the Indian Himalayas.
Renato Casarotto and the Peutérey Super Integral, an unrepeatable alpinism and adventure
12/02/2015 - Alpinism
Renato Casarotto and the Peutérey Super Integral, an unrepeatable alpinism and adventure
32 years after Renato Casarotto's ascent of Frêney trilogy, also known as the Super Integral di Peutèrey (Mont Blanc), Ivo Ferrari remembers the great Italian alpinist.
Nanga Parbat in winter, Tomasz Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol return to Base Camp after reaching 7800m
19/01/2015 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter, Tomasz Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol return to Base Camp after reaching 7800m
News just in: France’s Elisabeth Revol and Poland’s Tomasz Mackiewicz have returned to base camp of Nanga Parbat after reaching 7800m during their attempt to make the first winter ascent of this 8126m giant in the Karakorum. This historic feat...
Gasherbrum V, first ascent by the Koreans Chi-young Ahn and Nak-jong Seong
29/09/2014 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum V, first ascent by the Koreans Chi-young Ahn and Nak-jong Seong
On 25/07/2014 the Koreans Chi-young Ahn and Nak-jong Seong completed the first ascent of Gasherbrum V (7147m) in Pakistan, climbing alpine style via a new route up the South Face. The report by expedition leader Chi-young Ahn.