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Peak Slesova Buttress: Federica Mingolla, Niccolò Bartoli establish a big wall in Kyrgyzstan’s Ak-Su Valley
25/08/2022 - Alpinism
Peak Slesova Buttress: Federica Mingolla, Niccolò Bartoli establish a big wall in Kyrgyzstan’s Ak-Su Valley
In the Ak-Su Valley in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan, Italian alpinists Federica Mingolla and Niccolò Bartoli have made the first ascent of Vivere la vita, an 800m big wall with difficulties up to on the South Buttress of Pik...
Rock climbing on Ireland's Gola Island
04/08/2022 - Climbing
Rock climbing on Ireland's Gola Island
Iain Miller introduces the rock climbing on Gola Island in Ireland. This island is one of the epicentre of the Donegal trad climbing scene with well over 200 single pitch routes from Diff to E5 on the pristine granite sea...
New Italian climb on Uli Biaho Spire climb in Trango group, Pakistan
01/08/2022 - Alpinism
New Italian climb on Uli Biaho Spire climb in Trango group, Pakistan
On Uli Biaho Spire (5620m) in the Trango Towers region of Pakistan’s Karakorum the Italian alpinists Alessandro Baù, Leonardo Gheza and Francesco Ratti have established Refrigerator Off-Width. The 510m new route up the mountain’s East Face was climbed alpine style and...
Edu Marín makes second free ascent of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower
22/07/2022 - Alpinism
Edu Marín makes second free ascent of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower
Climbing with his brother Álex and his father Francisco, Catalan climber Edu Marín has made the second free ascent of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower range in Pakistan. Established in 1989 by Kurt Albert, Wolfgang...
Pumari Chhish East first ascent in Pakistan by Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede, Jérôme Sullivan
08/07/2022 - Alpinism
Pumari Chhish East first ascent in Pakistan by Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede, Jérôme Sullivan
Climbing alpine style from 25 - 29 June 2022 French alpinists Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede, Jérôme Sullivan completed the first ascent of Pumari Chhish East (6850m) in Pakistan. 'The Crystal Ship' (M7, 6b, A2, 1600m) takes a technical, direct route...
Jugal Spire in Nepal climbed by Tim Miller, Paul Ramsden
18/05/2022 - Alpinism
Jugal Spire in Nepal climbed by Tim Miller, Paul Ramsden
Interview with British mountaineer Paul Ramsden who with Tim Miller completed an alpine style first ascent of The Phantom Line (1200m, ED+) up the north face of a previously unclimbed and unnamed 6563m peak now called Jugal Spire in the...
Changabang West Wall repeated after 46 years by Daniel Joll, Kim Ladiges, Matthew Scholes
09/05/2022 - Alpinism
Changabang West Wall repeated after 46 years by Daniel Joll, Kim Ladiges, Matthew Scholes
Kim Ladiges and Matthew Scholes from Australia and Daniel Joll from New Zealand have made the coveted second ascent of the West Wall of Changabang (6880m) in India, first climbed by British mountaineers Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker in 1976.
Jacopo Larcher explores dangerous new trad climbs at Cadarese
06/05/2022 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher explores dangerous new trad climbs at Cadarese
At Cadarese in Val d’Ossola, Italy, the South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher has freed two difficult trad climbs: Waiting for ... and Jeune et con.
Seb Berthe breezes up El Niño on El Capitan in Yosemite
01/05/2022 - Climbing
Seb Berthe breezes up El Niño on El Capitan in Yosemite
Belgian rock climber Sébastien Berthe has made a swift repeat of El Niño on El Capitan, managing to onsight or flash almost all of this classic Huber testpiece in a single day.
Delicatessen in Corsica's Bavella repeated by Romy Fuchs, Lara Neumeier
28/04/2022 - Alpinism
Delicatessen in Corsica's Bavella repeated by Romy Fuchs, Lara Neumeier
Delicatessen on Punta d’u Corbu at Col de la Bavella, Corsica has been repeated by Romy Fuchs and Lara Neumeier from Germany. The 120m 8b was established by Arnaud Petit and Stéphane Husson in 1992 and is regarded as one...
Slabducation: watch Sean Villanueva and Talo Martin slab climbing at La Pedriza in Spain
27/04/2022 - Climbing
Slabducation: watch Sean Villanueva and Talo Martin slab climbing at La Pedriza in Spain
The video of Talo Martin and Sean Villanueva slab climbing at La Pedriza in Spain.
Benjamin Lieber solos Moose's Tooth in Alaska
27/04/2022 - Alpinism
Benjamin Lieber solos Moose's Tooth in Alaska
On 14/04/2022 American alpinist Benjamin Lieber has made a solo ascent of Moose's Tooth in Alaska, via the classic Ham & Eggs Couloir
Smooth Criminal uncovered in Floitental, Austria by Johannes Kehrer, Martin Sieberer
15/04/2022 - Alpinism
Smooth Criminal uncovered in Floitental, Austria by Johannes Kehrer, Martin Sieberer
Johannes Kehrer and Martin Sieberer have made the first ascent of Smooth Criminal (M9/WI7-/150m), a testing mixed climb established in the Floitental in Austria.
Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer establish Goodbye Innsbrooklyn in Valsertal, Austria
06/04/2022 - Alpinism
Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer establish Goodbye Innsbrooklyn in Valsertal, Austria
The report by Simon Messner who at the end of March with Martin Sieberer made the first ascent of Goodbye Innsbrooklyn, a difficult mixed climb up the North Face of Schrammacher in the Valsertal, Austria.
Alex Honnold completes free solo of Dolomites Gelbe Mauer and American Direct on Petit Dru
04/03/2022 - Alpinism
Alex Honnold completes free solo of Dolomites Gelbe Mauer and American Direct on Petit Dru
Last summer American climber Alex Honnold made a free solo ascent of Gelbe Mauer / Muro Giallo on Cima Piccola at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites, and most of the American Direct on Petit Dru in...
Cuerno Este of Cuernos del Paine in Patagonia climbed by Jurado, Marcotti, Pelletti
03/02/2022 - Alpinism
Cuerno Este of Cuernos del Paine in Patagonia climbed by Jurado, Marcotti, Pelletti
An international team comprised of Pepo Jurado from Ecuador, Romano Marcotti from Chile and Sebastian Pelletti from Australia have made the first ascent of Cuerno Este, one the striking Cuernos del Paine peaks in the Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile.

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