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![Sean Villanueva and the magical Moonwalk Traverse of Fitz Roy skyline solo in Patagonia](/uploads/img/3/69587.jpg)
15/02/2021 - Interviews
Sean Villanueva and the magical Moonwalk Traverse of Fitz Roy skyline solo in Patagonia Interview with Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll after the Fitz Roy Traverse in Patagonia, carried out solo from 5 to 10 February and christened the Moonwalk Traverse by the Belgian mountaineer. This is only the second time that the iconic skyline of...
![Farewell to Galliano Bordin, founder of AKU](/uploads/img/3/69413.jpg)
02/02/2021 - Environment
Farewell to Galliano Bordin, founder of AKU Galliano Bordin, the founder of the Italian footwear company AKU, passed away aged 85 on Saturday. The son of a family of shoemakers, Bordin founded the company at Montebelluna in Northern Italy and exported walking shoes, trekking and mountaineering boots...
![Future of rock climbing at stake at Grampians, Australia](/uploads/img/3/13597.jpg)
21/01/2021 - Climbing
Future of rock climbing at stake at Grampians, Australia Numerous crags at the Grampians are at risk of closure. The Australian Climbing Association Victoria is asking climbers to submit their thoughts by Sunday 24 January 2021 to the government agency Parks Victoria against the plans which, if adopted, would...
![Solenne Piret inspirational on Onde de Choc at Fontainebleau](/uploads/img/3/69180.jpg)
20/01/2021 - Climbing
Solenne Piret inspirational on Onde de Choc at Fontainebleau On Saturday 9 January 2021 French paraclimber Solenne Piret made a remarkable ascent of Onde de Choc, a 7B boulder problem at Fontainebleau.
![Nirmal Purja climbed K2 in winter without supplementary oxygen](/uploads/img/3/69157.jpg)
18/01/2021 - Alpinism
Nirmal Purja climbed K2 in winter without supplementary oxygen Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja has reported that he climbed K2 in winter without the use of supplementary oxygen.
![Bernd Zangerl explores his limits on Grenzenlos in Valle dell’Orco](/uploads/img/3/68553.jpg)
02/12/2020 - Climbing
Bernd Zangerl explores his limits on Grenzenlos in Valle dell’Orco Austrian boulderer Bernd Zangerl has made the first ascent of a difficult crack called Grenzenlos in Valle Orco, Italy. Protected with a pecker, it is a mix between a trad climb and a highball.
![Alaska's autumn nets two big new climbs in Hayes Range](/uploads/img/3/68462.jpg)
26/11/2020 - Alpinism
Alaska's autumn nets two big new climbs in Hayes Range Benjamin Lieber reports about two big new climbs ascended in Alaska’s Hayes Range: DeWilde Style (800m AI4+) up the SE Face of Peak 9,250ft with Alex Hansen and Longing For Light (700m AI5) on the NE Shoulder of Mount Moffit...
![Julia Chanourdie climbs 9b, third woman after Angela Eiter and Laura Rogora](/uploads/img/3/68125.jpg)
08/11/2020 - Climbing
Julia Chanourdie climbs 9b, third woman after Angela Eiter and Laura Rogora Yesterday at Saint Léger du Ventoux in France Julia Chanourdie climbed Eagle-4, becoming only the third woman in the world to climb a 9b after Angela Eiter and Laura Rogora.
![Cadarese, the crack climbing paradise in Val d’Ossola, Italy](/uploads/img/3/67910.jpg)
21/10/2020 - Climbing
Cadarese, the crack climbing paradise in Val d’Ossola, Italy The crag Cadarese in Val d’Ossola, Italy, often referred to as Cadda and without doubt one of the most important crack climbing destinations in Italy and Europe.
![Petition against oil drilling close to Fontainebleau](/uploads/img/3/67860.jpg)
16/10/2020 - Environment
Petition against oil drilling close to Fontainebleau A petition has been launched by Environnement Bocage Gâtinais (EBG) against an Oil Drilling project just 4 km from the Fontainebleau forest, famous for being the world's bouldering mecca. On the 19th of October EBG will present the petition to...
![Madeleine Cope and Emma Twyford climb E9 in England and Wales](/uploads/img/3/67235.jpg)
08/09/2020 - Climbing
Madeleine Cope and Emma Twyford climb E9 in England and Wales Britain’s Madeleine Cope and Emma Twyford have both repeated an E9 trad route by climbing, respectively, The Final Round at Illam Rock in England and Chupacabra at Pembroke in Wales.
![Eiger Odyssee climbed in a day by Nicolas Favresse & Sébastien Berthe](/uploads/img/3/67123.jpg)
01/09/2020 - Alpinism
Eiger Odyssee climbed in a day by Nicolas Favresse & Sébastien Berthe Belgian climbers Nicolas Favresse and Sébastien Berthe have repeated Odyssee, one of the hardest rock climbs on the North Face of the the Eiger in Switzerland.
![Heinz Mariacher receives Paul Preuss Award 2020](/uploads/img/3/44610.jpg)
24/08/2020 - Alpinism
Heinz Mariacher receives Paul Preuss Award 2020 Austrian alpinist Heinz Mariacher is the recipient of the Paul Preuss Award 2020. Mariacher is the eighth mountaineer to receive the prestigious prize after Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander and Bernd Arnold.
![Filip Babicz speed solo ascent of Mont Blanc Integralissima de Peuterey](/uploads/img/3/66718.jpg)
07/08/2020 - Alpinism
Filip Babicz speed solo ascent of Mont Blanc Integralissima de Peuterey Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz has made a solo ascent of the Integralissima de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif in an astounding 17 hours. This is the first repeat of the 'Longest ridge in the Alps’, first climbed in full...
![Video: Adam Ondra and the intricate climbing ethics of Czech sandstone](/uploads/img/3/66684.jpg)
05/08/2020 - Climbing
Video: Adam Ondra and the intricate climbing ethics of Czech sandstone The video on Adam Ondra explaining, with Petr Slanina, how a new climb is first ascended on the sandstone towers in the Czech Republic. With archive footage of the first 9a established ground-up by Ondra at Labak in 2012.
![Mont Blanc Super Integrale de Peutèrey: François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti climb in the footsteps of Renato Casarotto](/uploads/img/3/66558.jpg)
01/08/2020 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc Super Integrale de Peutèrey: François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti climb in the footsteps of Renato Casarotto Mountain guides François Cazzanelli and Francesco Ratti have enchained the Ratti-Vitali route on Aiguille Noire de Peutèrey, the Gervasutti - Boccalatte route on Picco Gugliermina and the Central Pillar of Frêney, first climbed in 1961 by Chris Bonington, Ian Clough,...
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