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Asgard Baffin Island expedition success for Favresse, Villanueva and Hanssens
02/09/2009 - Alpinism
Asgard baffin Island expedition success for Favresse, Villanueva and Hanssens
Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stéphane Hanssens and Olivier Favresse have recently returned from an expedition to baffin Island where they carried out the first ascents of 3 different routes and attempted to free climb the Bavarian route on the South...
The Norwegian Alpine Club and the ethics for climbing in Norway
11/03/2009 - Alpinism
The Norwegian Alpine Club and the ethics for climbing in Norway
With reference to the latest ascents by Robert Jasper in Norway, the Norsk Tindeklub (Norwegian Alpine Club) has now published an official statement guidelining climbing ethics in Norway. The German climber also provides his point of view.
Baffin Island BASE jump
11/12/2008 - Alpinism
baffin Island BASE jump
Melissa Andrezjewski and Chris McNamara BASE jump off Kiguti, Sam Ford Fjord, baffin Island.
Take the long way home new route on Baffin Island, Canada
27/06/2008 - Alpinism
Take the long way home new route on baffin Island, Canada
A German expedition including Robert Japser and Stefan Glowacz has carried out the first ascent of "Take the long way home" (700m, 21 pitches, A4 10-) on baffin Island, Canada.
Slovene Mountain Film Festival
29/02/2008 - Events
Slovene Mountain Film Festival
Silvo Karo reports about the 2nd International Mountain Film Festival organized in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana and the city of Domžale.
'Osa, ma non troppo', Cerro Cota 2000 (Paine, Patagonia)
21/02/2007 - Alpinism
'Osa, ma non troppo', Cerro Cota 2000 (Paine, Patagonia)
From 21 - 26 January 2007 the Italians Elio Orlandi, Michele Cagol, Fabio Leoni and Rolando Larcher made the first ascent of "Osa ma non troppo", a 700m line up the E Face of Cerro Cota 2000 (Torres del Paine,...
Baffin 2006, the island at the edge of the world
28/12/2006 - Alpinism
baffin 2006, the island at the edge of the world
Polar bears, icebergs, a sailing boat, whales and a plethora of unclimbed rock and thousands of new routes to be climbed...In mid August 2006 the Italian Mountain Guides Michele Maggioni and Marco Zaninetti set off with Cristina, Giovanni and the...
Jean-François Beaulieu frees La Zébrée, trad 8b+
05/11/2004 - Climbing
Jean-François Beaulieu frees La Zébrée, trad 8b+
In mid-October Jean-François Beaulieu from Canada pinkpointed an old aid project, La Zébrée at Mont-King, Val David, Québec, grading it 8b+
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour
19/02/2004 - Alpinism
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour
In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.
“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz & Co
16/01/2002 - Climbing
“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz & Co
“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz and Co on El Gigante, Mexico
El Gigante big wall, Mexico
14/11/2001 - Climbing
El Gigante big wall, Mexico
Last week Stefan Glowacz, Kurt Albert, Holger Heuber, Gunda Frühwald and the photographer Klaus Fengler set off to Mexico to climb the 1000m big wall El Gigante
Helly Hansen Award for mountaineers
11/02/2001 - Alpinism
Helly Hansen Award for mountaineers
As in 2000, Helly Hansen and the American Alpine Club will assign the Helly Hansen Mountain Adventure Awards 2001 to three small exploratory expeditions
Polar Big Wall Expedition 2000
26/10/2000 - Alpinism
Polar Big Wall Expedition 2000
On 23/08/2000 the expedition comprised of S. Glowacz, K. Albert, H. Hember and G. Heidorn established 'Odyssey 2000' on the unclimbed Polar Bear Spire on Canada's baffin Island
British Team makes ascent of Big Wall in Malaysia
22/05/2000 - Climbing
British Team makes ascent of Big Wall in Malaysia
Sheer7 team climbs first of 7 big walls covered live on the Internet