750 News found

You searched for: 7a

21/06/2021 - Climbing

Sébastien Berthe, Siebe Vanhee repeat Fly on Staldenfluh in Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland

Belgian rock climbers Sébastien Berthe and Siebe Vanhee have made a ground-up free ascent of the 20-pitch (550m) test-piece ‘Fly on the Staldenfluh in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland.

10/06/2021 - Climbing

James Taylor liberates Prisoners of the Sun at Anglesey in North Wales

British rock climber James Taylor has made the first ascent of Prisoners of the Sun, an impressively difficult and dangerous E10 7a trad climb at Rhoscolyn on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.

09/06/2021 - Climbing

Five must see crags at Arco, the birthplace of sport climbing as we know it

Massone, Nago, Belvedere, Spiaggia delle Lucertole and Calvario: five crags you must visit to savour the best sport climbing around Arco and Lake Garda. This is the first article in a series made with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today...

08/06/2021 - Alpinism

Heavenly Trap on Baruntse, Márek Holeček reports about new route with Radoslav Groh

Czech alpinist Márek Holeček reports about Heavenly Trap, the new route climbed alpine style over 10 days up the West Face of Baruntse (7129m) in Nepal together with Radoslav Groh.

31/05/2021 - Climbing

Le Voyage at Annot in France repeated by Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher, Siebe Vanhee

At Annot in France Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher and Siebe Vanhee have all repeated the difficult trad climb Le Voyage, first ascended by James Pearson in 2017.

15/04/2021 - Alpinism

Watch Sean Villanueva make his Moonwalk Traverse in Patagonia

A first video of Belgian mountaineer Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll making his solo ascent of the Fitz Roy Traverse in Patagonia from 5 - 10 February 2021, which he dubbed the Moonwalk Traverse.

05/04/2021 - Climbing

Barbara Zangerl explosive on Sprengstoff, 9a at Lorünser Wändle in Austria

At the crag Lorünser Wändle in Austria Barbara Zangerl has made the first repeat of the 9a Sprengstoff, freed by Jacopo Larcher in November 2020.

04/04/2021 - Climbing

Sébastien Bouin at Saussois, the birthplace of French sport climbing

The video of Seb Bouin's climbing some classic routes at Le Saussois, known as the birthplace of French sport climbing.

10/03/2021 - Alpinism

Seán Villanueva, Jon Griffin climb 'King line' on Fitz Roy in Patagonia

On the south face of Fitz Roy in Patagonia the alpinists Seán Villanueva O’Driscoll and Jonathan Griffin have made the first ascent of La Chaltenense (500m, 7a), a huge offwidth described by the first ascensionists as a 'king line'.

09/03/2021 - Alpinism

Legrima on Langkofel, Dolomites, finally repeated by Titus Prinoth, Alex Walpoth

From 21 to 22 December 2020 Titus Prinoth and Alex Walpoth from the South Tyrol Italy, completed the first repeat of La Legrima on the northeast face of Langkofel / Sassolungo in the Dolomites. The difficult mixed climb was...

02/03/2021 - Climbing

Jacob Cook climbing The Lizard King, gritstone E9 at Ilkley in England

The video of British climber Jacob Cook making the first ascent in 2014 of The Lizard King, an E9 trad climb at Ilkley in England

23/02/2021 - Climbing

Elias Iagnemma repeats Christian Core's Gioia at Varazze

On Saturday 13 February 2021 at Varazze in Italy 25-year-old Elias Iagnemma made only the fourth repeat of Christian Core's ace boulder problem Gioia.

12/01/2021 - Climbing

Space Force created in Val Bavona by Alexandra Schweikart and Christopher Igel

German climbers Alexandra Schweikart and Christopher Igel have established Space Force (8a+/230m) a new multi-pitch climb in Valle Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland.

12/01/2021 - Alpinism

Luza Peak in Nepal first ascent by young Sherpa team

The 5726m high pyramidal Luza Peak in the Khumbu region of the Nepal was climbed for the first time at the end of 2020 by a young trio of Sherpa comprised of Pemba Sharwa Sherpa, Urken Sherpa and Lhakpa Gyaljen...