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![Piolet d'Or 2015 and the big list of 58 climbs](/uploads/img/3/29067.jpg)
20/02/2015 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2015 and the big list of 58 climbs 58 ascents carried out in 2014 have been included in the "Big list" of the Piolets d'Or, the most prestigious mountaineering award that will be celebrated between 9 - 12 April, 2015 at Courmayeur and Chamonix, at the foot of...
![Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2015: the Andorra results](/uploads/img/3/28780.jpg)
30/01/2015 - Competitions
Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2015: the Andorra results The results of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2015 that took place in Andorra last weekend.
![Dawn Wall frenzy reaches fever pitch as Caldwell and Jorgeson climb to new heights on El Capitan](/uploads/img/3/28497.jpg)
11/01/2015 - Climbing
Dawn Wall frenzy reaches fever pitch as Caldwell and Jorgeson climb to new heights on El Capitan Both Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson have reached new personal high points during their endeavour to free climb in a single, ground-up push the Dawn Wall project on El Capitan, Yosemite.
![Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic win in Kranj](/uploads/img/3/27693.jpg)
18/11/2014 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic win in Kranj The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2014, held on 16 November at Kranj in Slovenia, was won by Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic. Austria's Jakob Schubert and South Korea's Jain Kim had already won the Lead World Cup...
![Anna Torretta and Cecilia Buil: ice climbing on Marmolejo in Chile](/uploads/img/3/25481.jpg)
10/10/2014 - Alpinism
Anna Torretta and Cecilia Buil: ice climbing on Marmolejo in chile The video of Anna Torretta and Cecilia Buil and the first ascent of the ice climb La Gioconda (160m, WI 6) above the glacier Cerro El Marmolejo (6109m, chile).
![Andreas Fransson and JP Auclair killed by avalanche in Patagonia](/uploads/img/3/26557.jpg)
01/10/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Andreas Fransson and JP Auclair killed by avalanche in Patagonia On 29/09/2014 Swedish skier Andreas Fransson and Canadian skier JP Auclair were killed by an avalanche on Monte San Lorenzo in Patagonia, on the border between chile and Argentina. Both were considered two of the world's premier skiers.
![Volcan Aguilera, first ascent in Patagonia by the Uncharted expedition](/uploads/img/3/26345.jpg)
23/09/2014 - Alpinism
Volcan Aguilera, first ascent in Patagonia by the Uncharted expedition The Uncharted expedition comprised of Camilo Rada, Natalia Martinez, Ines Dusaillant, Viviana Callahan and Evan Miles has made the first ascent of Volcan Aguilera (2480m) on the South Patagonian Icefield. Furthermore, during the return across the Hielos Continentales the team...
![New ice climbs in Chile by Cecilia Buil and Anna Torretta in Chile](/uploads/img/3/25475.jpg)
06/08/2014 - Alpinism
New ice climbs in chile by Cecilia Buil and Anna Torretta in chile In mid-July Cecilia Buil from Spain and Anna Torretta from Italy made the first ascent of La Gioconda (160m, WI 6) a new ice climb on the glacier Cerro El Marmolejo (6109m, chile) to which they then added the variation...
![Paige Claassen frees Middle Earth, 8b at 4000m in Ecuador](/uploads/img/3/23217.jpg)
09/04/2014 - Climbing
Paige Claassen frees Middle Earth, 8b at 4000m in Ecuador American climber Paige Claassen has made the first ascent of Middle Earth, an 8b located in the Cajas National Park in Ecuador at an altitude of 4000m.
![Farewell Charlie Porter, the Space traveller](/uploads/img/3/22394.jpg)
26/02/2014 - Climbing
Farewell Charlie Porter, the Space traveller Charlie Porter, the legendary American rock climber and alpinist, has died aged 63 at Punta Arenas in chile due to heart problems. Ivo Ferrari remembers.
![Escalador Selvatico, new climb up Acopan Tepui in Venezuela by Larcher, Oviglia and Giupponi](/uploads/img/3/22262.jpg)
20/02/2014 - Climbing
Escalador Selvatico, new climb up Acopan Tepui in Venezuela by Larcher, Oviglia and Giupponi At the end of January and the start of February 2014 Rolando Larcher, Maurizio Oviglia and Luca Giupponi made the first ascent, and first free ascent, of Escalador Selvatico (7c+ max, 7a+ oblig, 630m) up the North Face of Akopan...
![Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list](/uploads/img/3/16526.jpg)
10/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.
![Tehué, new route up El Gigante in Mexico by Cecilia Buil and Tiny Almada](/uploads/img/3/21035.jpg)
13/11/2013 - Alpinism
Tehué, new route up El Gigante in Mexico by Cecilia Buil and Tiny Almada 15 years after making the first ascent of the big wall El Gigante in Mexico's Candameña canyon, Spanish climber Cecilia Buil has now established Tehué (VI, 700m 7a/A3) together with Tiny Almada from Mexico.
![Volcán Corcovado in Patagonia](/uploads/img/3/20930.jpg)
06/11/2013 - Alpinism
Volcán Corcovado in Patagonia On the 28th of September 2013 the Chilean mountaineers Sergio Infante, Ignacio Vergara and Armando Montero made a rare ascent of Volcán - or Cerro Corcovado in chile. The report by Armando Montero.
![New route up Monte Sarmiento East: the second after this historic 1956 first ascent by Mauri and Maffei](/uploads/img/3/20259.jpg)
27/09/2013 - Interviews
New route up Monte Sarmiento East: the second after this historic 1956 first ascent by Mauri and Maffei Interview with Chilean alpinist Camilo Rada after the first ascent, carried out with Natalia Martinez from Argentina, of a new route up the North Face of Monte Sarmiento in Patagonia. Suerte de Sarmiento is only the second route to the...
![Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival by Maurizio Oviglia](/uploads/img/3/18877.jpg)
10/07/2013 - Climbing
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival by Maurizio Oviglia The 35th International Outdoor Sport Festival took place from 28 June to 2 July in the small village of Kemaliye in Central-Eastern Turkey, on the banks of the beautiful limestone canyon formed by the river Euphrates.
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