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Wasserkopf, new Rieserferner mixed and ice climb by Gietl and Messini
05/12/2014 - Alpinism
Wasserkopf, new Rieserferner mixed and ice climb by Gietl and Messini
On 25/11/2014 Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini made the first ascent of Hakuna Matata (V, M6 650m), a new mixed and ice climb up the North Face of Wasserkopf (3135m), Rieserferner group, Tauern Alps. The new route crosses, at 2/3 height, the line first climbed in 1977 by Werner Beikircher...
Adam Ondra climbs 100 9a or harder!
04/12/2014 - Climbing
Adam Ondra climbs 100 9a or harder!
At Wielka Cima in Poland today the Czech climber Adam Ondra sent his 100th sport route graded 9a or harder.
Rolling south... climbing at Gola di Frasassi and Monte Pertuso, Amalfi coast
04/12/2014 - Climbing
Rolling south... climbing at Gola di Frasassi and Monte Pertuso, Amalfi coast
Rolando Larcher talks about the first ascents, carried out together with Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori, of three new multi-pitch rock climbs: Free Frasassi (85m, 7b+) and Decrescita Obbligata (130m, 7c+) at Gola di Frasassi (An), and Benvenuti al Sud (215m, 7a+), Monte Pertuso (Amalfi coast), Italy.
Quicklyquickly up Spigolo Nord, Monte Agner. By Ivo Ferrari
03/12/2014 - Alpinism
Quicklyquickly up Spigolo Nord, Monte Agner. By Ivo Ferrari
Ivo Ferrari remembers the solo ascent up the infinite Spigolo Nord on Monte Agnèr, Valle di San Lucano, Dolomites. A majestic 1600m high route, first climbed in 1932 by Celso Gilberti and Oscar Soravito, considered to be the longest rock climb in the Dolomites.
Vanessa François and her Mont Blanc Cosmic Bivouac
03/12/2014 - Alpinism
Vanessa François and her Mont Blanc Cosmic Bivouac
The video of disabled French alpinist Vanessa François and her bivouac on the Grande Gendarme of Arête des Cosmiques (Mont Blanc) together with Liv Sansoz.
The quest for adventure: Tobias Wolf and Stephan Isensee
03/12/2014 - Alpinism
The quest for adventure: Tobias Wolf and Stephan Isensee
German climber Tobias Wolf recounts his vertical adventures, together with Stephan Isensee, on three demanding climbs in the Alps first ascended by the Ragni di Lecco Matteo Della Bordella and Fabio Palma, and by Luca Auguadri. Infinite Jest (Wendenstöcke), Il Mito della Caverna (Val Bavona) and Non è un paese...
Angelika Rainer drytooling Kamasutra above Iseo
02/12/2014 - Alpinism
Angelika Rainer drytooling Kamasutra above Iseo
The video of Angelika Rainer on the "total dry" climb Kamasutra D13+ at Bus del Quai, Iseo, Italy.
Alex Honnold and Josh McCoy repeat the Muir Wall in Yosemite
01/12/2014 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Josh McCoy repeat the Muir Wall in Yosemite
American climber Alex Honnold, together with Josh McCoy, has free climbed the Muir Wall (5.13b/c) and PreMuir (5.13c/d) El Capitan, Yosemite.
Sachi Amma climbing Biographie at Céüse
01/12/2014 - Climbing
Sachi Amma climbing Biographie at Céüse
The video of Sachi Amma climbing Biographie at Ceuse, France.
Jirishanca in Peru, the attempt video
30/11/2014 - Alpinism
Jirishanca in Peru, the attempt video
The video of the attempt, carried out by Michi Wohlleben, Arne Bergau and Hannes Jähn in 2012, to climb Jirishanca (6094m) in Peru.
Adam Ondra wins the La Sportiva Legends Only 2014
29/11/2014 - Competitions
Adam Ondra wins the La Sportiva Legends Only 2014
Adam Ondra has won the La Sportiva Legends Only 2014 that took place in Stockholm on Saturday night, beating Alexander Megos, Jan Hojer, Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods and Jernej Kruder.
La Sportiva Legends Only 2014, live streaming this evening
29/11/2014 - Competitions
La Sportiva Legends Only 2014, live streaming this evening
The La Sportiva Legends Only 2014 kicks off this evening at Stockholm, Sweden. The climbers invited to this international bouldering competition are Jan Hojer, Jernej Kruder, Alexander Megos, Adam Ondra, Jimmy Webb and Daniel Woods.
Angela Eiter climbs Big Hammer, her second 9a
29/11/2014 - Climbing
Angela Eiter climbs Big Hammer, her second 9a
Austrian climber Angela Eiter has climbed her second 9a, Big Hammer at Pinswang in Austria.
Shampoo Dry, drytooling at Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
28/11/2014 - Alpinism
Shampoo Dry, drytooling at Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Enrico Bonino introduces Shampoo Dry, the new drytooling crag above Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
San Vito Lo Capo: the Stefan Rass climbing accident and the appeal for donations. By Elio Bonfanti
27/11/2014 - Climbing
San Vito Lo Capo: the Stefan Rass climbing accident and the appeal for donations. By Elio Bonfanti
On 16/11/2014 at San Vito Lo Capo, Italy, Stefan Rass from Austria had a terrible climbing accident and he is currently in induced coma at Salzburg. Published below is an appeal for donations for his young family as well as a short text by Elio Bonfanti who helped Rass immediately...
Canalone Neri, the Speedfly short film in the Brenta Dolomites
27/11/2014 - Alpinism
Canalone Neri, the Speedfly short film in the Brenta Dolomites
The short film of the first speedflying descent of Canalone Neri, Brenta Dolomites, carried out on 2 November 2014 by Luca Tamburini and Jacopo Pellizzari.