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08/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 – a new bouldering and Val Masino record Great success and absolute record number of participants in Val Masino - Val di Mello (Italy) during the eighth Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world. 2600 registered climbers from 22 different countries took part in...
06/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco day one After yesterday's debut, Melloblocco #8 got underway in Val Masino today, Friday 6 May. More than 1300 registered climbers have already reached the valley to take part in the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting, but the number continues to...
02/05/2011 - Competitions
Mezzalama Trophy 2011. The race, winners and a renewed competition On 1 May 2011 the XVIII Mezzalama Trophy was won by the international team comprised of Spaniard Jornet Burgada and the Frenchmen Bon Mardion and Blanc. The women's event was won by Pellissier, Pedranzini, Martinelli. The report and excitement of...
29/04/2011 - Competitions
Mezzalama Trophy 2011: the great Monte Rosa ski mountaineering competition postpoined to Sunday The start of the XVIII "Mezzalama" has been postponed to 05:30 on Sunday 1 May
19/04/2011 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2011, winners, diversity and the challenges of alpinism Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, france, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount...
16/04/2011 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2011: Mount Logan and Greenland Big Walls the winners Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto.
13/04/2011 - Competitions
Milan Climbing 2011, the climbing World Cup kicks off in Milan The first stage of the Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011 will take place from Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 April in Milan. 166 athletes from all over the world will travel to the enchaning Sempione Park for these four...
12/04/2011 - Climbing
Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise Eva Scroccaro repeats "Il Padrone Assoluto" 8a/8a+ at Napoleonica and the video of Tito Traversa climbing "Je est un autre" 8b at Castillon in france, filmed by Andrea Tosi.
12/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Aiguille du Plan north face descents Two recent descents of the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan (Mont Blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards...
08/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Chamonix - Zermatt, new record On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.
07/04/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in...
25/03/2011 - Climbing
Tito Traversa, 8b at Tetto di Sarre On 24/03/2011 Tito Traversa sent his second 8b, Criptonite at the Tetto di Sarre in Italy
21/03/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings The IXX Piolet d'Or will take place from 13 - 16 April 2011 at Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc). Six ascents are in the running for the golden ice axe, while the great British mountaineer Doug Scott will receive the...
19/03/2011 - Competitions
From the Pierra Menta to the Grande Course... the changing face of ski mountaineering competitions The Grande Course has just begun, the first international ski mountaineering cup comparable to a tennis Grand Slam. Action kicked off on 17 March on the slopes of france's Arêches-Beaufort, which hosted the Grenoble winter Olympics, with the classic French...
08/03/2011 - Climbing
Climbing World Champions 1991 - 2009 A look at all the previous sport climbing World Champions as a first preview to the IFSC Climbing World Championship 2011 will be held the small Italian town Arco 15 - 24 July 2011.
07/03/2011 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, interview after La Capella 9b at Siurana Interview with Adam Ondra after his first ascent of La Capella at Siurana, Spain, which the 18-year-old from the Czech Republic has tentatively graded 9b
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