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24/04/2017 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, Shisha Pangma and the lure of unpredictable mountaineering Interview with Hervé Barmasse, the Italian alpinist and Matterhorn mountain guide who together with Germany’s David Göttler will attempt a new route up the South Face of Shisha Pangma (8027m) in Tibet. Should things go according to plan this would...
21/04/2017 - Climbing
Adam Ondra repeats Lapsus at Andonno, second 9b in two days Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the first repeat of Lapsus, the 9b sport climb freed by Stefano Ghisolfi at Andonno, Italy. This is Ondra’s second 9b in just two days, after his first ascent of Queen Line at Laghel...
19/04/2017 - Climbing
Voluntarily recall Trango Vergo belay devices batch numbers 16159 and 16195 As of 14/04/2017 Trango has elected to voluntarily recall all Vergo belay devices in batch numbers 16159 and 16195 that were sold after 1 October 2016.
17/04/2017 - Alpinism
Cerro Mariposa and the Patagonian adventure of Luca Schiera and Paolo Marazzi On 15 and 16 March 2017 Luca Schiera and Paolo Marazzi made the first ascent of Produci consuma crepa, a new 900m rock climb with difficulties up to 6c A2, on the NE Face of Cerro Mariposa, Rio Turbio valley,...
14/04/2017 - Competitions
XXI Mezzalama Trophy - live streaming of the Marathon of the Glaciers The XXI Trofeo Mezzalama, the legendary ski mountaineering competition will take place on 22 April 2017, from Breuil-Cervinia to Gressoney in the Mont Blanc massif. The Mezzalama Jeunes will take place on 21 April and the competition will be screened...
13/04/2017 - Alpinism
Matterhorn North Face / Alexander Huber, Dani Arnold, Thomas Senf forge new climb Mountaineering on the Matterhorn: from 15 - 16 March Alexander Huber from Germany and Switzerland’s Dani Arnold and Thomas Senf climbed a new route up the legendary North Face of one of the symbols of the Alps. The new climb...
12/04/2017 - Competitions
Open Letter from the IFSC Athletes Commission against end to free livestream We have received and publish an Open Letter from the IFSC Athletes Commission, the body that provides a channel for communication between athletes and the IFSC Board, following the shock decision of the International Federation of Sport Climbing to put...
10/04/2017 - Alpinism
Return to silence. Rock climbing in '90's according to Heinz Mariacher and Luisa Iovane When climbing resembles poetry: scenes from "Ritorno al silenzio”, the 1992 film about climbing in the Dolomites starring Heinz Mariacher and Luisa Iovane.
07/04/2017 - Interviews
Ueli Steck and the great Everest - Lhotse traverse / Pioneering mountaineering Interview with Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck on the eve of departure for Nepal where he will attempt to complete one of the most amitious projects in Himalayan mountaineering: the coveted first Everest - Lhotse traverse.
05/04/2017 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Grandes Jorasses Pointe Whymper / Denis Trento skis SW Couloir At the end of March 2017 Denis Trento made what might well be the first integral ski descent of the SW Couloir of Pointe Whymper. The video and report of the Italian mountain guide and extreme skier about this ski...
04/04/2017 - Climbing
Tai chi and the other crack climbs at Su Sussiu Ulassai in Sardinia The video by Maurizio Oviglia and Paolo Contini documenting Roberto Vigiani's onsight ascent of the famous crack climb Tai Chi, at Su Sussiu, Ulassai, Sardinia.
31/03/2017 - Climbing
Michele Caminati and the shocking ground fall video The video of Italian climber Michele Caminati falling to the ground when his rope broke at the gritstone crag Curbar in England. Caminati miraculously walked away with only a broken wrist and heel.
29/03/2017 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Franchini brothers climb new route on Cerro Penitentes Climbing in Patagonia: on 26/01/2017 Tomas Franchini and his brother Silvestro Franchini made a quick, alpine style first ascent up Cerro Penitentes. The new route is called ‘El Mariano’ (750m, 85° M4).
28/03/2017 - Climbing
Julia Chanourdie climbs Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre French rock climber Julia Chanourdie has repeated Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, freed in 2002 by Alberto Gnerro and graded 9a.
27/03/2017 - Climbing
Margo Hayes / the La Rambla Siurana climbing interview Interview with American climber Margo Hayes who on 26 February 2017 became the first woman to climb 9a+ with her ascent of La Rambla at the crag Siurana in Catalonia, Spain.
24/03/2017 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer, Matthias Auer traverse Ötztal Alps Kaunergrat in winter From 14 - 17 March 2017 Hansjörg Auer and his brother Matthias traversed the main part of the Kaunergrat in Austria’s Ötztal Alps.
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