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01/04/2022 - Alpinism
Pizzo Badile British route climbed in winter by Silvan Schüpbach, Peter von Känel On Pizzo Badile in Italy Swiss alpinists Peter von Känel and Silvan Schüpbach have made a winter ascent of the British route, first ascended in 1968 by Mike Kosterlitz and Dick Isherwood.

01/04/2022 - Climbing
Dave MacLeod makes third ascent of Lexicon, Neil Gresham's Lake District extreme Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has made the third ascent of Lexicon, one of the most difficult trad climbs in the UK first ascended by Neil Gresham in summer 2021 at Pavey Ark in the Lake District and repeated by Steve McClure shortly afterwards.

31/03/2022 - Climbing
Sean Bailey in Proof of Concept The film Proof of Concept directed by Ben Neilson about Sean Bailey and his breakthrough year which resulted in 3 World Cup wins and a repeat of Bibliographie 9b+ at Céüse in France.

31/03/2022 - Climbing
Symon Welfringer at Annot repeats Le Voyage, France’s hardest trad climb French climber Symon Welfringer has repeated Le Voyage at Annot. The hardest trad climb in France was first ascended by James Pearson in 2017.

30/03/2022 - Alpinism
Tyrolean Trad Trilogy, watch Hannes Hohenwarter, Martin Sieberer bike &climb three classics in Austria The video of Hannes Hohenwarter and Martin Sieberer who over a period of three days in summer 2020 repeated three classic climbs in the Tyrol, Austria: Locker vom Hocker on Schüsselkar, Tschechenplatte in the Karwendel and Pumprisse in the Wilder Kaiser.

30/03/2022 - Interviews
Andrea Lanfri and his Everest objective Interview with Andrea Lanfri, the Paralympic athlete and mountaineer from Lucca recently arrived in Nepal with mountain guide Luca Montanari to attempt to climb Everest

29/03/2022 - Climbing
Kim Marschner finds Forgotten Gem at Chironico, repeats Crystal Ship at Cresciano In February 2022 Kim Marschner at Chironico in Switzerland made the first ascent of the 8C boulder problem Forgotten Gem. A month earlier at Cresciano the 24-year-old German had repeated the 8C bloc Crystal Ship.

28/03/2022 - Climbing
Watch Adam Ondra climbing 8b+ slab at Bus de La Stria, Arco, Italy The video of Adam Ondra freeing an old project, an 8b+ slab called Italo-Spagnola at Bus de La Stria at Arco, Italy.

28/03/2022 - Competitions
IFSC announces 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports On Friday 25 March the IFSC announced a 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports for live streaming of IFSC World Cup and World Championship events. This puts to an abrupt end the free live streaming service of IFSC competitions on youtube in all countries and territories covered by Discovery...

27/03/2022 - Alpinism
Laura Tiefenthaler climbs North Face of the Eiger solo On the 25th of March 2022 Austrian alpinist Laura Tiefenthaler completed a solo ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. Tiefenthaler's ascent is possibly only the second female solo after Catherine Destivelle's ground-breaking ascent in 1992, 30 years ago.

26/03/2022 - Competitions
Sellaronda Skimarathon 2022 won by Katia Tomatis - Elena Nicolini, Matteo Eydallin - Michele Boscacci The 25th edition of the night ski mountaineering competition Sellaronda Skimarathon was won on Friday 25 March 2022 by the teams Katia Tomatis - Elena Nicolini and Matteo Eydallin - Michele Boscacci.

25/03/2022 - Alpinism
The Bird, a pearl of the Dolomites by Giovanni Groaz, Massimo Faletti Daniel Ladurner introduces 'The Bird', a rarely repeated mixed climb in Langental / Vallunga, first ascended by Massimo Faletti and Giovanni Groaz in 2003. Initially called Gola del Pettirosso, this 'pearl of the Dolomites' was renamed by the first ascensionists in honour of Jim Bridwell.

24/03/2022 - Events
Manikia Project on the island of Evia in Greece The video illustrating the Manikia Project to develop the area’s extraordinary potential on the island of Evia in Greece. The non-profit organisation is one of the main players in the Petzl RocTrip climbing meeting, scheduled to take place in the small Greek village from 12 to 15 May 2022.

24/03/2022 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Sellaronda Skimarathon 2022 begins tomorrow in the Dolomites After a two-year stop, the Sellaronda Skimarathon will take place in the Italian Dolomites tomorrow. As per usual the most famous night ski mountaineering competition will cross four mountain passes, Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella and Gardena and cover a total distance of 42 kilometers and +2700m altitude gain.

23/03/2022 - Climbing
Adam Ondra discovers his 9b Wonderland at Arco, Italy At the crag Terra Promessa close to Arco, Italy, Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of Wonderland 9b/+

23/03/2022 - Competitions
Boulder World Cup at Brixen, Italy, in June 2022 The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced that the Boulder World Cup event originally scheduled to take place in Moscow, Russia, has now been rescheduled to take place in Brixen, Italy from 10 to 12 June 2022.
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