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![Changabang North Face ascent video by Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti, Sébastien Ratel](/uploads/img/3/52317.jpg)
21/05/2018 - Alpinism
Changabang North Face ascent video by Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti, Sébastien Ratel A first video of the repeat of the North Face of Changabang (6864 m), climbed alpine style from 11 - 13 May 2018 by French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel.
![Changabang North Face alpine style by France's Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti, Sébastien Ratel](/uploads/img/3/52318.jpg)
18/05/2018 - Alpinism
Changabang North Face alpine style by France's Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti, Sébastien Ratel Climbing alpine style from 11 - 13 May, French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel belonging to Groupe Militaire de haute montagne (GMHM) have repeated the impressive North Face of Changabang (6864 m) in the Garhwal Himalaya in...
![Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, 40 years ago Everest without supplementary oxygen](/uploads/img/3/52151.jpg)
08/05/2018 - Alpinism
Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, 40 years ago Everest without supplementary oxygen On 8 May 1978 Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler became the first to climb Mount Everest (8848m) without supplemental oxygen. The barrier-breaking undertaking deemed impossible that forever changed Himalayan mountaineering and raised the bar for all future ascents.
![Alaska: new British route on Mt. Jezebel by Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn](/uploads/img/3/51841.jpg)
19/04/2018 - Alpinism
Alaska: new British route on Mt. Jezebel by Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn British mountaineers Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn have made the first ascent of Fun or Fear, a new climb up the East face of Mt. Jezebel in the Revelations range of Alaska. Climbed alpine style over two days, the route...
![Shkhara South Face, new route and first winter ascent in Caucasus by Archil Badriashvili, Giorgi Tepnadze](/uploads/img/3/51567.jpg)
29/03/2018 - Alpinism
Shkhara South Face, new route and first winter ascent in Caucasus by Archil Badriashvili, Giorgi Tepnadze In February 2018 Georgian mountaineers Archil Badriashvili and Giorgi Tepnadze climbed alpine style for 8 days to establish a new route up Mt. Shkhara (5,203 m), Georgia. In doing so they also made the first winter ascent of the mountain’s...
![Jim Bridwell, goodbye to legendary rock climber The Bird](/uploads/img/3/50529.jpg)
17/02/2018 - Alpinism
Jim Bridwell, goodbye to legendary rock climber The Bird Jim Bridwell has left us. Yesterday, February 16th 2018, one of the absolute legends of rock climbing and mountaineering, died aged 73.
![Antarctica first ascent / Marek Holeček and Míra Dub battle Bloody Nose up Monte Pizduch](/uploads/img/3/50505.jpg)
16/02/2018 - Alpinism
Antarctica first ascent / Marek Holeček and Míra Dub battle Bloody Nose up Monte Pizduch On Winkle Island, Antarctica, Marek Holeček and Míra Dub made the alpine style first ascent of Bloody Nose up the hitherto unclimbed Monte Pizduch located in the Mount Wheat massif. Carried out from 6 - 7 January 2018, the Czech...
![Annapurna III Unclimbed: the David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel climbing documentary](/uploads/img/3/41688.jpg)
22/12/2017 - Alpinism
Annapurna III Unclimbed: the David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel climbing documentary The short film Annapurna III Unclimbed that documents the 2016 attempt by Austrian alpinists David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel to ascend the virgin SE Ridge of Annapurna III (7555m) in the Himalaya.
![Rungofarka first ascent in Himalaya by Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau](/uploads/img/3/49388.jpg)
11/12/2017 - Alpinism
Rungofarka first ascent in Himalaya by Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau Climbing alpine style over five days, American alpinists Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau have made the first ascent of Rungofarka 6495 m in the Zanskar mountain range in the Indian Himalaya.
![Phungi Peak, big Himalayan first ascent by Koshelenko and Lonchinskii](/uploads/img/3/49197.jpg)
30/11/2017 - Alpinism
Phungi Peak, big Himalayan first ascent by Koshelenko and Lonchinskii On 28 October 2017 Russian mountaineers Yury Koshelenko and Aleksei Lonchinskii completed the first ascent of Phungi Peak (6538 m) in the Nepalese Himalaya. Climbing in alpine style, the two required five days to forge their route up the mountain’s...
![Nicolas Favresse adds spectacular new trad climb to Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/49085.jpg)
27/11/2017 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse adds spectacular new trad climb to Yosemite In Yosemite, USA, Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse climbing together with Alix Morris and Drew Smith has made the first free ascent of Eye of Sauron, a spectacular and difficult new 400 m trad climb in the Ribbon Falls area.
![Pangbuk North, video of the French route in Nepal](/uploads/img/3/48821.jpg)
24/11/2017 - Alpinism
Pangbuk North, video of the French route in Nepal The video of Tolerance Zero, the new climb established by French alpinists Max Bonniot and Pierre Sancier up the North Face of Pangbuk North (6589 m) in Nepal.
![Shispare NE Face, difficult first ascent in Karakorum by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima](/uploads/img/3/48595.jpg)
02/11/2017 - Alpinism
Shispare NE Face, difficult first ascent in Karakorum by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima On 22 August 2017 Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima completed a new route up the NE Face of Shispare (7611m), Karakorum, Pakistan. Climbing alpine style for seven days, the Japanese mountaineers encountered difficulties up to M6 / WI 5.
![Nuptse South Face, extraordinary new French route climbed by Degoulet, Guigonne, Millerioux](/uploads/img/3/48385.jpg)
21/10/2017 - Alpinism
Nuptse South Face, extraordinary new French route climbed by Degoulet, Guigonne, Millerioux French alpinists Hélias Millerioux, Frédéric Degoulet and Niçois Benjamin Guigonnet have made an alpine style ascent of a new route up the South Face of Nuptse, Nepal Himalaya
![Farewell Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, an indescribable tragedy for alpinism](/uploads/img/3/48079.jpg)
11/10/2017 - Alpinism
Farewell Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, an indescribable tragedy for alpinism 27-year-old Hayden Kennedy and his girlfriend Inge Perkins have lost their lives. Kennedy was considered one of the leading climbers of his generation.
![Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber](/uploads/img/3/6743.jpg)
09/10/2017 - Alpinism
Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber 62-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Franček Knez died on 6 October 2017. Reserved and modest, Knez was considered by many as one of the strongest alpinists of his generation. Published below is a profile written by Slovenian journalist Urban Golob in 2010...
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