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26/07/2019 - Climbing
El Capitan Gigapixel climbing photo The high resolution image of El Capitan in yosemite, USA, and all its big wall rock climbs produced by BluePlanet VR. Zoom in to explore The Nose, the Salathé, Zodiac and all the other big wall climbs on El Cap.
17/07/2019 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein single-pitch climbing in yosemite Watch Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein climbing some of the most famous single pitch rock climbs in yosemite after retiring from climbing competitions.
29/06/2019 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl climbs Pre-Muir Wall, beautiful big wall on El Capitan in yosemite Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl accompanied by her partner Jacopo Larcher has completed a free ascent of the Pre-Muir Wall, a beautiful big wall up El Capitan in yosemite.
19/04/2019 - Alpinism
David Lama, Hansjörg Auer, Jess Roskelley: farewell to three great mountaineers Hansjörg Auer, David Lama, Jess Roskelley have perished while climbing Howse Peak, a difficult and remote mountain in the Canadian Rockies. Initially reported as missing, their deaths have been confirmed by the parents of David Lama and Jess Roskelley. The...
07/04/2019 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret and Adam Ondra win first Bouldering World Cup in Meiringen The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2019 was won on Saturday at Meiringen in Switzerland by Janja Garnbret and Adam Ondra.
03/04/2019 - Climbing
Madeleine Cope deals with difficult trad slab Prinzip Hoffnung Britain’s Madeleine Cope has repeated Prinzip Hoffnung at Bürs. First ascended by Beat Kammerlander in 2009, this is hailed as one of the hardest trad climbs in Austria.
31/03/2019 - Alpinism
Jim Reynolds races up Fitz Roy in Patagonia solo American alpinist Jim Reynolds has made an extremely fast solitary ascent of Fitz Roy, climbing up and down climbing the long Afanassieff route.
30/03/2019 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama and Sachi Amma at the top of their climbing game While Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of his 8c+ project in Japan aged 50, in Spain 30-year-old Sachi Amma has redpointed his third 9b, Stoking the fire at Santa Linya.
28/03/2019 - Climbing
Keita Kurakami climbs 8c+ rope solo at Mt. Futago in Japan Japanese climber Keita Kurakami has made a rope-solo ascent of Mare, an 8c+ sport climb at Mt. Futago in Japan. This is likely to be the most difficult rope-solo ever of a single pitch sports climb.
05/03/2019 - Environment
Igor Koller appeals against access restrictions to Tatra National Park Slovak mountaineer Igor Koller appeals to all mountaineers, climbers, walkers, ski mountaineers against restrictions within the Tatra National Park. An online petition has been created to safeguard access to these mountains in Slovakia.
25/02/2019 - Climbing
Oscars: Free Solo featuring Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan wins Best Documentary The film Free Solo that chronicles the extraordinary solo, ropeless ascent of Alex Honnold up El Capitan in yosemite has won an Oscar for Best Documentary. Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, this is the first time a...
11/02/2019 - Climbing
Free Solo featuring Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan wins BAFTA and Eddie Awards Free Solo, the film that portrays Alex Honnold and his ropeless ascent of Freerider up El Capitan in yosemite directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, won a BAFTA award last night in the Documentary category. In early February,...
07/02/2019 - Climbing
Adam Ondra / Final episode of USA and Chile climbing road trip VBlog #18 of Adam Ondra: the last episode of this climbing trip across the Americas comes from Valle de Los Cóndores in Chile.
29/01/2019 - Alpinism
Corno Stella Dièdre Rouge first free winter ascent by Symon Welfringer and Xavier Cailhol Symon Welfringer and Xavier Cailhol have completed what is likely to be the first free winter ascent of Dièdre Rouge up the NE Face of Corno Stella (Maritime Alps).
22/01/2019 - Climbing
Oscars 2019 nominations: Free Solo featuring Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan The film Free Solo directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi that documents Alex Honnold and his journey to climb, without a rope, Freerider up El Capitan in yosemite, has been nominated for an Oscar Award 2019.
09/01/2019 - Climbing
Alexander Huber rope-solo first ascent of Mauerläufer 8b+ up Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria Climbing alone and ground-up, last spring German alpinist Alexander Huber made the first ascent of Mauerläufer (200m, 8b+) up Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.
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