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02/03/2009 - Competitions
World Climbing Championship 2011 at Arco On 28 February the Plenary Assembly of the IFSC - International Federation of Sport Climbing elected Arco (Trentino, Italy) as the seat of the World Championship 2011. The town in the Garda Trentino region beat the other two candidates, Paris...
02/03/2009 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2009, preview From 22 - 25 April the 17th edition of the Piolets d'Or will take place between Chamonix and Courmayeur. This is possibly the most famous mountaineering award in the world, so much so that it has been defined as the...
26/02/2009 - Alpinism
Ice climbing beyond Cogne, Valle d'Aosta, Italy Enrico Bonino introduces 4 icefalls which rarely come into condition and which have reformed during this exceptional winter in Valle d'Aosta, Italy. Located between Valsavarenche and Valtournenche, they are off the beaten track from the more famous areas around Cogne.
26/02/2009 - Interviews
Jerry Moffatt interview Interview with Jerry Moffatt, one of the most successful climbers in the world during the 1980's and 1990's, with important first ascents such as Stone Love 8b+ in Germany's Frankenjura and Liquid Ambar 8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales and...
24/02/2009 - Climbing
Spain climbing action: Chris Sharma at Margalef, Geoffray De Flaugergues at Alquezar Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of Demencia Senil 9a+ at Margalef while 13 year old Geoffray De Flaugergues from France has repeated El templo del cafe 8c+/9a at Alquezar.
20/02/2009 - Alpinism
First repeat of 'Per Leila', Julian Alps On 16 February Massimo Laurencig and Gianni Dorigo carried out the first repeat of "Per Leila" (120m, III/6+), the elegant and daring icefall first ascended by Luca Vuerich in January at Cima Cenge (Val Riofreddo, Julian Alps).
16/02/2009 - Alpinism
Ice climbing, two new icefalls in the Gole di Gondo, Switzerland On 25/01/09 Francesco Vaudo, Mauro Piccione and Massimo Coccalatto carried out the first ascent of Alta tensione (60m, II/5+) a new icefalls in the Gole di Gondo (Switzerland). On 01/02 Francesco Vaudo and Silvia Preti made the first ascent of...
12/02/2009 - Alpinism
Paine South African Route, interview with Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto Interview with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto after their first free ascent of the South African Route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia.
11/02/2009 - Alpinism
First winter ascent of Makalu: interview with Simone Moro and Denis Urubko Interview with Simone Moro from Italy and Denis Urubko from Kazakhstan after the first winter ascent of Makalu.
10/02/2009 - Climbing
Free South Africa, first free route up the Central Tower of Paine for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto After 11 days on the wall Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva amd Ben Ditto have carried out the first free ascent of the South African route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia.
10/02/2009 - Events
ISPO Munich 2009. What crisis? Last Wednesday the ISPO Winter 2009, the largest outdoor trade show in the world, drew to a successful end for both exhibitors and visitors. In the following article we attempt to analyse the current state of new products and...
09/02/2009 - Competitions
Ice World Cup 2009 won by Bendler and Tolokonina Last weekend Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia won the third and final stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2009 Lead and in doing so they also won the overall Trophy 2009. Maria Tolokonina won the...
04/02/2009 - Alpinism
Antarctic, new routes for Huber, Siegrist and Richl Interview with Alexander Huber who together with his brother Thomas, Stephan Siegrist and Max Riechl carried out three first ascents on Holtanna and Ulvetanna, two relatively unknown, remote and beautiful mountains in the Antarctic.
02/02/2009 - Climbing
Speed Ice Climbing World Cup Speed, Tolokonina and Batushev win in Mojstrana On 31/01/09 Russians Maria Tolokonina and Pavel Batushev won the third stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup Speed 2009 held in Mojstrana (Slovenia)
27/01/2009 - Interviews
Alex Honnold climbing interview Interview with Alex Honnold, the American climber who burst into international limelight with his solos in America and hard extremes on Britain's gritstone.
23/01/2009 - Interviews
Ueli Steck interview after Matterhorn solo in less than 2 hours Interview with Ueli Steck from Switzerland after his 13 January speed climb of the Matterhorn in a record 1 hour 56 minutes via the Schmidt route.
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