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![Dani Arnold repeats The Hurting in Scotland](/uploads/img/3/10692.jpg)
08/02/2012 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold repeats The Hurting in Scotland Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold has repeated The Hurting XI 11 at Coire an t-Sneachda in Scotland.
![Michele Caminati and his boulder problem Ultimo dei Moicani at Amiata](/uploads/img/3/10571.jpg)
23/01/2012 - Climbing
Michele Caminati and his boulder problem Ultimo dei Moicani at Amiata Michele Caminati talks about the first ascent of his latest creation, Ultimo dei Moicani 8B+ freed on 19 January at Amiata in Tuscany.
![David Lama frees the Compressor route… while Kruk & Kennedy's bolt chopping is hotly debated](/uploads/img/3/10560.jpg)
23/01/2012 - Alpinism
David Lama frees the Compressor route… while Kruk & Kennedy's bolt chopping is hotly debated Yesterday 22/01/2012 David Lama made the first free ascent of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia. The news has been confirmed by David Lama's team. There are no further details but this update will certainly add fuel to the...
![Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxim Tomilov win in Saas Fee](/uploads/img/3/10554.jpg)
23/01/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxim Tomilov win in Saas Fee 0-21/01/2012. At Saas Fee (Switzerland) Angelika Rainer from Italy and Maxim Tomilov from Russia won the second stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012. In doing so they have won two events in a row and, in addition, the...
![Cerro Torre, Kennedy and Kruk and the Compressor route by fair means](/uploads/img/3/10512.jpg)
20/01/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre, Kennedy and Kruk and the Compressor route by fair means On 17/01/2012 Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk climbed the SE Ridge (the Compressor route) of Cerro Torre (Patagonia) via a route "by fair means" with difficulties up to 5.11 A2. In descent the two removed a significant portion of the...
![Alex Honnold, interview after Too Big To Flail at the Buttermilks](/uploads/img/3/10507.jpg)
19/01/2012 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, interview after Too Big To Flail at the Buttermilks A short interview with Alex Honnold after his first ascent of the boulder Too Big To Flail at the Buttermilks, Bishop, USA.
![Voie Lesueur, free ascent by Steck and Griffith on Petit Dru](/uploads/img/3/10532.jpg)
19/01/2012 - Alpinism
Voie Lesueur, free ascent by Steck and Griffith on Petit Dru On the North Face of Petit Dru (3754m) Ueli Steck and Jonathan Griffith have carried out what is likely to be the first free ascent of the Voie Lesueur (ED3, M8+, 900m) with some drytooling sections and a new variation...
![Alex Honnold, new super highball at Bishop](/uploads/img/3/10507.jpg)
16/01/2012 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, new super highball at Bishop At the Buttermilks in Bishop (USA) Alex Honnold has freed Too Big to Flail, a super highball up the immense Luminance Block.
![Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxime Tomilov win in Korea](/uploads/img/3/10492.jpg)
15/01/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxime Tomilov win in Korea The first of five stages of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012 took place in Cheongsong (Korea) on 14 and 15 January. The Lead event was won by Angelika Rainer and Maxime Tomilov, while the Speed discipline went to the...
![Nanga Parbat in winter, Moro and Urubko aim to climb route attempted by Messner and Eisendle](/uploads/img/3/10486.jpg)
13/01/2012 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter, Moro and Urubko aim to climb route attempted by Messner and Eisendle On 12/01/2012 Simone Moro and Denis Urubko acclimatised at 5400m on the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat. Their attempt at the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat will be via the line attempted by Messner and Eisendle in 2000, and...
![Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb!](/uploads/img/3/10479.jpg)
12/01/2012 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb! Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.
![Paul Robinson tops Meadowlark Lemon, an 8C boulder problem in Nevada](/uploads/img/3/6536.jpg)
12/01/2012 - Climbing
Paul Robinson tops Meadowlark Lemon, an 8C boulder problem in Nevada Yesterday at Gateway Canyon in Nevada Paul Robinson freed his boulder problem Meadowlark Lemon 8C, the sitdown variation Meadowlark Lemon Stand.
![Severino Scassa and Lorenzo De Bonis and the crag Coup di Rore](/uploads/img/3/10470.jpg)
11/01/2012 - Climbing
Severino Scassa and Lorenzo De Bonis and the crag Coup di Rore Severino "Seve" Scassa and Lorenzo De Bonis have freed an old route at the crag Coup di Rore in Val Varaita (Piemonte, Italy). Established with the use of aid during the 1970's, the route breaches the large roof and remained...
![Magnus Midtbø and Directa open your mind at Santa Linya](/uploads/img/3/4322.jpg)
10/01/2012 - Climbing
Magnus Midtbø and Directa open your mind at Santa Linya The video of Magnus Midtboe sending Directa open your mind 9a at Santa Linya, Spain.
![Daniel Woods and Dai Koyamada, two new extreme boulder problems](/uploads/img/3/10469.jpg)
10/01/2012 - Climbing
Daniel Woods and Dai Koyamada, two new extreme boulder problems In the Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) Daniel Woods has freed Mirror Reality 8B+, while at Toyota in Japan Dai Koyamada has freed Shanbara 8C, a sit start to his Agartha.
![Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Venas Azules on Torre Egger in Patagonia. The interview and meeting with Rolando Garibotti](/uploads/img/3/10434.jpg)
04/01/2012 - Alpinism
Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Venas Azules on Torre Egger in Patagonia. The interview and meeting with Rolando Garibotti Rolando Garibotti and the interview and meeting with Bjørn-Eivind Årtun, the Norwegian alpinist who in December 2011 together with Ole Lied established the route Venas Azules up the South Face of Torre Egger in Patagonia.
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