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![Adam Ondra sees first light on Dawn Wall in Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/40862.jpg)
19/10/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra sees first light on Dawn Wall in Yosemite During his first visit to Yosemite, USA, Czech climber Adam Ondra has immediately begun attempting 'Dawn Wall', the hardest big wall climb in world freed on El Capitan by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson.
![Adam Ondra 9b first ascent and 8c+ onsight in Slovakia](/uploads/img/3/32287.jpg)
13/10/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra 9b first ascent and 8c+ onsight in Slovakia Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra who on 05/10/2016 at Alternativna stena in Slovakia made the first ascent of 'Robin Úd', a 9b sports climb, before on sighting the 8c+ 'C'est la vie'.
![Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece](/uploads/img/3/39844.jpg)
14/09/2016 - Climbing
Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura masterpiece Action Directe was established by Wolfgang Güllich on 14 September 1991 at Waldkopf in Germany's Frankenjura. The route set new new standards in sport climbing and now, precisely twenty-five years after the first ascent, Planetmountain.com takes a step back in...
![Search efforts ended for Scott Adamson and Kyle Dempster, missing on Ogre II](/uploads/img/3/39457.jpg)
04/09/2016 - Alpinism
Search efforts ended for Scott Adamson and Kyle Dempster, missing on Ogre II The search and rescue efforts have been called off for Scott Adamson and Kyle Dempster, the American alpinists last seen on Monday, August 22, 2016 on the North Face of Ogre 2, Pakistan.
![Alexander Megos - Symmetry](/uploads/img/3/39440.jpg)
03/09/2016 - Climbing
Alexander Megos - Symmetry The fourth and final video episode concerning Alexander Megos, in search of the secret formula of the German climber narrated by Britain's Jerry Moffatt.
![Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret win 30th Rock Master Trophy](/uploads/img/3/39343.jpg)
28/08/2016 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret win 30th Rock Master Trophy Adam Ondra (Cze) and Janja Garnbret (Slo) win the 30th Rock Master Trophy at Arco via the Duel competition formula. Austria's Jakob Schubert and Max Rudigier place second and third respectively, while in the women's event Katharina Posch (Aut) placed...
![Video: Chris Sharma and Klemen Bečan climbing at Mont-Rebei in Spain](/uploads/img/3/38279.jpg)
12/07/2016 - Climbing
Video: Chris Sharma and Klemen Bečan climbing at Mont-Rebei in Spain The second video of Chris Sharma and Klemen Bečan attempting to free one of the hardest multi-pitch sport climbs in the world (250m, 9a) at Congost de Mont-Rebei in Spain.
![International Ski Mountaineering: the 2017 competition calendar](/uploads/img/3/38096.jpg)
26/06/2016 - Competitions
International Ski Mountaineering: the 2017 competition calendar The 2017 ISMF World Cup season contains 11 races in 5 different countries including, for the first time, Turkey. The traditional Grande Course competitions will no longer be part of the World Cup circuit.
![Sonnie Trotter free climbs the Totem Pole Ewbank Route](/uploads/img/3/37985.jpg)
25/06/2016 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter free climbs the Totem Pole Ewbank Route The video of Sonnie Trotter climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania via the Ewbank Route. Established by John Ewbank and Allan Keller with the use of aid in 1968, in 2009 Doug McConnell and Dean Rollins freed the individual pitches...
![Grivel Twin Gate carabiner wins Compasso d'Oro - ADI](/uploads/img/3/37871.jpg)
20/06/2016 - Gear
Grivel Twin Gate carabiner wins Compasso d'Oro - ADI The Grivel Twin Gate carabiner has won the prestigious award Compasso d’oro ADI 2016, category Design for the individual.
![Chris Sharma multi-pitch project at Mont-Rebei in Spain](/uploads/img/3/37873.jpg)
17/06/2016 - Climbing
Chris Sharma multi-pitch project at Mont-Rebei in Spain The video documenting the attempts of Chris Sharma & Klemen Bečan to free a 250m multi-pitch sports climb the American established at Congost de Mont-Rebei in Spain.
![Basilicata Stray Rocks, rock climbing at Pietra del Toro](/uploads/img/3/33261.jpg)
10/06/2016 - Climbing
Basilicata Stray Rocks, rock climbing at Pietra del Toro Marzio Nardi introduces the video Rockslave XP 2015: discovering the rock climbing potential on the extraordinary sandstone outcrops in Lucanian Dolomites and the boulder problems at Pietra del Toro in Basilicata, Italy
![ISMF Skimo season review: Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win 2016](/uploads/img/3/36938.jpg)
11/05/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
ISMF Skimo season review: Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win 2016 Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win the ski mountaineering World Cup 2016.Good numbers of competitors and record audience figures for the 2016 ISMF World Cups and the European Championship. Next June Albufeira, Portugal, will host the federal plenary assembly.
![Alpinism and caving: underground ice climbing at Brezno pod Velbom](/uploads/img/3/36643.jpg)
06/05/2016 - Alpinism
Alpinism and caving: underground ice climbing at Brezno pod Velbom Out of the ordinary mountaineering in Slovenia: Luca Vallata recalls the ascent, carried out together with Matteo Rivadossi and Andrea Tocchini, of one of the longest and most continuous ice climbs in the Eastern Alps. The icefall is not located...
![Melloblocco 2016: a story that goes back a long way](/uploads/img/3/23768.jpg)
19/04/2016 - Events
Melloblocco 2016: a story that goes back a long way Michele Comi, Nicola Noè and Stefano Scetti, the historical organisers of Melloblocco, talk about the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting that will take place in Italy's Val Masino - Val di Mello from 5 to 8 May 2016. Over...
![Fabian Buhl makes winter Wetterbock ascent](/uploads/img/3/36317.jpg)
18/04/2016 - Climbing
Fabian Buhl makes winter Wetterbock ascent From 17 - 19 March 2016 German climber Fabian Buhl made a solo ascent of Wetterbock, a 10-pitch 8c freed in 2014 by Alexander Huber up the Wetterbockwand, Göll East Face, Berchtesgaden Alps, Austria.
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