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![Incroyable on Red Pillar of Brouillard, a dream climb by Della Bordella, Cazzanelli, Ratti](/uploads/img/3/66120.jpg)
16/07/2020 - Alpinism
Incroyable on Red Pillar of Brouillard, a dream climb by Della Bordella, Cazzanelli, Ratti Matteo Della Bordella, president of the Ragni di Lecco mountaineering club, reports about Incroyable, the superb and difficult new route on Red Pillar of Brouillard (mont blanc) first ascended on 30 June and 1 July with Matterhorn mountain guides François...
![Mont Blanc's Digital Crack repeated by Marco Sappa](/uploads/img/3/66090.jpg)
10/07/2020 - Alpinism
mont blanc's Digital Crack repeated by Marco Sappa Marco Sappa has repeated the famous Digital Crack, first ascended in 1990 by Thierry Renault and Alain Ghersen on the Grand Gendarme of the Arête des Cosmiques in the mont blanc massif. The Italian mountain guide reports.
![Piolets d'Or 2020: the big list
of significant ascents](/uploads/img/3/66053.jpg)
08/07/2020 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2020: the big list
of significant ascents The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2019. From this they will select the recipients of the Piolets d'Or award that will be celebrated during...
![Red Pillar of Brouillard: new Mont Blanc rock climb by Della Bordella, Cazzanelli, Ratti](/uploads/img/3/65970.jpg)
03/07/2020 - Alpinism
Red Pillar of Brouillard: new mont blanc rock climb by Della Bordella, Cazzanelli, Ratti Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella, François Cazzanelli and Francesco Ratti have established Incroyable, a new rock climb up the famous Red Pillar of Brouillard on the Italian side of mont blanc.
![Video: Edmond Joyeusaz skiing the Mont Blanc Brenva Face](/uploads/img/3/65507.jpg)
29/06/2020 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Video: Edmond Joyeusaz skiing the mont blanc Brenva Face The video of the mountain guide Edmond Joyeusaz and his ski descent of the Brenva Face on mont blanc, carried out on 25/05/2020 down the climb first ascended by Gianni Comino and Gian Carlo Grassi in 1979.
![Walter Bonatti would have turned 90 today](/uploads/img/3/9131.jpg)
22/06/2020 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti would have turned 90 today In order to remember the great mountaineer and extremely special man who passed away in 2011, we’ve published the thoughts and memories of his inseparable life partner Rossana Podestà.
![Not so far #3, Hervé Barmasse climbing the Matterhorn](/uploads/img/3/7691.jpg)
11/06/2020 - Alpinism
Not so far #3, Hervé Barmasse climbing the Matterhorn The third and final episode of the film Not so far featuring Hervé Barmasse and his new route, climbed solo in 2011, up Picco Muzio on the Matterhorn.
![Anak Verhoeven frees Kraftio, the hardest climb in Belgium dedicated to Chloé Graftiaux](/uploads/img/3/65582.jpg)
05/06/2020 - Climbing
Anak Verhoeven frees Kraftio, the hardest climb in Belgium dedicated to Chloé Graftiaux Anak Verhoeven has made the first ascent of Kraftio, an old project in Belgium. Graded 8c+/9a it is currently the hardest climb in the country and is a tribute to Chloé Graftiaux, the talented Belgian climber who perished in 2010.
![Mont Blanc: Edmond Joyeusaz skis Brenva Face Comino-Grassi route](/uploads/img/3/65512.jpg)
29/05/2020 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
mont blanc: Edmond Joyeusaz skis Brenva Face Comino-Grassi route On Monday 25 May 2020 the Italian mountain guide Edmond Joyeusaz skied from the summit of mont blanc down the Comino - Grassi route on the Brenva face, following the line first ascended in 1979 by Gianni Comino and Gian...
![Climbing at Valgrisenche: Marco Sappa frees La Fessura di Gianfri at Nid Des Hirondelles](/uploads/img/3/65332.jpg)
25/05/2020 - Climbing
Climbing at Valgrisenche: Marco Sappa frees La Fessura di Gianfri at Nid Des Hirondelles Marco Sappa reports about the first ascent of La Fessura di Gianfri, a difficult trad crack climb at the historic crag Nid Des Hirondelles in Valgrisenche, Valle d’Aosta, Italy. The route is dedicated to his father Gianfranco Sappa, a Courmayeur...
![Not so far # 2, Hervé and Marco Barmasse climbing Monte Rosa](/uploads/img/3/9358.jpg)
20/05/2020 - Alpinism
Not so far # 2, Hervé and Marco Barmasse climbing Monte Rosa The second of three episodes of the film Not so far by Hervé Barmasse, which documents the first ascent of new line up the SE Face of Punta Gnifetti on Monte Rosa in 2011 with his father Marco Barmasse.
![Not so far #1, Hervé Barmasse, Eneko & Iker Pou climbing the Brouillard Pillar on Mont Blanc](/uploads/img/3/8737.jpg)
10/05/2020 - Alpinism
Not so far #1, Hervé Barmasse, Eneko & Iker Pou climbing the Brouillard Pillar on mont blanc The first of three episodes of the film Not so far featuring Italian alpinist Hervé Barmasse and his 2011 first ascent with Spaniards Iker Pou and Eneko Pou of La Classica Moderna up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on the...
![Alessandro Zeni, the 9b Saint Loup Cryptography interview](/uploads/img/3/64985.jpg)
08/05/2020 - Interviews
Alessandro Zeni, the 9b Saint Loup Cryptography interview Interview with Alessandro Zeni who on 11/01/2020 at Saint Loup in Switzerland made the first ascent of Cryptography, a combination of the routes Bain de Sang and Bimbaluna. With its suggested grade of 9b it checks in as one of...
![Goodbye to British climbing legend Joe Brown](/uploads/img/3/64503.jpg)
16/04/2020 - Alpinism
Goodbye to British climbing legend Joe Brown Joe Brown, one of the world’s greatest all-round climbers, passed away last night aged 89. Brown pioneered climbs throughout Great Britain, the Alps and the Greater Ranges in particular in the 1950's and '60's. Cenotaph Corner on Dinas Cromlech in...
![Aiguille du Plan Mystery solved by Ondrej Húserka and Evka Milovská](/uploads/img/3/64255.jpg)
30/03/2020 - Alpinism
Aiguille du Plan Mystery solved by Ondrej Húserka and Evka Milovská From 21 to 22 February Slovak mountaineers Ondrej Húserka and Evka Milovská made the first ascent of Mystery (85 °, M8, C1, 600m (15 pitches) on Aiguille du Plan in the mont blanc massif. Húserka reports.
![Col du Brouillard SW Couloir, skiing above the lesser known part of the Miage Glacier](/uploads/img/3/63624.jpg)
28/02/2020 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Col du Brouillard SW Couloir, skiing above the lesser known part of the Miage Glacier Davide Capozzi introduces the SW Couloir of Col du Brouillard in the mont blanc massif, recently descended on snowboard and ski with Alessandro Letey. Also referred to as Voie du 1894, in 2016 Capozzi made the first known descent with...
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