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![Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games!](/uploads/img/3/130224.jpg)
10/08/2024 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games! ![Blind climber Jesse Dufton ascends Devil's Tower, USA](/uploads/img/3/128369.jpg)
29/05/2024 - Climbing
Blind climber Jesse Dufton ascends Devil's Tower, USA British rock climb Jesse Dufton has become the first blind climber to lead a climb on Devil’s Tower, Wyoming. Supported by his wife Molly, the 1986 born paraclimber repeated 'El Matador' (5.10d, 150m). He led all the hard pitches, placed all...
![ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy](/uploads/img/3/124412.jpg)
05/12/2023 - Environment
ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC...
![Piolets d'Or 2023 announces list of Significant Ascents](/uploads/img/3/59520.jpg)
22/09/2023 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2023 announces 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 2022. The honoured ascents will receive the 2023 Piolets d'Or award during the celebration in Briançon, France, from...
![Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video](/uploads/img/3/80181.jpg)
23/11/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 61-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Silvo Karo who was awarded with the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2022 last weekend at Briançon in France.
![Silvo Karo honoured with Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award 2022](/uploads/img/3/6739.jpg)
07/10/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo honoured with Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 Slovenian alpinist Silvo Karo is to receive the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated from 17 to 20 November at Briançon in France. In the past the prestigious mountaineering prize has been...
![Laura Tiefenthaler climbs North Face of the Eiger solo](/uploads/img/3/75770.jpg)
27/03/2022 - Alpinism
Laura Tiefenthaler climbs North Face of the Eiger solo On the 25th of March 2022 Austrian alpinist Laura Tiefenthaler completed a solo ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. Tiefenthaler's ascent is possibly only the second female solo after Catherine Destivelle's ground-breaking ascent in 1992, 30 years ago.
![Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video](/uploads/img/3/73759.jpg)
29/12/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 56-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi who was awarded with the 13th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2021 at the end of November at Briançon in France.
![Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021](/uploads/img/3/73760.jpg)
23/11/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021 Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in Briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.
![Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing](/uploads/img/3/43625.jpg)
22/11/2021 - Climbing
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our...
![Verdon: The show must go on](/uploads/img/3/8786.jpg)
20/08/2021 - Climbing
Verdon: The show must go on The short film 'Verdon: The show must go on' which explores the origins of rock climbing in the Gorges du Verdon in France. Featuring Catherine Destivelle, Lionel Catsoyannis, Bernard Vaucher, Bernard Gorgeon and many more.
![Climbing Sparkling Moments: Bardonecchia and Stefan Glowacz in the first La Sportiva podcast](/uploads/img/3/71671.jpg)
05/07/2021 - Climbing
Climbing Sparkling Moments: Bardonecchia and Stefan Glowacz in the first La Sportiva podcast In the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, La Sportiva launches Climbing Sparkling Moments, the first weekly storytelling podcast that talks about the game-changer moments of the history of climbing. Episode #1 features the very first international sport climbing competition in...
![Piolets d’Or 2020: Chamlang, Tengi Ragi Tau, Link Sar and Rakaposhi the winning climbs](/uploads/img/3/59520.jpg)
12/08/2020 - Alpinism
Piolets d’Or 2020: Chamlang, Tengi Ragi Tau, Link Sar and Rakaposhi the winning climbs Four remarkable ascents will be awarded the Piolets d'Or 2020 at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland from 11 - 22 September: Chamlang by Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák, Tengi Ragi Tau by Alan Rousseau and Tino Villanueva, Link Sar...
![Catherine Destivelle awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award](/uploads/img/3/66344.jpg)
23/07/2020 - Alpinism
Catherine Destivelle awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award French mountaineer Catherine Destivelle will become the first woman to receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland in September. In the past the coveted prize has been awarded to greatest mountaineers of...
![Eline & Marc Le Menestrel: Chouca and Buoux, yesterday, today and tomorrow](/uploads/img/3/64283.jpg)
31/03/2020 - Interviews
Eline & Marc Le Menestrel: Chouca and Buoux, yesterday, today and tomorrow Chouca at Buoux is one of those routes that has marked the history of sport climbing. First ascended in 1985 by Marc Le Menestrel, it was recently repeated by his daughter Eline Le Menestrel. This was an excellent pretext...
![Jeff Lowe, goodbye to one of the world's most influential mountaineers](/uploads/img/3/53952.jpg)
26/08/2018 - Alpinism
Jeff Lowe, goodbye to one of the world's most influential mountaineers On 24 August 2018 Jeff Lowe, one of the world’s most influential mountaineers, passed away aged 67. The American climber was widely recognised as one for the strongest alpinists of his generation.
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