23 News found
13/11/2024 - Climbing
Lara Neumeier, Nemuel Fuerle repeat El Niño via Pineapple Express on El Capitan in Yosemite Lara Neumeier from Germany and Nemuel Fuerle from Austria have repeated ‘El Niño – Pineapple Express’ (800m, 5.13c) on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.
13/09/2024 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold receives Paul Preuss Award 2024 Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold is the twelfth recipient of the Paul Preuss Prize, awarded each year in memory of the bold Austrian alpinist. Instated in 2013, past winners are Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat...
28/03/2024 - Competitions
Sport Climbing Stats, statistics from over 30 years of sport climbing competitions Who has won the most medals in the Lead World Cup? Who has won the most medals at the Bouldering World Championships? Who are the fastest Speed climbers of all times? To answer these questions, Sport Climbing Stats was created...
18/01/2024 - Climbing
The quest for the world's first 9a+ Watch the video about the hardest sport climbs in the 1990's, and the quest for the world's first 9a+. Featuring Chris Sharma with Biographie, Fred Rouhling with Akira, Bernabé Fernández with Orujo, Steve McClure with Mutation, alex huber with and...
06/09/2022 - Climbing
Alexander Huber frees Ramayana on Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria On the 18th of July German climber Alexander Huber made the first free ascent of Ramayana, a 6-pitch 8b+ on Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.
20/06/2022 - Alpinism
Federica Mingolla and Bellavista on Dolomites Tre Cime di Lavaredo Federica Mingolla reports about her Thursday 16 June ascent, belayed by Niccolò Bartoli, of Bellavista on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo (Dolomites), first ascended by Alexander Huber in 1999. Mingolla and Bartoli descended from where the route joins the classic Cassin...
26/04/2022 - Alpinism
Firewall on Feuerhorn finally repeated by Guido Unterwurzacher, Simon Berger On 09/09/2021 Guido Unterwurzacher and Simon Berger made the first repeat of 'Firewall', a 300m 8b multipitch on Feuerhorn to the right of the famous 'End of Silence', established in 2003 by Alexander and Thomas Huber.
12/11/2019 - Alpinism
Alexander Huber, Guido Unterwurzacher establish Koasabluad up Wilder Kaiser Alpinists Alexander Huber and Guido Unterwurzacher have completed Koasabluad, a difficult multi-pitch rock climb up Maukspitze in the Wilder Kaiser massif in Austria, where in 2014/2015 they established Südwind. Unterwurzacher reports.
09/01/2019 - Climbing
Alexander Huber rope-solo first ascent of Mauerläufer 8b+ up Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria Climbing alone and ground-up, last spring German alpinist Alexander Huber made the first ascent of Mauerläufer (200m, 8b+) up Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.
29/03/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014 live on twitter This evening at 21:00 at Courmayeur the award's ceremony of the Piolets d'Or 2014. All updates on twitter.
27/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the five nominations for the 22nd edition From the most remote mountains in Nepal and Pakistan to the frozen lands of Alaska, via the imposing Masherbrum massif and symbollic Annapurna. Five ascents, carried out by some of the world's most talented alpinists, are in the running for...
24/01/2014 - Alpinism
The Piolets d’Or 2014 international Jury announced: George Lowe president George Lowe, Erri De Luca, Catherine Destivelle, Denis Urubko, Lin Sung Muk and Karin Steinbach are the members of the highly expertPiolets d'Or 2014 Jury, with complementary approaches, endowed with a mountain spirit transcending the framework and limits of the...
23/12/2012 - Climbing
The evolution of free climbing Switzerland's Claude Remy provides a chronological analysis of the evolution free climbing (bouldering and difficulty). An article which clearly is not and cannot be definitive, but is merely a stimulus for further analysis and discussion about the evolution of this...
08/06/2012 - Alpinism
Alex Honnold: super solo on the Yosemite Triple Alex Honnold has doubled his takings: after the fast ascent of the trio Mount Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome with Tommy Caldwell, between 5 and 6 June the 26-year-old US climber carried out an incredible and fast solo ascent...
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.
03/05/2011 - Alpinism
Hardest of the Alps, the video of Iker and Eneko Pou's climbing quest The video Iker Pou and Eneko Pou and their search for the hardest routes in the Alps and their meetings with some of the main players: Manolo, Alexander Huber and Beat Kammerlander.
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