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![Farewell to Keita Kurakami](/uploads/img/3/57808.jpg)
29/06/2024 - Climbing
Farewell to Keita Kurakami Keita Kurakami has died aged 38. The Japanese climber had made a name for himself for making the first rope-solo free ascent of The Nose in Yosemite, as well as pushing the limits of highball boulder problems established ground-up.
![Video: The Disturbing Rise and Fall of Dean Potter](/uploads/img/3/15503.jpg)
09/06/2024 - Climbing
Video: The Disturbing Rise and Fall of Dean Potter The video portrait of Dean Potter, one of the world’s leading climbers who lost his life on 16/05/2015 aged 43 in a wingsuit accident in Yosemite Valley, USA, together with Graham Hunt.
![Jorg Verhoeven powers up Papichulo (9a+) at Oliana](/uploads/img/3/128122.jpg)
19/05/2024 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven powers up Papichulo (9a+) at Oliana 38-year-old Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven has sent his first 9a+, 'Papichulo' at Oliana in Spain.
![Melloblocco 2024 poster features Barbara Zangerl photographed by Klaus dell'Orto](/uploads/img/3/127584.jpg)
28/04/2024 - Events
Melloblocco 2024 poster features Barbara Zangerl photographed by Klaus dell'Orto Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl photographed by Klaus dell'Orto features on official Melloblocco 2024 poster. The largest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world will take place in Val di Mello - Val Masino from 8 to 11 May 2024, and...
![Arma de doble filo added to La Espada (Paine, Patagonia) by Sebastian Pelletti, Hernan Rodriguez](/uploads/img/3/126634.jpg)
15/03/2024 - Alpinism
Arma de doble filo added to La Espada (Paine, Patagonia) by Sebastian Pelletti, Hernan Rodriguez On 24 and 25 February 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Arma de doble filo' (5.11+, A1, 800m) on the East face of La Espada in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.
![Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn make free repeat of El Niño on El Capitan, Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/124599.jpg)
14/12/2023 - Climbing
Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn make free repeat of El Niño on El Capitan, Yosemite American climbers Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn have made a free repeat of El Niño - Pineapple Express (5.13c, 25 pitches) on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.
![Crowdfunding campaign for solar powered water pump in Taghia, Morocco](/uploads/img/3/58950.jpg)
13/04/2023 - Climbing
Crowdfunding campaign for solar powered water pump in Taghia, Morocco A crowdfunding campaign to finance a solar powered pump to supply drinking water to the village of Taghia in Morocco has been launched. Called Eguzkiz Blai, the project is spearheaded by Iñaki Arakistain, Alex Honnold, Aitzol Ibarzabal, Arnaud Petit, Christian...
![Torres del Paine South African Route repeated team-free by Imanol Amundarain, Cedar Christensen, Tyler Karow](/uploads/img/3/81034.jpg)
25/01/2023 - Alpinism
Torres del Paine South African Route repeated team-free by Imanol Amundarain, Cedar Christensen, Tyler Karow The South African Route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine (Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile) was repeated team-free over a 10-day period in early January 2023 by Imanol Amundarain, Cedar Christensen and Tyler Karow. Christensen provides...
![The call of the Siren / Greenland climbing adventures of Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach, Symon Welfringer](/uploads/img/3/80560.jpg)
21/12/2022 - Alpinism
The call of the Siren / Greenland climbing adventures of Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach, Symon Welfringer The call of the Siren, the film by Fulvio Mariani which documents the Greenland climbing adventures of Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach and Symon Welfringer, is online until 26 December.
![New Tsaranoro multipitch in Madagascar by Thibau Grandjean, Jan Novak](/uploads/img/3/80490.jpg)
16/12/2022 - Climbing
New Tsaranoro multipitch in Madagascar by Thibau Grandjean, Jan Novak In July 2022 Jan Novak and Thibau Grandjean made the first ascent of Circoncision (150m, 7a+) a new 150m multipitch on Lemur Wall in the Tsaranoro mountains of Madagascar. Novak, usually behind the lens of his camera, reports.
![Silvo Karo / Interview with the climbing legend from Slovenia](/uploads/img/3/80072.jpg)
18/11/2022 - Interviews
Silvo Karo / Interview with the climbing legend from Slovenia Interview with Slovenian climbing legend Silvo Karo who this weekend at Briançon in France will receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière - Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his mountaineering that spans the last four decades and includes more than 300 first...
![Big new Vampire Spires climbs in Canada, by Sebastian Pelletti & Co](/uploads/img/3/79956.jpg)
09/11/2022 - Interviews
Big new Vampire Spires climbs in Canada, by Sebastian Pelletti & Co Interview with Sebastian Pelletti after the first ascent of three new big routes in the Vampire Peaks area of Northwest Territories/Yukon in Canada, established with Michael Pedreros, Hernan Rodriguez Salas and the photographer Pato Diaz: 'Viaje Boreal' on Mount Dracula,...
![Alexander Huber frees Ramayana on Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria](/uploads/img/3/78726.jpg)
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.
![Swissway to Heaven feat. Cédric Lachat and the hardest big walls in Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/60963.jpg)
03/04/2022 - Climbing
Swissway to Heaven feat. Cédric Lachat and the hardest big walls in Switzerland Today at 18:00 the premiere of the film Swissway to Heaven directed by Guillaume Broust featuring Cédric Lachat and his efforts to repeat five of the hardest multi-pitch climbs in Switzerland.
![Hazel Findlay climbs her first 9a, Esclatamasters at Perles in Spain](/uploads/img/3/75354.jpg)
11/03/2022 - Climbing
Hazel Findlay climbs her first 9a, Esclatamasters at Perles in Spain British rock climber Hazel Findlay has redpointed her first 9a, Esclatamasters 9a at Perles in Spain.
![Jorg Verhoeven: the past, present and future of indoor and outdoor climbing](/uploads/img/3/61453.jpg)
18/11/2021 - Interviews
Jorg Verhoeven: the past, present and future of indoor and outdoor climbing 36-year-old Dutchman Jorg Verhoven has been climbing for over 25 years and his achievements span the climbing spectrum from big walls in Yosemite to 8C boulders, after having won the Lead World Cup 2006. His thoughts about the state of...
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