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13/01/2025 - Alpinism
Jost Kobusch abandons ambitious Everest solo winter attempt German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and without supplemental oxygen. On 27 December 2024 the 32-year-old had reached an altitude of 7,537 meters.

05/12/2024 - Alpinism
Saro Costa and the Ticino Alps 42 x 3000ers enchainment The report by Italian mountain guide Saro Costa of his Alpin’ Ticino Project, ie the link-up from 19 to 30 October 2024 of the 42 3000-meter mountains in the Ticino Alps in Switzerland. The only mountain not summited, due to...

01/10/2024 - Climbing
Successful Scottish-Slovak climbing expedition adds multiple new routes to Torsukattak Fjord in Greenland A Scottish-Slovak team comprised of Callum Johnson, Tim Miller, Simon Smith and Miška Izakovičová recently returned from a highly successful climbing expedition to the Torsukattak Fjord in southern Greenland where they established multiple new climbs, including 'Mussels for Tea, Packrafts...

19/09/2024 - Environment
The hidden melting of the Gorner glacier (Monte Rosa) For three decades, the La Venta Geographical Exploration Association has been exploring glaciers and glacier cave. After monitoring the Gorner glacier in 2020 and 2022, Alessio Romeo returned this year to check the health of the wonderful caves that formed...

28/08/2024 - Alpinism
Colossal Dolomites enchainment by Dani Arnold, Simon Gietl On August 9, 2024, Switzerland's Dani Arnold and Simon Gietl from the South Tyrol, Italy, climbed Einserkofel - Cima Una, Zwölferkofel - Croda dei Toni and Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Sexten Dolomites in a single day. A long...

07/08/2024 - Competitions
Aleksandra Mirosław wins Speed Climbing's historic first gold at Paris 2024! 
06/08/2024 - Competitions
Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed Tuesday 6 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Janja Garnbret leads the provisional ranking with 99.6 points. Home-favourite Orianne Bertone blows the roof off and places second, ahead of Brooke Raboutou
Speed: Sam Watson sets new...

05/08/2024 - Competitions
Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 1, Men's Boulder & Women's Speed Join planetmountain for the latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It's been an intese day of Men's Boulder e Women's Speed
In Speed Aleksandra Mirosław sets a new world record at 6.06 seconds

16/07/2024 - Competitions
Chamonix, nothing will ever be the same again The Lead and SpeedWorld Cup took place in Chamonix, France, last weekend and was won respectively by Ai Mori and Colin Duffy, and by Zhang Shaoqin and Sam Watson. Fabio Palma reports

09/05/2024 - Events
Melloblocco day 2: projects, pads and pizzoccheri Thursday 9 May, the second day of Melloblocco 2024 in Val Masino and Val di Mello. A day marked by sun, boulders, projects, pads and pizzoccheri.

03/05/2024 - Competitions
Speed & Boulder World Cups to take place in Salt Lake City, USA The second stages of the Speed World Cup 2024 and Boulder World Cup 2024 will take place in Salt Lake City, USA, from 3 - 5 May 2024.

23/04/2024 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

02/04/2024 - Interviews
Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll completes solo Torres del Paine skyline traverse Interview with Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll after the first traverse of the four main peaks of the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile. The Belgian alpinist climbed Torre Sur, Torre Central, Torre Norte and La Peineta solo from 23 -...

29/03/2024 - Alpinism
Variety is the spice of life / An all-female ascent of the Gervasutti-Gagliardone on the Grandes Jorasses Austrian alpinist Barbara Vigl reports about a repeat of the 'Gervasutti-Gagliardone' on the East Face of the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc massif, carried out in July 2023 by Vigl with Anna Truntschnig and Anna Zechling. Apart from possibly being the...

12/03/2024 - Alpinism
Martin Feistl finds his Daily Dose of Luck on Hammerspitze in Pinnistal, Austria Without a rope, alone, into the unknown. Martin Feistl reports about the solo first ascent of the mixed climb 'Daily Dose of Luck' (400m, WI 5, M4) established on 24 January 2024 on Hammerspitze in Pinnistal, a small side valley...

04/03/2024 - Climbing
Bronwyn Hodgins climbs her first 8c+, La Rubia at Villanueva Del Rosario On 28 February 2024 Bronwyn Hodgins of Canada climbed her first 8c+, 'La Rubia' at Villanueva Del Rosario in Spain
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