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![Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games](/uploads/img/3/130219.jpg)
08/08/2024 - Competitions
Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games ![Petzl Legend Tour / Watch Federica Mingolla climb Grand Capucin in the footsteps of Walter Bonatti](/uploads/img/3/126972.jpg)
13/05/2024 - Alpinism
Petzl Legend Tour / Watch Federica Mingolla climb Grand Capucin in the footsteps of Walter Bonatti Walter Bonatti, Mont Blanc, his mountaineering. The new episode of the Petzl Legend Tour Italy takes you on a journey through history and time. After a visit to the National Museum of the Mountain, Federica Mingolla and Alberto Boschiazzo climb...
![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...
![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...
![Melloblocco 2023: a return to its roots](/uploads/img/3/30189.jpg)
05/04/2023 - Events
Melloblocco 2023: a return to its roots Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world, viewed through the eyes of the historic promoters Michele Comi, Nicola Noè and Stefano Scetti. Over 2000 climbers have already registered for the 16th edition which will be held in...
![Lest we forget: the Italian racial laws, the Italian Mountaineering club and its Jewish members](/uploads/img/3/81098.jpg)
27/01/2023 - Alpinism
Lest we forget: the Italian racial laws, the Italian Mountaineering club and its Jewish members In December 1938 a 'highly confidential' internal document from the National Council of the Italian Mountaineering Club (CAI) sent to all its sections indicated the criteria for purging members of the 'non-Aryan race'. As a result hundreds, guilty of simply...
![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,...
![Monviso NNW Ridge in winter, following in the footsteps of Patrick Berhault. By Barbara Vigl](/uploads/img/3/78857.jpg)
12/10/2022 - Alpinism
Monviso NNW Ridge in winter, following in the footsteps of Patrick Berhault. By Barbara Vigl Barbara Vigl reports about her winter ascent, carried out with David Göttler in March 2022, of the NNW Ridge of Monviso in Italy. The first winter ascent was carried out by Patrick Berhault in 2001, as Ivo Ferrari explains in...
![Petzl Legend Tour Italy: Arco and the Sarca Valley, the cradle of Italian sport climbing](/uploads/img/3/79164.jpg)
26/09/2022 - Climbing
Petzl Legend Tour Italy: Arco and the Sarca Valley, the cradle of Italian sport climbing The fourth episode of the Petzl Legend Tour Italy is now online and explores the cradle of Italian sport climbing, Arco and the Sarca Valley
![Watch Filip Babicz set the Pizzo Badile North Ridge record](/uploads/img/3/72697.jpg)
13/09/2022 - Alpinism
Watch Filip Babicz set the Pizzo Badile North Ridge record The video of Filip Babicz setting the new speed record on the North Ridge of Pizzo Badile in 42 minutes and 52 seconds on 10 September 2021.
![Remembering Simone Badier, the great French alpinist](/uploads/img/3/76927.jpg)
30/05/2022 - Alpinism
Remembering Simone Badier, the great French alpinist Claude Gardien, historic editor-in-chief of the French magazine Vertical, remembers Simone Badier who passed away on 18 March 2022. Born in 1936 and as talented as she was discreet, she was one of the leading figures in women's climbing and...
![More than a route, Lena Müller's new climbing direction](/uploads/img/3/76861.jpg)
24/05/2022 - Environment
More than a route, Lena Müller's new climbing direction The short film 'More than a route' by Tom Dauer which portrays the ecologist and climber Lena Müller and her decision to embark on a new route: climbing with sustainable means that involves giving up the use of the car.
![Delicatessen in Corsica's Bavella repeated by Romy Fuchs, Lara Neumeier](/uploads/img/3/76442.jpg)
28/04/2022 - Alpinism
Delicatessen in Corsica's Bavella repeated by Romy Fuchs, Lara Neumeier Delicatessen on Punta d’u Corbu at Col de la Bavella, Corsica has been repeated by Romy Fuchs and Lara Neumeier from Germany. The 120m 8b was established by Arnaud Petit and Stéphane Husson in 1992 and is regarded as one...
![Alps - to go?!](/uploads/img/3/74934.jpg)
14/02/2022 - Environment
Alps - to go?! Through global warming, our rampant consumption, unsustainable tourism and our own expectations, the Alps are threatened. Check out the documentary ALPS - TO GO?!, written by Tom Dauer.
![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...
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