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![Solenne Piret climbs Grand Capucin via Swiss route + O Sole Mio exit](/uploads/img/3/129970.jpg)
31/07/2024 - Alpinism
Solenne Piret climbs Grand Capucin via swiss route + O Sole Mio exit On 23 July 2024 French paraclimber Solenne Piret teamed up with Chris Cazin to climb the swiss route + O Sole Mio exit on Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif.
![Alexander Huber free solos Aguglia di Goloritzé in Sardinia](/uploads/img/3/124337.jpg)
01/12/2023 - Climbing
Alexander Huber free solos Aguglia di Goloritzé in Sardinia In October the German climber Alexander Huber made a free solo ascent of Aguglia di Goloritzè in Sardinia.
![Watch Filip Babicz complete 49 minute Speed Solo on Grand Capucin](/uploads/img/3/79163.jpg)
24/09/2023 - Alpinism
Watch Filip Babicz complete 49 minute Speed Solo on Grand Capucin On 23/09/2022 Filip Babicz climbed Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif in just 49 minutes solo and without a rope via the swiss route and O Sole Mio exit.
![Alex Buisse's ten best climbs in the Mont Blanc massif](/uploads/img/3/80023.jpg)
14/11/2022 - Book-press
Alex Buisse's ten best climbs in the Mont Blanc massif French photographer Alex Buisse introduces his 10 favourite climbs in the Mont Blanc massif. The routes feature in his stunning photographic topo guide to the range 'Mont Blanc Lines' (Vertebrate Publishing 2022).
![Filip Babicz climbs Mont Blanc’s Grand Capucin in just 49 minutes](/uploads/img/3/79162.jpg)
25/09/2022 - Alpinism
Filip Babicz climbs Mont Blanc’s Grand Capucin in just 49 minutes On 23/09/2022 Filip Babicz climbed Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif in just 49 minutes solo and without a rope via the swiss route and O Sole Mio exit.
![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.
![Video Patagonia 2019: Lukas Hinterberger, Nicolas Hojac, Stephan Siegrist searching for unclimbed peaks](/uploads/img/3/63229.jpg)
09/01/2021 - Alpinism
Video Patagonia 2019: Lukas Hinterberger, Nicolas Hojac, Stephan Siegrist searching for unclimbed peaks The video of the Swiss expedition comprised of Lukas Hinterberger, Nicolas Hojac, Stephan Siegrist to Patagonia in November 2019. The alpinists made the first ascent of the NE Face of Cerro Cachet via Homenaje a los amigos perdidos, named in...
![Remembering Kurt Albert, German climbing legend and father of the redpoint](/uploads/img/3/5857.jpg)
28/09/2020 - Climbing
Remembering Kurt Albert, German climbing legend and father of the redpoint Precisely 10 years ago German climbing legend Kurt Albert died at the age of 56. He invented the redpoint philosophy in Frankenjura in 1975, considered nowadays the standard for sport climbing worldwide, and established numerous important rock climbs and big...
![Gendarme du Cardinal / New rock climb in Mont Blanc massif](/uploads/img/3/60087.jpg)
03/08/2019 - Alpinism
Gendarme du Cardinal / New rock climb in Mont Blanc massif French alpinists Antoine Bletton and Sébastien Moatti have established Armand Marley (350m, 6a+), a new rock climb up Gendarme du Cardinal in the Mont Blanc massif.
![Alexander Huber rope-solo first ascent of Mauerläufer 8b+ up Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria](/uploads/img/3/56398.jpg)
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.
![New mixed climbs in Alaska's Revelation Mountains](/uploads/img/3/47826.jpg)
26/09/2017 - Alpinism
New mixed climbs in Alaska's Revelation Mountains Mountaineering in Alaska: in spring 2017 Lithuania’s Gediminas Simutis (28) and Germany's Frieder Wittmann (31) pulled off a series of interesting first ascents above the remote Fish Glacier in the Revelation Mountains. The trip report by Simutis.
![Eiger North Face / Tom Ballard Titanic interview](/uploads/img/3/42207.jpg)
13/12/2016 - Alpinism
Eiger North Face / Tom Ballard Titanic interview Interview with British alpinist Tom Ballard after the first ascent of ‘Titanic' (A3/M5/6b, 2000m), a new climb up the North Face of the Eiger (Switzerland), first ascended together with Marcin Tomaszewski from 29 November to 6 December 2016.
![Thalay Sagar, Beats of Freedom and the attempt by Daniele Nardi & Co in the Indian Himalaya](/uploads/img/3/33605.jpg)
17/11/2015 - Alpinism
Thalay Sagar, Beats of Freedom and the attempt by Daniele Nardi & Co in the Indian Himalaya Daniele Nardi tells about the expedition to Thalay Sagar (6904m) in the Indian Himalaya, carried out together with the Spanish mountaineers Alex Txikon, Txus Lizarraga, Adrian Legarra, Ekaitz
![Greenland 2014 and Baffin island: climbing at Gibbs Fjord by Favresse, Ditto and Villanueva](/uploads/img/3/26539.jpg)
01/10/2014 - Alpinism
Greenland 2014 and Baffin island: climbing at Gibbs Fjord by Favresse, Ditto and Villanueva The final report by Nicolas Favresse about the Greenland 2014 expedition, carried out together with Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Sean Villanueva. This final update includes the exploration at Gibbs Fjord, Baffin Island
![Hervé Barmasse, interview after the first winter enchainment of the 4 Matterhorn ridges](/uploads/img/3/22934.jpg)
07/04/2014 - Interviews
Hervé Barmasse, interview after the first winter enchainment of the 4 Matterhorn ridges On Thursday 13 March Hervé Barmasse made the first winter solo enchainment of the four Matterhorn ridges in winter, as well as the first winter solo ascent of the Furggen Ridge via the overhangs. The interview.
![Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list](/uploads/img/3/16526.jpg)
10/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.
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