16 News found
15/05/2024 - Climbing
Didier Berthod finally climbs Cobra Crack at Squamish, Canada Swiss climber Didier Berthod has repeated Cobra Crack at Squamish in Canada. Freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2006 and hailed as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world at the time, this fierce splitter was almost freed by...
27/06/2023 - Climbing
Didier Berthod makes first ascent of The Crack of Destiny at Squamish in Canada Swiss climber Didier Berthod has made the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny on the chief at Squamish in Canada. Graded 5.14, this checks in as one of the hardest crack climbs in North America.
06/09/2021 - Climbing
Paige Claassen seizes Dreamcatcher 9a in Squamish American rock climber Paige Claassen has made the first female ascent of Dreamcatcher, the iconic 9a at Squamish in Canada first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2005.
29/07/2019 - Alpinism
Squamish, Skywalker, and the sublime rock climbing in Canada Maurizio Oviglia introduces Squamish, one of the world's foremost crack climbing areas, as well as Skywalker, a not too difficult multi-pitch rock climb still fairly unknown outside the borders of Canada.
24/02/2019 - Climbing
Jimmy Webb vs. Dreamcatcher at Squamish in Canada The video of American climber James Webb dispatching the famous sports climb Dreamcatcher at Squamish in Canada.
06/11/2018 - Climbing
Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven tick Tainted Love at Squamish in Canada Austria's Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven from the Netherlands have both repeated Tainted Love, the 5.13d crack climb located on the chief above Squamish, Canada freed by Hazel Findlay in 2017.
25/07/2018 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher repeat The Path in Canada During a climbing trip to Canada Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher repeated a string of difficult routes, including the trad climb The Path at Lake Louise.
30/08/2016 - Climbing
Alexander Megos dashes up Dreamcatcher at Squamish in Canada Interview with Alexander Megos who recently made the fourth ascent of Dreamcatcher at Squamish in Canada, the famous 9a sport climb freed by Chris Sharma in 2005.
09/03/2016 - Climbing
Chad Climbing Expedition 2015 Alessandro Beber retraces the climbing expedition to the Republic of Chad, carried out toward the end of 2015 together with Stefano Angelini, Fabrizio Dellai, Matteo Faletti, Jiri Leskovjan, Alessandro Lucchi and Piero RavĂ .
15/08/2014 - Alpinism
Monte Rosa: twenty years of research by Ferrino The Ferrino High-lab, located at an altitude of 3585m of the Valle d'Aosta side on Monte Rosa, celebrates 20 years. It is the highest laboratory in Italy. And it is up there that the company from Turin, the market leader...
20/02/2014 - Climbing
Escalador Selvatico, new climb up Acopan Tepui in Venezuela by Larcher, Oviglia and Giupponi At the end of January and the start of February 2014 Rolando Larcher, Maurizio Oviglia and Luca Giupponi made the first ascent, and first free ascent, of Escalador Selvatico (7c+ max, 7a+ oblig, 630m) up the North Face of Akopan...
03/12/2012 - Competitions
Sean McColl wins the La Sportiva Legends Only boulder competition in Stockholm The Canadian climber Sean McColl crowned his best competition season yet by winning this unique challenge organised by La Sportiva, beating runner-up Dmitry Sharafutdinov by one attempt.
06/07/2011 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter frees The Edge of Pan at Squamish, Canada A fortnight ago Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter freed The Edge of Pan on the chief at Squamish, Canada.
22/06/2011 - Climbing
Codoleddu, bouldering area closed in Sardinia Giorgio Tagliasacchi informs that climbing is banned at the new bouldering area Codoleddu in Sardinia.
18/06/2010 - Climbing
Rock climbing in Squamish, Canada Millie Evans introduces the delights of rock climbing in Squamish, Canada with plenty of hands-on advice and three climbs on Stawamus Chief.
09/11/2004 - Climbing
Kalymnos Rock Festival report At the start of October more than 500 climbers from all over the world gathered in Kalymnos for the second Kalymnos Rock Climbing Festival.
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