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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...
19/04/2024 - Events
Melloblocco 2024 showcases Burden of Dreams Replica ft. Elias Iagnemma Melloblocco, the biggest bouldering meeting in the world, will showcase a replica of Burden of Dreams from 8 to 11 May in Italy's Val Masino - Val di Mello, Italy. This is an identical copy of the world's first 9A...
15/03/2024 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher & The Traditionalist: trad climbing in Yosemite Valley The first episode of The Traditionalist a new 3-part film series following Jacopo Larcher, as he explores hard trad climbing around the world.
15/12/2023 - Climbing
James Pearson suggests E12 for his Bon Voyage at Annot in France After the first ascent in February 2023, British climber James Pearson has now proposed the grade E12 for Bon Voyage at Annot in France. Currently there is no other trad route of this grade. In this great introspective piece the...
09/02/2023 - Climbing
James Pearson frees Bon Voyage, new trad gem at Annot in France British rock climber James Pearson has climbed his long-standing trad project in Annot, France. 'Bon Voyage' shares the same start as Pearson's 2017 'Le Voyage' (E10), and although no grade has been put forward yet, it promises to be up...
30/06/2022 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Lexicon in England in smooth style British rock climber James Pearson has made a swift repeat of Lexicon, the E11 at Pavey Ark first ascended by Neil Gresham in 2021. After making a bold 'flash' attempt, Pearson worked the route ground-up before repeating one of Britain’s...
06/05/2022 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher explores dangerous new trad climbs at Cadarese At Cadarese in Val d’Ossola, Italy, the South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher has freed two difficult trad climbs: Waiting for ... and Jeune et con.
04/06/2021 - Climbing
Alessandro Larcher greenpoints Bombo Balla, 8b+ trad at Bus de Vela Alessandro Larcher reports about his greenpoint ascent of Bombo Balla at Bus de Vela above Trento, Italy. Put in other words, the Italian rock climber repeated the 8b+ sport climb in October 2020 skipping the bolts and as a trad...
18/04/2021 - Climbing
Bound by tradition: Jacopo Larcher & James Pearson talk Cadarese tribe The video of Jacopo Larcher & James Pearson in conversation about tribe at Cadarese, a contender for the hardest trad route in the world.
29/12/2020 - Interviews
James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini: the Black Rocks Hard Grit interview Interview with James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini after their respective repeats of Harder Faster and Gaia at Black Rocks in England. These hard grit testpieces were first ascended by Charlie Woodburn and Johnny Dawes and while Pearson’s is only the...
24/12/2020 - Book-press
Winter 8000 by Bernadette McDonald Winter 8000: Climbing the World's Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season by award-winning author Bernadette McDonald. The best-selling mountaineering book, the most complete analysis of winter climbing in the Himalayas, finalist of all the most important international mountain literature awards.
26/10/2020 - Interviews
tribe at Cadarese: the James Pearson second ascent interview Interview with British rock climber James Pearson after the second ascent of tribe, the extremely difficult trad climb at Cadarese in Italy first ascended by Jacopo Larcher in 2019
22/10/2020 - Climbing
Cadarese tribe repeated by James Pearson British rock climber James Pearson has made the second ascent of tribe, the extremely difficult trad climb at Cadarese in Italy first ascended by Jacopo Larcher.
07/08/2019 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher climbing tribe at Cadarese The video of Jacopo Larcher and his journey to free tribe at Cadarese, one of the most difficult trad climbs in the world.
26/03/2019 - Interviews
Jacopo Larcher and tribe, his most difficult trad climb at Cadarese / Interview Interview with Jacopo Larcher after his first ascent of tribe at Cadarese, Italy on 22 March 2019. The Italian rock climber defined the route as 'the most difficult thing I’ve ever climbed'.
24/12/2018 - Climbing
Giorgia Tesio and Simone Raina send Fortunadrago, historic 8B boulder problem at Varazze At Varazze (Italy) Giorgia Tesio climbed her first 8B boulder problem, Fortunadrago. Repeated on the same day by Simone Raina, this historic bloc was the first 8B in the area, freed by local Christian Core.
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