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WEB24/09/2024. Mick Fowler & Victor Saunders make first ascent of Yawash Sar (6258m) in Karakorum. 20/09/2024. Another new climb up Punta Emma, Rosengarten, Dolomites. 19/09/2024. The hidden melting of the Gorner glacier (Monte Rosa) 18/09/2024. Seb Berthe and Hugo Parmentier 24h Verdon climbing challenge. 18/09/2024.
New Big Wall climbs on NW coast of Greenland
WEBOver a period of 65 days Jacob Cook, Bronwyn Hodgins, Jaron Pham, Zack Goldberg-Poch, Angela Vanwiemeersch and Kelsey Watts explored the NW coast of Greenland where they established and repeated a series of new big wall climbs. Highlights of their by-fair-means expedition included the first ascent of Sea Barge Circus (5.11+ 900m) on Qaersorsuaq and Time is a Construct (5.11 A2 400m) on Red Wall
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Echo Wall, Ben Nevis, by Dave Macleod - PlanetMountain.com
WEBAt nine pm on the 28th of July 2008, Scottish climber Dave Macleod embarked on the lead of his life: Echo Wall.Located high on Ben Nevis, in the months prior to the ascent the 70m route route taxed Macleod like none other amd was eventually climbed "in a dream state of confident execution" after months of intense physical and psychological preparation.
Eternal Flame, Nameless Tower, Trango Towers, Karakoram
WEBEternal Flame, Nameless Tower, Trango Towers, Karakoram, Eternal Flame is a world-famous multi-pitch route up the Nameless Tower in the famous granite Trango group in Pakistan's Karakorum mountain range. It was established in 1989 by an extremely strong German team comprised of Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, Christof Stiegler and Milan Sykora and after an immense effort at over 6000m they ...
Pumari Chhish East first ascent in Pakistan by Christophe Ogier, …
WEBClimbing alpine style from 25 - 29 June 2022 French alpinists Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede, Jérôme Sullivan completed the first ascent of Pumari Chhish East (6850m) in Pakistan. 'The Crystal Ship' (M7, 6b, A2, 1600m) takes a technical, direct route up the mountain’s south face. Sullivan reports. Jérôme Sullivan. 08.
Lynn Hill on The Nose 26 years after her historic first free ascent
WEBWhile waiting for more information about the recent free ascent of The Nose at the hands of Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher, here are two videos starring Lynn Hill.. As many know, after Warren Harding, Wayne Merry and George Whitmore established the first route on El Capitan after 47 days on the wall in 1958, it was America’s Lynn Hill who made the first free ascent of The Nose in 1993.
Cadarese, the crack climbing paradise in Val d’Ossola, Italy
WEBCadarese in Val d’Ossola is one of the most famous crack climbing areas in Italy and throughout Europe. The smooth granite cliff has the highest density of cracks possible and all routes are of excellent quality, making the crag a popular destination for rock climbing courses, not only for Italian climbers, but also for those from Switzerland, France, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria.
Petr Slanina and the traditional climbing on Czech Republic 's ...
WEBThe fascinating portrait of Petr Slanina, the Czech rock climber better known as Špek, and the complicated game of traditional climbing on the sandstone towers of the Czech Republic. Rock climbing on the sandstone towers of the Czech Republic is a beautiful and complicated art, shrouded in both history and mystery, where the adventurous aspect ...
The Last Mountain: the story of Tom Ballard - PlanetMountain.com
WEBApr 24, 2020 · In February 2019 30-year-old Tom Ballard and 42-year-old Daniele Nardi perished while attempting to scale Nanga Parbat in winter. Ballard was the son of world-famous mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, reputed to be one of the greatest female climbers of all times who died on K2 in 1995. Their compelling lives are explored in …