Category : Climbing

Italians Add to Rich Mont Blanc History with First Ascent of ‘Cascata Major’

Jilli Cluff

26/11/2021

Ice Climbing

On Saturday, November 20, 2021, alpinists Francesco Civra Dano and Giuseppe Vidoni nabbed the first ascent of a virgin ice climb on Mont Bla...

Great Tales in Mountaineering History: The Trango Towers

Kris Annapurna

24/11/2021

Climbing History Karakorum

In the Karakorum, a group of rock towers feature some of the highest cliffs in the world. Located between the Trango Glacier and the Dunge G...

Mountains Climbed Just Once, or Not At All

Kris Annapurna

18/11/2021

Alpine style Climbing Himalaya

Far from the murmur of people and the glow of headlamps, free from fixed ropes and abandoned tents, many mountains remain solitary places, f...

Silvan Schupbach Frees Switzerland’s Hardest Trad Multi-Pitch

Jilli Cluff

18/11/2021

Climbing

On October 15, Swiss alpinist Silvan Schupbach freed a newly established multi-pitch trad line in the Bernese Alps. Christened Tradündition ...

The Women Who Are Pushing Ice Climbing Forward

Kris Annapurna

12/11/2021

Ice Climbing

As in mountaineering, there are still more men than women climbing on ice. However, this is changing. Women like Ines Papert, Dawn Glanc, An...

Bosi Suggests a Soft 9a+ for Raven Tor’s ‘Brandenburg Gate’

Sam Anderson

08/11/2021

Climbing

Will Bosi needed less than two weeks to clean up Raven Tor's two hardest routes this season. The 22-year-old sent Brandenburg Gate on Sunday...

Mingbo Eiger: Bodies of Missing Climbers Found

Angela Benavides

08/11/2021

Climbing Himalaya

A search team has found the bodies of missing climbers Louis Pachoud, Gabriel Miloche, and Thomas Arfi. The trio had been climbing Mingbo Ei...

The Alps: Skiing, Climbing, and Crazy Clouds

Angela Benavides

08/11/2021

Alpine style Climbing

A roundup of happenings in the Alps during the last days of fall and the first days of winter... The last tango... In the Dolomites' M...

10-Metre Groundfall Potential? ‘Spicy’ New Trad Route Tests Nerves

Sam Anderson

07/11/2021

Climbing

In 2016, Jacopo Larcher climbed E11. Then in 2019, he authored what may be the world's hardest trad route. Now in Valle dell'Orco, Italy, hi...

Cooler Heads Begin to Prevail in ‘Stolen Gear’ Debate

Angela Benavides

05/11/2021

Alpine style Climbing Himalaya

The controversy over the first ascent Tengkampoche's NE Pillar has evolved from an awkward episode between two climbing teams into a multifa...

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