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Changabang West Wall repeated after 46 years by Daniel Joll, Kim ...
WEBThe legendary West Wall of Changabang in India's Garhwal Himalaya, first climbed by Britain's Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker over 25 days in autumn 1976, has finally been repeated after a 46-year hiatus by Kim Ladiges and Matthew Scholes from Australia and Daniel Joll from New Zealand. At the time of the first ascent the climb was hailed as ...
Marc-André Leclerc is The Alpinist - PlanetMountain.com
WEBMarc-André Leclerc was universally recognised as one of the most talented climbers of his generation. His ascents from the Canadian Rockies to Patagonia, often solo, almost always difficult and visionary, were abruptly interrupted by his premature death in Alaska together with Ryan Johnson in March 2018.. Now The Alpinist is about to be released, a feature …
Mount Dunkirk in Canada skied by Christina Lustenberger, Ian …
WEBThe South Face of Mount Dunkirk in Canada skied by Christina Lustenberger, Ian McIntosh and Nick McNutt on 17/03/2021. Not even a fortnight after their first ski descent of Mount Nelson in Canada, Christina Lustenberger and Ian McIntosh have scored another major first in British Columbia, this time with colleague Nick McNutt on the hitherto ...
Nanga Parbat 1970. Reinhold Messner told the truth
WEB1970. The brothers Reinhold and Günther Messner climb Nanga Parbat's virgin Rupal Face and carry out the first descent of the unclimbed Diamir Face. Günther Messner perishes during the descent. Reinhold searches for his brother in vain then, alone and completely exhausted, reaches a group of herdsmen. The other expedition memebers have ...
Alpinismo, arrampicata, notizie di montagna su PlanetMountain.com
WEBA mio avviso, utile una serie... Planetmountain.com è un sito che tratta di arrampicata, alpinismo, trekking, vie ferrate, freeride, sci alpinismo, snowboard, racchette da neve, arrampicata su ghiaccio su tutte le montagne del mondo. Contiene inoltre informazioni tecniche sui materiali, recensioni di libri e video, consigli degli esperti, foto ...
Will Bosi repeats Mutation, 23 years after Steve McClure’s first …
WEBThe news is huge: 22-year-old William Bosi from Edinburgh, Scotland, has made the highly anticipated first repeat of Mutation at Raven Tor in England. First ascended by Steve McClure way back in 1998, the line is an extension to the 8c+ Evolution and, graded 9a, it ushered in the next two decades during which McClure was the undisputed driving force …
Brette Harrington, Dylan Cunningham devour Just a Nibble on …
WEBBrette Harrington continues to explore difficult new terrain unperturbed in her backyard mountains and on 17 April the 29-year-old teamed up with Dylan Cunningham to forge a new mixed climb up the hitherto unclimbed NE Face of Mount Niblock in the Banff National Park, Canada. "Challenging ice and mixed pitches lead to even more psychological rock …
Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, 40 years ago Everest without ...
WEBMount Everest, first climbed without supplementary oxygen by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler on 8 May 1978. At around 1:15 pm on May 8, 1978, precisely 40 years ago today, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit of Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen. Up there on the 8848 meter high summit they took some pictures ...
Climbing Quickdraws Trapper Anniversary - PlanetMountain.com
WEBThe Trapper Anniversary quickdraw is a new edition that celebrates Kong's 40 years (1977-2017). The set is composed of 5 vivid colours that not only recall the pop style of those years, they also make it really easy to give beta once they’re placed on a route. Equipped with two Trapper connectors with a nice handling shape, standard size that ...