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WEBClimbing news mountaineering alpinism on PlanetMountain.com. Awesome Adrspach linkup by Michał Czech, Paweł Zieliński. On 30 September 2024 Michał Czech and Paweł Zieliński from Kraków, Poland, completed a challenging linkup in Adrspach, Czech Republic. The climbers repeated 15 classic climbs on 15 different towers and totalling 700 ...
New Antarctic climbs by strong American expedition
WEBAn all-star expedition comprised of American alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, Savannah Cummins, Alex Honnold, Anna Pfaff, Cedar Wright and the cameraman Pablo Durana is currently in Queen Maud Land in Antarctica where various members have managed to establish a flurry of new rock climbs.
Ray Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag - PlanetMountain.com
WEBRay Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag. Maurizio Oviglia recalls the invention of the Friend, the revolutionary camming device invented in the 1970s by the America’s Ray Jardine. A fun story that retraces an important moment in the history of rock climbing. Ray Jardine in 1977 making the second ascent of Separate Reality in Yosemite.
Couloir Isaïe on Punta Brendel, Aiguille Noire du Peuterey by …
WEBFrom the 12th to 13th of February 2023, Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre and Stefano Stradelli established Couloir Isaïe, a new mixed climb on Punta Brendel on the west face of the Aiguille Noire du Peuterey (3,773 m) in the Mont Blanc massif.
Jannu East Face, Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov complete …
WEBIn mid-March Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov embarked up the East Face of Jannu in Nepal, establishing a route which has left its mark. After the third member of their team, Poland’s Marcin Tomaszewski, opted against joining them on their undertaking, the two Russian mountaineers climbed in pure alpine style, taking 18 days in total to breach the circa 2000m high wall and then descend ...
Annapurna III Unclimbed: the David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Alex …
WEBThe short film Annapurna III Unclimbed that documents the 2016 attempt by Austrian alpinists David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel to ascend the virgin SE Ridge of Annapurna III (7555m) in the Himalaya. The Annapurna III massiv with the stunning south east ridge seen from Basecamp in early morning …
Goodbye Davo Karničar, skier of the impossible
WEBA little less than 20 years ago, on 7 October 2000 to be precise, all of Slovenia ground to a halt to witness Davo Karničar ski the south face of Everest, all the way from the summit down to Base Camp.The feat was described as The Ultimate Ride, a definitive, landmark descent, and quite rightly so: from the 8848m summit Karničar never took his skis off as he first negotiated the ridge, then ...
Semi-cramponable mountaineering boots AKU Croda DFS GTX
WEBLight, agile, precise and extremely comfortable. CRODA DFS GTX is a mountaineering shoe ideal for challenging climbing and trekking in a mixed environment with rock and ice.
Marc-André Leclerc and Ryan Johnson officially presumed dead in …
WEB1 / 1. Marc-André Leclerc presumed deceased in Alaska together with Ryan Johnson after having climbed a new route up the Main Tower of the Mendenhall Towers. Marc-André Leclerc. An expedition to Alaska has ended in the worst possible way for 25-year-old Canadian Marc-André Leclerc and 34-year-old Ryan Johnson, two highly experienced ...
Hans Florine and the King Swing on The Nose, El Capitan
WEBPaul Hara. One of the most tricky moments during every repeat of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite is the King Swing, the enormous pendulum that leads from Boot Flake around the arête to Eagle Ledge. It's always an exciting moment, regardless of how many times you've done it, and who better to explain it than The Nose Speed record man Hans ...