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Before the flight home a quick big wall

Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl enjoyed their Yosemite trip to the fullest in the truest sense of the word. Despite many wet pitches and...

Louis Gundolf releases tough project by Hansjörg Auer: Ganesha Extension

Louis Gundolf succeeds in the first free ascent of Ganesha Extension, a difficult route by Hansjörg Auer on the Elefantenwand in Ötztal. In the interview he tells...
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This is how Jakob Schubert performs in Sharma's new DWS commercial

After his successes in Es Pontas and Alasha, Jakob Schubert has returned to the deep water soloing Mecca of Mallorca. Together with Michael Piccolruaz he checks out...

Second 8c onsight ascent: Chaehyun Seo scores Fish Eye

Chaehyun Seo ends her trip to Spain with an onsight ascent of Fish Eye (8c). For the 21-year-old South Korean, this is already the second ascent after L'Antagonista (8c)...

Babsi Zangerl on her flash ascent of Freerider: "The greatest mental challenge of my climbing career"

Babsi Zangerl has made history with her flash ascent of the big wall route Freerider (1000m, 7c+) on the legendary El Capitan. How the top Austrian climber describes her outstanding...

Double success in La Danse de Résistance (9a+)

Two climbers, one autumn goal, two successes: The two Swiss climbers Dimitri Flick and Jonas Utelli conquer the legendary strength endurance test piece La Danse de...

Babsi Zangerl flashes Bigwall Route Freerider on El Capitan

Babsi Zangerl writes climbing history with her flash ascent of Freerider (7c+). She is the first person to successfully climb a big wall route on El Capitan...

Seb Bouin succeeds in first ascent of Wolf Kingdom (9b+) in Pic Saint Loup

The top French climber Seb Bouin has given the climbing world a new 9b+ route: Wolf Kingdom. In Pic Saint Loup he was able to climb it on November 14th...

Leo Cea (11) climbs his third 9a route with Era Vella

Leo Cea recently scored Era Vella (9a) in Margalef. For the 11-year-old climber with German-Chilean roots, it is already the third route in...
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Alex Honnold and Magnus Midtbo again on Free Solo Mission

After his free solo debut with Alex Honnold in 2022, Magnus Midtbo vowed not to do this again in the future. In the meantime...

Jessica Pilz scores her first 9a+ route with Papichulo

Jessica Pilz repeats the Sharma Kingline Papichulo (9a+) in the Spanish climbing mecca of Oliana. For the two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist, it is the first sport climbing route in this...
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Rope Solo in Lead Climbing: You Should Know These Risks

Lead Rope Solo is enjoying increasing popularity and is increasingly developing into an independent discipline within the climbing scene. Daniel Gebel has an exciting...

Lara Neumeier and Nemuel Feurle free climb difficult big wall route

Lara Neumeier and Nemuel Feurle are free ascending El Niño via Pineapple Express Variation (800m, 8a+) in the North America Wall of the...

Film festival season opens | Mountains on Stage Winter Edition 2024

The mountain film festival Mountains on Stage is coming back with a brand new program and a tour in 250 cities worldwide. The German-language tour starts on November 21st in Munich. Mountains on Stage...

Jacopo Larcher repeats iconic Yosemite trad route Magic Line (8c+)

Shortly after Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher also scored the crack test piece Magic Line (8c+) in Yosemite Valley. In the article, the trad specialist talks about the complexity...
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Climbing like Adam Ondra – how it's done

Adam Ondra is one of the most comprehensive and strongest climbers in the world. Today you will learn which basic techniques the GOAT uses and how you can use them...

Yannick Flohé repeats Janus and upgrades

Yannick Flohé scores one of the hardest routes in the Franconian Jura with Janus on Angerstein. For the line originally rated 9a by Alex Megos, he...

Caroline Ciavaldini is the third woman to climb the crack testpiece Greenspit (8b/+)

On Sunday, November 3, French climber Caroline Ciavaldini repeated the route Greenspit (8b/+) in Valle dell'Orco, Italy. She is only the third woman to...

Babsi Zangerl climbs one of the hardest crack routes in the world: Magic Line (8c+)

Babsi Zangerl repeats a rock-hard trad line in Yosemite Valley with Magic Line (8c+). After Hazel Findlay, she is only the second woman to do this...

Schubert and Pilz climb to victory in record time | Red Bull Dual Ascent

Jessica Pilz and Jakob Schubert won the Red Bull Dual Ascent 2024 with ease. Here are the pictures and the video replay.

Live stream of the Red Bull Dual Ascent Finals 2024

The final of the Red Bull Dual Ascents will take place on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 14.00 p.m. The live stream of the competition is available here.

The largest ice climbing festival in Europe takes place in the East Tyrol Ice Park

From January 10th to 12th, the East Tyrol Ice Climbing Festival will take place for the eighth time in the Matreier Tauerntal. Ice enthusiasts can look forward to lectures by...

Laura Rogora scores one hard route after another

Italian professional climber Laura Rogora has climbed three routes in French grade 9 in the past month, including Goldrake (XNUMXa+) in Cornalba. She also climbed...

Next Level: Tanner Wanish and Michael Vaill climb four Yosemite Big Walls in 21h 50min

Tanner Wanish and Michael Vaill recently caused a stir with their speed record at the Yosemite Triple Crown. Now the duo has set another...

Is Truenu the hardest multi-pitch route in the world?

Eneko and Iker Pou have opened an extremely difficult multi-pitch route on the south face of the Peña Santa de Castilla in the Picos de Europa massif: Truenu...

Hannes Van Duysen repeats Es Pontas (9a+) and flashes 8c-DWS route

Hannes Van Duysen cleaned up at deep water soloing on Mallorca: First he flashed the 8c line Poseidon's Kiss, later he doubled it with the ascent...

Tanner Wanish and Michael Vail with new record time for Yosemite Triple Crown

Tanner Wanish and Michael Vaill have completed the linkup known as the Yosemite Triple Crown, consisting of three big wall routes on El Capitan, Half Dome and...

Unstoppable: Connor Herson solves trad testpiece Magic Line (8c+) in Yosemite

Connor Herson secures the fifth ascent of the legendary Magic Line (8c+) in Yosemite Valley. The 35-meter crack, first climbed by Ron Kauk, is in the...
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Security catches Wideboyz during urban crack climbing

The latest urban crack climbing adventure of the two wideboys Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall ends in the clutches of the law enforcement officers. That much is clear about this...
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Hanging by a Thread: Fighting Back to Life | Climbing Film

A fateful accident changed Philipp Hrozek's life forever. "By a Thread" tells the moving story of the German climber, who not only improved his physical...

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Before the flight home a quick big wall

Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl started their Yosemite trip in...

Louis Gundolf releases tough project by Hansjörg Auer: Ganesha Extension

Louis Gundolf succeeds in the first free ascent of Ganesha...
00:20:13

This is how Jakob Schubert performs in Sharma's new DWS commercial

After his successes in Es Pontas and Alasha,...

The avalanche doesn’t know that you are experts

Around half of the people who have been infected in the last...

Second 8c onsight ascent: Chaehyun Seo scores Fish Eye

Chaehyun Seo ends her trip to Spain with an onsight ascent of...