Keyword: Dolomites

Kühne mixed route on the Grödner Joch first ascent: Hybrid (M8+, WI6)

In mid-December, Simon Gietl and Manuel Oberarzbacher made the first ascent of the spectacular mixed route Hybrid on the Grödner Joch. With difficulties up to M8+ and WI6, the...

A wild first ascent is followed by freestyle: Simon Gietl climbs Blutsbrüder (22 SL, 8b) free

At Torre Trieste, Simon Gietl, Vito Messini and Matthias Wurzer opened one of the most difficult bolt-free multi-pitch routes in the Dolomites in autumn 2022. This year...

Three north faces in under 24 hours: Gietl and Arnold with new extreme link-up

The name of the SextenDoloExtrem project by Simon Gietl and Dani Arnold says it all: together, the two top alpinists have climbed the north faces of Einserkofel, Zwölfer and...

Victor Varoshkin repeats Parallel World (D16) in pure dry tooling style

Bulgarian mountain guide Victor Varoshkin repeats the monster route Parallel World (D16) in pure dry tooling style.

Big winter ascent on the wild north face: Gietl, Hinterberger and Wohlleben climb Ultima Perla ground-up

Simon Gietl, Lukas Hinterberger and Michi Wohlleben make the first ground-up ascent of Ultima Perla on the wild Agnèr north face.

Simon Gietl: “Being able to climb something like that at the beginning of November is like a birthday and Christmas together.”

After an impressive first ice ascent: Simon Gietl about unexpected surprises on the first ascent, style discussions and early ice.

Imposing mixed route in the Dolomites first climbed

Nicola Bertoldo and Diego Dellai open a new mixed route on the north face of Monte Agnèr: Ultima Perla (350m, 5+, M6, 50°).

Jernej Kruder climbs the 40-meter roof in the Pan Aroma alpine tour

Jernej Kruder manages the red point ascent of the impressive and extremely difficult multi-pitch route Pan Aroma (8b+, 500m) on the Drei Zinnen.

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