Keyword: Dolomites

»Apassionata« | Simon Gietl & Alexander Huber open new tour on the Heiligkreuzkofel

On the Heiligkreuzkofel, Simon Gietl and Alexander Huber have developed the new route »Apassionata« – the classic route from below and without bolts.

Simon Gietl and Davide Prandini redpoint the Dolomites route “Identity” for the first time

In the summer of 2023, Simon Gietl opened his new route "Identität" in the Dolomites – solo – in just six days. Now, together with Davide Prandini, the South Tyrolean has successfully completed the first redpoint ascent of the route on the Mittlerer Zwölferkofel.

New route in the Dolomites: FOMO on the Hintere Geierwand

New tour in the Dolomites: Simon Gietl and Jakob Steinkasserer succeed in the first ascent of a new route on the previously unexplored part of the Hintere Geierwand.

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.

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