Keyword: first ascent

16-year-old frees 30-year-old project in the Gorges du Tarn

Erwan Legrand crowns a successful climbing trip in the Gorges du Tarn with the first ascent of a 30-year-old project. The route has a difficulty level of 8c+...

Remarkable Yosemite debut by Hannes Puman

The Swedish climber Hannes Puman managed to free climb the Nose (8b+) via the Schnaz variation. This difficult alternative to the Changing Corners pitch is probably still...

Odyssea Borealis: A By-fair-means Adventure in East Greenland

Silvan Schüpbach, Matteo Della Bordella, Symon Welfringer and Alex Gammeter spent 35 days traveling in the wilderness of East Greenland. Completely autonomous and on their own...

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...

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...
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Sean Bailey boulders Shaolin (9A) - first ascent

The American professional climber Sean Bailey has made the first ascent of a new 9A boulder in the Red Rocks. Shaolin is the first ninth boulder problem in the world at this level of difficulty. Sean...

Ukrainian alpinists open new route on rarely climbed Ama Dablam West Face

The Ukrainian mountaineers Mykyta Balabanov and Mykhailo Fomin have successfully opened a new route on the impressive west face of Ama Dablam. After four strenuous...

First ascent of the southwest ridge of the 6000er Bhagirathi III

On October 8, 2024, Jonas Schild, Stephan Siegrist, Kaspar Grossniklaus and Hugo Beguin mastered what was probably the first ascent of the southwest ridge of the six-thousand-meter peak Bhagirathi III...

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