Keyword: first ascent

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...

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...

Thilo Schröter opens Norway's hardest boulder: Tsunami (8C+)

The Norwegian boulderer Thilo Schröter has given his home country a new test piece: On the Lofoten Islands he succeeds in the first ascent of Tsunami. For his new line...

Successful Scottish-Slovakian Greenland expedition to Torsukattak Fjord

Miška Izakovičová, Callum Johnson, Tim Miller and Simon Smith have returned from a successful expedition to Greenland. The team visited the Cape Farewell region in southern Greenland and climbed around the Torsukattak Fjord for three and a half weeks. The team achieved first ascents such as "Mussels for Tea, Packrafts in the Sea" (E6 6b (7b), 1350m) and "Texture like Sun" (E3 5c (6b+), 800m).

Tough first ascent and an 8c+ flash for Seb Bouin

This summer, Seb Bouin visited the Saint Auban climbing area not far from the Verdon Gorge. In classic Seb style, he quickly found potential for first ascents...

Bold big wall route opened in Greenland: Ryu-shin on the Mirror Wall

Sean Villanueva, Pete Whittaker, Sean Warren and Julia Cassou have opened a new route on the Mirror Wall, one of the most difficult in Greenland...

60 meter crack solo: Tom Randall climbs the hardest offwidth of his career

Urban Crack Climbing 2.0: Tom Randall has successfully completed his daring offwidth project in Berlin. Equipped with a climbing harness, magnesium and a single 5-cam, he climbed...

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