Keyword: Seilschaft
Line van den Berg and Fay Manners get Phantom Direct's first women's ascent on the Grandes Jorasses
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At the end of January, Line van den Berg from the Netherlands and Fay Manners from the UK climbed Phantom Direct in a single push in 31 hours. With this venture, they not only secure the first women-only ascent of the route, also known as 'Via in memoria di Gianni Comino'. They are probably only the fourth rope team to have successfully repeated this route from 1985.
Messner's rope teams | An interview with Reinhold Messner
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The book author, museum curator and retired alpinist Reinhold Messner on wives, fathers and friends as mountain partners, the abuse of the word camaraderie - and envy as a companion.
Two mountaineers fall to their deaths on the Finsteraarhorn
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An accident occurred on the Finsteraarhorn on Friday, April 9, 2021. A mountain guide aspirant and his guest were killed in a fall.
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