mountaineering

In 2023, 18 people died trying to climb Mount Everest in the spring season alone - more than ever before.

4 new routes, 2 broken tents, baboons at the exit, 1 frozen toe and lots of fun: accompany Will Gadd ice climbing in South Africa.

Dry tooling for advanced climbers: Learn the most important techniques to get more out of this type of climbing.

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

Hanging syndrome: Why hanging freely in a harness after a fall can be fatal and what climbers can do about it.

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

The Vertrail 16 combines the best of 2 worlds: the comfort of a trail running vest and the robustness of an alpine backpack.

You shouldn't miss this film: top alpinist Simon Gietl on his fascination for large winter solo ascents.

Slovenian alpinist Bor Levicnik has set out to climb the three hardest multi-pitch routes on the Triglav north face.

Alan Rousseau, Matt Cornell and Jackson Marvell conquer the extremely difficult north face of the 7000-meter Jannu in alpine style in eastern Nepal.

Ueli Steck and Dani Arnold fought a duel in the Alps. The Netflix documentary “Duel on the Abyss” is dedicated to this rivalry.

Summiteers left the seriously injured Muhammad Hassan lying on K2 without helping. How could this happen?

The world-class alpinists Stephan Siegrist and Thomas and Alexander Huber want to create a memorial to their unfortunate climbing friends with a new route on the north face of the Eiger.

From small and large walls: The route setter Erik Heldmann has climbed all 82 four-thousanders in the Alps.

The Swiss alpinists Nicolas Hojac and Adrian Zurbrügg completed the fright marathon in the Bernese Oberland in just 18 hours and 52 minutes.

The Swiss alpinist Gabriel Jungo climbed all 44 Swiss 48m peaks in 4000 days and covered the distances in between by fair means.

Vertical Jungfrau Marathon: Nadine Wallner masters the mega tour with 2 rock routes, a high tour and ridge climbing in 16h20min.

Norwegian Kristin Harila and Nepalese mountain guide Tenjin Sherpa completed their eight-thousander collection yesterday with the summit of K2. It took them just three months and one day to climb the 14 highest mountains in the world.

The documentary «Tribute to Failure» is available. It is about Nicolas Hojac, Stephan Siegrist, Jonas Schild and Andy Schnarf.

In bergundsteig #109 there was a report on the use of the rescue blanket as temporary UV protection. In the current article, the authors want to give an overview of other possible uses of the rescue blanket in the event of an accident.

On May 23, 2023, Marek Holeček and Matěj Bernát made the first ascent of the north-west face of the six-thousander Sura Peak in Nepal. The two Czechs completed the route in alpine style within four days. They rate their 1500-meter-long route called Simply Beautiful, which has a gradient of up to 90 degrees in some places, with an M6.

The world's eight-thousanders are seething. The reason for this is the record hunt by Norwegian Kristin Harila. She is trying to climb the 14 highest mountains in less than six months. Currently it even looks like after three months.

The Swiss mountain guide and professional alpinist Dani Arnold climbs all three ridges on the legendary Salbitschijen in less than 10 hours - alone and faster than any human before.

American Hillary Gerardi sets a new record on Mont Blanc with a time of 7 hours and 25 minutes. On Saturday 17 June 2023 at 2 a.m. she set off from Chamonix church. After 7 hours and 25 minutes, she returned to her starting point, having covered a distance of 32,67 km and a vertical drop of 3877 m.