Climbing

Nicolas Hojac, Stephan Siegrist and Lukas Hinterberger climbed the northeast face of Cerro Cachet at the end of 2019 on a varied and demanding mixed climbing route with a difficulty of M7 +. Mammut is now publishing a video about the team's Patagonia trip.

Christoph Völker shows you why pincer force is essential for climbing and how you can build up the necessary strength.

Adam Ondra climbs six routes in the upper eighth French grade in southern France, four of them onsight. That and more on LACRUX.

Nicolas Collin announces the ascent of the extremely difficult boulder The Big Island (8c) in Fontainebleau, France.

Cédric Lachat closes the year with the ascent of a difficult route: Super Crackinette (9a +) in Saint-Léger du Ventoux, France.

The two German climbers Alexander Megos and Yannick Flohé were successful in Ticino. Here is the video of the trip.

This video introduces the French Julia Chanourdie and shows her in the Route Eagle-4 (9b) Saint Léger du Ventoux

James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini successful in English gritstone: They climb Harder Faster (E9 7a) and Gaia (E8 6c) respectively.

Have you got the ski touring bug? Here you will find tips for getting started in the world of ski touring and answers to the most pressing questions.

After more than 40 days in Margalef, Adam Ondra has to admit defeat by the Route Perfecto Mundo - he is denied the red point ascent.

A team of climbing professionals has set up a climbing garden and path in Polynesia that is probably one of the most beautiful in the world.

Carlo Traversi made the first ascent of Route Empath in Kirkwood in October 2020, followed by repeats by Jimmy Webb and Daniel Woods. This video...

Is Action Directe the world's first 9a, or is it Hubble? Does history have to be rewritten? We spoke to Alexander Megos.

Alex Megos presents an unimaginable list of routes that he climbed in 13 days. We show which routes Alex quickly scored.

How can massage guns be used in climbing? Where do the massage guns make sense, where don't? We tested three models.

The ST Rotation 10 ski touring binding from Dynafit offers greater ease of entry and constant release values.

The International Sports Court of Justice makes a decision: Russia excluded from the Olympic Games. Does Sascha Lehmann benefit?

Today we present you a yoga exercise with which you can stretch the neck fascia chain and mobilize the spine.

The Austrian Angy Eiter climbs a route with the level of difficulty 9b for the second time with Madame Ching.

The Japanese Mountaineering and Climbing Association has filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice - and has been dismissed.

Federica Mingolla is one of the most versatile athletes on the climbing scene. The film Un Nuovo Mattino shows the exciting personality.

The popular Lungern climbing garden in Central Switzerland is closed until further notice. The reason for the closure is blasting work.

In today's post in our series of articles on micro adventures, we'll show you how to build your own sauna with very simple means.

The latest episode of Actiontalk TV and LACRUX's BETA program is dedicated to historical climbing routes such as Action Directe, Hubble and Akira. In exclusive interviews with the German climbing professional Alex Megos and the controversial Frenchman Fred Rouhling, we investigate the question of whether climbing history needs to be rewritten and what about the confused history of the 9b route Akira.