Climbing

On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold climbed the Freerider route on El Capitan free solo (LACRUX reported). During his inspection he was greeted by a...

These guys are climbing a very special piece of rock: Am Monolithe du Beaufortain, Pierra Menta (France). One of the routes on the freestanding block is...

A few weeks ago, American Paige Claassen climbed the toughest route in the state of Idaho. Your inspection of Algorithm (9a) is...

On Sunday, November 4, 2018, Adam Ondra set out on an onsight tour of the famous Salathé Wall route on El Capitan. The first pitch of the headwall...

Mathieu Holtz from Geneva climbs his second 9a of the year with Bain de sang in the Saint Loup climbing area. He seems to be in top form, the...

Shortly before her trip to the USA, Barbara Zangerl from Vorarlberg redpoint climbed the multi-pitch route Sangre de Toro (8b+/5.14a). "What a route! Thanks to Alex...

The Austrian Katharina Saurwein gets the third ascent of the trad route Tainted Love (8b) in Squamish, British Columbia. Her partner climbed with Katha...

A FIXE deflection chain breaks again. DAV safety research recommends replacing previously installed chains from the manufacturer with the "INOX" mark or...

Some brands are now committed to sustainability. Very few actually live it. The Basque manufacturer Ternua is completely different. Since over...

Domen Skofic (SLO) and Jessica Pilz (AUT) won gold in the Lead discipline at the last IFSC World Cup of the season in Xiamen. A top performance...

After attempts in 2015 and 2016, the Austrian David Lama once again took the Lunag Ri in the Himalaya mountains in...

The Austrian climber Kilian Fischhuber traveled to one of the most remote places in the world as part of an expedition: to the granite city of Ulakhan-Sis with its numerous...

A year ago, North Face sent six athletes to Queen Maud Island in Antarctica. Alex Honnold, Conrad Anker, Cedar Wright, Savannah Cummings,...

The last lead climbing and speed climbing world cup of the 2018 season will take place at the weekend. In the Chinese port city of Xiamen, among other things, decisions are made as to which country...

Adam Ondra continues his Balkan journey and is the first to score a 9a in Macedonia. The route Macedonian Trip (9a) was designed by Klemen Becan in...

Sport climber Cedric Lachat from western Switzerland has once again managed to climb a tough route: He climbs the Jungfrau Marathon near Gimmelwald in the Bernese Oberland. Almost a week ago...

Adam Ondra went to Israel in December 2017 at the invitation of Ofer Blutrich and committed several tough routes. Among other things, he succeeded in...

Last weekend the penultimate IFSC World Cup in lead climbing took place. The Austrian Jakob Schubert and the Slovenian Janja Garnbret already secured the...

David Firnenburg moved to the south of France, where he scored second on the 9a route Cadafist. David Firnenburg, who lives in Zurich, drove together...

The Yosemite Valley with its routes on the Nose is probably the most famous clean climbing area in the world. But also in Switzerland there are numerous...

The Swiss professional climber Cedric Lachat succeeds in the first repetition of the route La Cène du Roi Lézard (9a +) in the Jansegg climbing area in the canton of Friborg (Switzerland). "Finally...

A nine-strong expedition team from South Korea was caught by a violent snowstorm on Mount Gurja in the Himalayas. All members of the team died. It is about...

The third attempt finally worked: In February of this year, Dani Arnold opened the Power Shrimps route in the world-famous Helmcken Falls in...

Caffeine, the active ingredient in coffee, is the number one performance-enhancing substance for the general public and athletes alike. Eric Hörst explains to us what effects...