Climbing
Ultralight climbing equipment: products, tips and limitations
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Highly technical materials and sophisticated production processes allow mountain sports equipment to become increasingly lighter. Ropes, climbing harnesses and safety devices also shed pounds. What this means for climbing, where...
Chronology of an adventure in the wild Atlas Mountains
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Iker Pou opens up a new multi-pitch route in the Atlas Mountains and repeats several difficult tours single-handedly.
Does climbing have a doping problem?
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The sport of climbing is developing rapidly, training is becoming more and more professional, and today's professionals can make a living from the sport. This increases the pressure to deliver results. How far do athletes, coaches and associations go?
Recall: Increased rust formation on FIXE bolt tabs
FIXE has determined that some batches of FIXE-1 PLX bolt hangers are prone to unusually severe rusting when exposed to a marine environment. For this reason has...
Interview with Angela Eiter on the commission of La Planta de Shiva (9b)
Last Sunday, the Austrian athlete Angela Eiter wrote climbing history: she was the first woman to redpoint a 9b route (LACRUX reported). She climbed La...
Record: Angela Eiter climbs as the first woman 9b
Austrian sports climber Angela (Angy) Eiter is the first woman to climb a 9b route with La Planta de Shiva. In the current year, one record message follows the other....
Zurich wants the longest urban climbing route in the world
The Zürinordwand interest group has set itself a high goal: it wants to install the longest urban climbing routes in the world at the Swissmill silo. The owner - the...
New alpine tour at the Schreckhorn: joyfulness
Thomas Senf and Martin Reber opened a new multi-pitch tour in an alpine setting with Freudenschreck (6a+, 485m) on the Schreckhorn. The Freudenschreck route runs through the...
So build a campusboard in your camper
Nate Murphey drives his van a lot. So that he doesn't lose the necessary finger strength on his trips, he quickly built a full-fledged...
Anak Verhoeven and Keiichiro Korenaga win the competition in Xiamen
In the seventh and penultimate competition of the World Cup season, Belgium's Anak Verhoeven and Japan's Keiichiro Korenaga won the gold medal. Janja Garnbret secured...
Once again, Alex Megos clears out hard routes in a short time
Alexander Megos was together with Melissa Le Nevé for about a week in the Rumney climbing area in the USA and in this short time climbed...
Carabiner fair production: no indication
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Equipment for mountaineers is often not manufactured sustainably. Actually amazing, because mountaineers are fundamentally interested in the topics of sustainability and ecology. A guest post by...
Hayden Kennedy takes his own life
Hayden Kennedy, 27, and his girlfriend Inga Perkins went on a ski tour together last weekend. Inga was buried by an avalanche and died....
Janja Garnbret and Stefano Ghisolfi win World Cup in Wujiang
The Italian Stefano Ghisolfi and the Slovenian Janja Garnbret won the sixth Lead and Speed World Cup of the season in China. Janja secured with the win...
Pirmin Bertle climbs the hardest route in South America
The German climber Pirmin Bertle climbs the most difficult route in South America with Le vent nous portera (9a +) in Chile. Pirmin Bertle caused a stir back in 2016 when...
Roland Hemetzberger repeats WoGü in the Rätikon
The German climber Roland Hemetzberger repeats what is probably the most difficult multi-pitch tour in Europe with WoGü (8c) in the Rätikon. The route WoGü (7 SL, 8c) was...
Alex Megos: In 6 days 10 hard routes in Switzerland climbed
The 24-year-old climber Alexander Megos mastered three 9a routes and seven 8b+/c routes on his one-week trip 'Helveticlimb' through Switzerland in August. Without...
Daila Ojeda climbs Digital Crack - one of the highest 8a's
Daila Ojeda is known for her ascents in the sport climbing area. At the beginning of the year, the Spaniard ventured on a multi-pitch tour for the first time. Now she entered...
Risk of falling with Arcteryx ski boots - voluntary recall
Arcteryx is known for high-priced but solid products. Now the Canadian company is recalling various models of its ski boots. Some shoes loosen...
Video: Anak Verhoeven at the first ascent of Sweet Neuf
In mid-September 2017, the Belgian Anak Verhoeven made the first ascent of Sweet Neuf (9a +). If the degree is confirmed, she would be the first...
Briton dies at rockfall in Yosemite National Park
A series of rockfalls occurred in Yosemite National Park yesterday. A British couple was arrested by park rangers on the southeast flank of El Capitan...
Historic low in fatal accidents
The German Alpine Association publishes the mountain accident statistics for 2016. Never before have there been so few fatal accidents, but there have been many rescues of uninjured mountaineers. Good news from the...
Adam Ondra on training and future projects
On September 3rd, 2017, Adam Ondra wrote the world's first 9c climbing history. Not only since this historic day, many have been asking...
Margo Hayes climbs biography again 9a +
Yesterday, Margo Hayes climbed the route Biography (9a +) in Céüse, France, which was first climbed by Chris Sharma. A little over half a year ago, the American wrote...
8b + Boulder, 8b + route and a four-thousand-meter in one day
Carlo Traversi took on an exciting challenge. His goal was to conquer an 8b+ boulder, an 8b+ route and a four-thousander in one day...
Alex Puccio and Tomoa Narasaki are the Adidas Rockstars 2017
Last weekend, the world's top boulderers gathered in Stuttgart's Porsche Arena for the seventh edition of Adidas Rockstars, a climbing competition in which 80 invited...
Climbing legend Beat Kammerlander commits combat zone (8c) in Rätikon
The master himself once again gives the Rätikon a test piece of a special class: combat zone (6 SL, 8c, 8a obl.). As Beat communicated this week, he was able to...
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Climbing
Ultralight climbing equipment: products, tips and limitations
Highly technical materials and sophisticated production processes allow mountain sports equipment to become increasingly lighter...
bouldering
Natalia Grossman wins home World Cup and thus bouldering gold number 10
World Cup gold for the tenth: Natalia Grossman wins the home World Cup in Salt Lake City and thus her 10th gold in the bouldering discipline.
Training
The best triceps exercises by Alex Megos
What's the best way to train your triceps as a climber: Here are the best exercises from climbing professional Alex Megos.
bouldering
Youngster Sorato Anraku wins ahead of Narasaki and Schubert
The young Japanese Sorato Anraku once again demonstrates his incredible skills at the IFSC Boulder World Cup in Salt Lake City.
Climbing
Chronology of an adventure in the wild Atlas Mountains
Iker Pou opens up a new multi-pitch route in the Atlas Mountains and repeats several difficult tours single-handedly.
