Climbing

Polish climber Piotr Schab visited the Flatanger hardmover area in Norway. A few days ago he climbed Nordic Flower (8c) onsight. That the 20-year-old Pole damn...

From August 25th to 28th, 2017, the Alpine conservation organization Mountain Wilderness organized the Keepwild Climbing Days together with Wild Country and Patagonia. There were...

After the German Alexander Megos was heard from the inspection of speed at Voralpsee (LACRUX reported), he continues his trip to Switzerland and...

From today until September 10th, the eyes of the sport climbing world will be on the brand new climbing center in Innsbruck. During twelve days in Austria...

After the German top athlete Alexander Megos was successful in Tyrol, Céüse and South Africa before the competitions (LACRUX reported), he has now his Swiss...

In mid-June 2017, Chris Sharma climbed the Pont d'Arc rock arch in Ardèche, France (LACRUX reported). The deep water soloing route is around 30 meters...

The autumn holidays are just around the corner and with them a stay in warmer climes. One of the most popular climbing areas in the south is Arco....

Korean Jain Kim and Austria's Jakob Schubert climbed to the podium of the Lead competition in Arco, Italy. The Swiss Anne-Sophie Koller placed...

On Wednesday morning, a huge rockfall occurred on Piz Cengalo at the far end of Val Bondasca. Four million cubic meters of rock have come loose. After the largest landslide in the...

Burgdorf climber Remo Lehmann got lost in deep Graubünden last week. To be more precise, to the Tiefencastel hard mover area. There he climbs Hassan in one day...

The narrow failure in the second attempt of the classic Ravage in Chuenisberg a few days ago apparently did not let Alex Rohr rest. He...

Once again, Alexander Rohr has been heard from as he inspects an 8c route. He climbs L'appel de la forêt (8c) in Chuenisberg near Basel. On...

The last competition of the Boulder World Cup season took place this weekend in Munich. The European Championships were also held at the same time. In the sold-out Olympic Park in Munich yesterday the...

Foot technique is important, body tension is important and maximum strength is important. However, a longer boulder or a climbing route also requires stamina. like you...

Black Diamond athlete Alex Honnold shares his training routine and why hangboarding was so important to his solo ascent of El Cap. An article by Chris...

A what? We asked ourselves this question when we first heard about the Crack Generator 3000. It is about...

The Slovenian Jernej Kruder is known to most as a strong boulderer, many also as a sport climber. All the more surprising is the news that he has an extremely...

From 25th to 28th August 2017 the Keepwild Climbing Days will take place for the fifth time. The event is organized by Mountain Wilderness, supported...

The American Sasha DiGiulian and the Spaniard Edu Marin repeat one of the world's most difficult multi-pitch tours. The route Mora Mora (12SL, 700m, 8c) is on...

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In the following article, Adam Ondra shows how he trains the necessary endurance for his projects on the campus board. There are some nasty...

Last November, Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher moved to Yosemite Valley in the United States. The two had big plans: The third ascent...

After a bouldering accident in 2015 and 489 days of hard training, Bernd Zangerl climbed what is probably the most difficult trad route in the world this year: Into the Sun (8c +) -...

German climbing professional Alexander Megos announces the first ascent of Route A Life in Orange (8c +) in the Superbowl sector near Waterfall Boven, east of Johannesburg. Alex...