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The Murgtal has long been known as a bouldering area for rock-hard classics such as Entlinge (8c) or Bourgogne. Lately, many easier boulders have been...

In April, Bernese Kevin Heiniger climbed the 8c boulder Kryptos on the Morechelstock in Balsthal (LACRUX reported). In today's guest post Kevin tells us how he...

Burgdorfer Sascha Lehmann tried the Mission Miranda route in the Lehn sport climbing area last weekend. In one piece he was able to climb the boulder-heavy 8c route...

In April, the brothers Samuel and Baptiste Ometz, Giuliano Cameroni from Ticino, Benjamin Theytaz, Sebastian Cotting and Barfuss Charles made the Val Bavona unsafe. They climbed...

In January 2016, around 8000 tons of rock fell into the Murg Valley, damaging the small power station in the See sector. Now the community seems to have...

We are used to big words from American climbers. The Swiss are more reserved. However, the latest creation by Giuliano Cameroni makes him unusually immodest...

Bernd Zangerl announces the first ascent of a new, hard boulder in the Murg valley near Lake Walen. The new test piece is called Very important parrot and is in the...

At the end of last year, the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) fired its national coach Urs Stöcker. This despite the fact that Stöcker led the national team extremely successfully and the results of the...

At the end of April, Jonas Schild from Bern managed to inspect the Lehn classic Mission Miranda (8c) in Lehn. We asked Jonas about the successful climb. The video...

The Ticino Giuliano Cameroni moves from block to block with Charles Albert and announces that he managed Off the Wagon (8b +). During a...

From April 25th to 30th, 2017, Silvan Schüpbach and Dimitri Vogt were able to free climb the Muir Wall route. During 6 days in the 1000m high...

We have just received the sad news that Ueli Steck died in an accident on Mount Everest. Ueli planned a record on Mount Everest, where...

Last Monday, Kevin Heiniger from Bern managed to climb Kryptos (8c) on the Morechelstock in Balsthal. The first climbed by Franz Widmer in 2009...

The German climber David Firnenburg, who lives in Switzerland, commits the line Practice of the Wild (8c) in Magic Wood, which Chris Sharma first climbed. David...

The World Cup season for bouldering starts next weekend in Meiringen. Our Swiss athletes prepare for their first competition in very different ways. While Andrea Kümin...

Burgdorfer Remo Lehmann cracked the Hybris route (8c+) in the Lehn climbing area near Interlaken. In the past day, numerous Swiss climbers reported ascents of hard...

21-year-old Alexander Rohr from Bern managed the third ascent of chromosome Y (8c+/9a) in Charmey last Sunday. The route was first climbed by Pirmin Bertle and...

The two-time bouldering world champion Anna Stöhr boulders two ultra-classics in the Averstal aka Magic Wood: New Base Line (8b +) and Steppenwolf (8b). Last Saturday Anna has the...

The Norwegian top boulderer Thilo Schröter spent almost a month in the Ticino bouldering hotspots and climbed one classic after the other. LACRUX reported in early March about...

On Friday, April 7th, 2017, the international climbing elite will gather in Switzerland. The reason for coming together is the first competition of the Boulder World Cup...

Alexander Rohr from Bern once again climbs a brutally hard route. Last weekend he got the second ascent of the small route Aktenzeichen XY Unsolved...

Amadeo Rüedi has set up the new "Hori" climbing garden between the "Bitschij" and the "Trämel". The routes range between 5a and 7a+. Edition Filidor has...

About a week ago, the "Goldfinger" bouldering competition took place in the LÖ bloc bouldering hall near the Swiss border near Basel. Here follows the...

This year's Blocbuster was a complete success with over 130 participants. From all over Switzerland and neighboring Germany and France, the...