Keyword: Germany

At the end of May, Anton Schröter climbed 12 difficult climbing tours in one day - all of them so-called master routes - in Saxon Switzerland Free Solo. The psychological impact of this undertaking is difficult to grasp and even made Saxons like Bernd Arnold or Robert Leistner swallow empty. We spoke to the 24-year-old about his monster solo effort.

Moritz Welt scores in the Frankenjura on the Corona route first climbed by Markus Bock in 2006. At the time of the first ascent, the finger-heavy and technically demanding 9a+ line was considered the most difficult route in the Frankenjura.

The German extreme mountaineer and mountain guide Luis Stitzinger has had an accident on Kangchenjunga. The 54-year-old had reached the summit of the third highest mountain in the world last Thursday afternoon and sent a last radio message around 21 p.m. - he has been missing since then.

Dylan Chuat's ring ligament injury seems to have healed. The Swiss climber recently subjected his fingers to a real endurance test and, among other things, repeated the Wolfgang Güllich classic Action Directe (9a) in the Franconian Jura.

Will Bosi manages the flash ascent of Boulder Graceland (8B +). He hardly ever warmed up or prepared himself in any other way.

The mountain film festival Mountains on Stage is back with a brand new program and tour in over 130 cities in 18 European countries. The German-speaking tour starts on November 29, 2021 in Zurich and stops in 13 cities in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. As the official media partner, LACRUX is giving away tickets for a demonstration of your choice.

What's going on in the Frankenjura? Markus Bock and Michael Ordinance have to pay a total of 2000 euros in fines because they canceled the route The Last Dance a year ago.

Alex Megos cancels a number of sponsorship deals. He is new to the team of the French mountain sports outfitter Petzl.