Keyword: Kurt Albert

In the spring of 1975, Kurt Albert marked the start of a route in the Franconian Jura with a red dot for the first time. Fifty years later, the term "red dot" has become the definitive free climbing style. Therefore, climbers in the Franconian Jura in Obertrubach duly celebrated this past weekend with a photo project and a film on the history of free climbing.

Kurt Albert was not only an outstanding mountaineer, but also a pioneer of the free climbing movement. With his groundbreaking idea of ​​the redpoint in 1975, he shaped a worldwide climbing philosophy that revolutionized the sport. Hanwag is dedicating a new shoe collection to Kurt Albert and the redpoint idea.

Red dot and pink dot are no longer differentiated in the same way as before. We asked various climbing professionals why.

Kurt Albert was one of the greatest climbers of all time. A biography was published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death.

Conflict in the Franconian Jura. Alexander Megos and Markus Bock declare war. It is now known who removed The Last Dance route.