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In the summer of 2018 and 2019, top Austrian athlete Alex Luger opened the multi-pitch route Seventh Direction (8c+, 220m) on the Drusenfluh east face. On August 6, he managed the first free ascent of the heavily overhanging line. We spoke to the man from Vorarlberg about his mega-project, in which he invested five years of his life and which culminated with the red point ascent.
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WoGü is a legendary multi-pitch tour in the Rätikon and, with difficulties up to 8c, is one of the most difficult in the Alpine region. Cédric Lachat managed the red point ascent of the tour in 2020 - now the film about the ascent is online.
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For a year now, Séb Berthe's Belgian crew has been raising eyebrows in the climbing scene. You make short work of established multi-pitch classics and devalue them. We spoke to Sébastien Berthe and the climbing legend Beat Kammerlander.
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Michi Wohlleben succeeds in the red point ascent of one of the most famous multi-pitch routes in the Alps: Silbergeier (8b +, 6SL) in the Rätikon.
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A few days after his success in the Alpstein, the Belgian Siebe Vanhee moved to the nearby climbing area of Rätikon. Within two days he succeeded in the red point ascent of the ...
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The two Belgians Nico Favresse and Sébastien Berthe completed the last tour of the so-called Alpine trilogy a few days ago.
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Jonas Schild and Yannick Glatthard succeed in repeating the multi-pitch route Headless Children in the Rätikon. More in the interview.
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Babsi Zangerl gets the first repetition of the combat zone route in the Rätikon. The following Sunday, Jacopo also made short work of it.
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In an interview, Cédric Lachat explains why he wanted to climb the Wogü route and why he chose Nina Caprez as a partner in the rope team.
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Cédric Lachat manages the red dot ascent of the multi-pitch tour Wogü (8c, 9 SL) in the Rätikon climbing area in Graubünden.
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In November 2019, Fabian Buhl successfully climbed the multi-pitch tour Déja (8c +) in the Rätikon. We spoke to Fabi about the first ascent.
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Fabian Buhl gets the first free ascent of Route Déja in the Rätikon. The route was established 27 years ago by Michi Wyser and Andres Lietha.
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Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl are currently communicating on a weekly basis the commission of a heavy alpine multi-pitch route.
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Sieves Vanhee rides on the wave of success. On Wednesday, 28. August 2019, he managed the one-day redpoint walk of the Rätikon classic silver vulture.
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On the 14. August 2017 succeeded Beat Kammerlander the first redpoint ascent of the route combat zone in Rätikon. This movie shows the process behind the route.