Keyword: alpine climbing

Sean Villanueva liberates old Patagonia project | The Approach Team Line

Sean Villanueva succeeds in free climbing the most difficult route on the El Mocho massif in Patagonia, The Approach Team Line. It is an old techno route by two Bulgarians.

Ultralight mountaineering boot for technical mountaineering | Trango Pro GTX in the test

This autumn, La Sportiva is launching the Trango Pro GTX, the new flagship of the Trango product range. The ultra-light, 640-gram high-end mountaineering boot is designed for demanding...

A wild first ascent is followed by freestyle: Simon Gietl climbs Blutsbrüder (22 SL, 8b) free

At Torre Trieste, Simon Gietl, Vito Messini and Matthias Wurzer opened one of the most difficult bolt-free multi-pitch routes in the Dolomites in autumn 2022. This year...

Is Truenu the hardest multi-pitch route in the world?

Eneko and Iker Pou have opened an extremely difficult multi-pitch route on the south face of the Peña Santa de Castilla in the Picos de Europa massif: Truenu...

“This was the toughest renovation of all”

Dani Furrer and Ruedi Bunschi have renovated the Salbit West Ridge. You can find out what the challenges were in the following report.

Steep and tough: Seventh Direction (8c, 220m) repeated for the first time

Nemuel Feurle has repeated Alex Luger's testpiece Seventh Direction (8c, 220m) on the Drusenfluh east face. On Lacrux, the young Vorarlberg climber shares his experiences...

Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl repeat difficult multi-pitch route The Gift (8c, 350m)

The probably strongest climbing couple in the world has struck again: In the Rätikon, Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl succeeded in redpointing Alex Luger's Testpiece...

New speed record on Salbit: Yannick Glatthard climbs West Ridge in 1h 26min

The Swiss mountain guide and professional mountaineer Yannick Glatthard set a new personal best on the Salbit Westgrat a few days ago. He climbed the 36 rope lengths solo...

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