Keyword: alpine climbing

Hanging syndrome: Why hanging freely in a harness after a fall can be fatal and what climbers can do about it.

The Rage ice tool from Edelrid comes with a new pick with minimal explosive effect and a new ergonomic handle.

Slovenian alpinist Bor Levicnik has set out to climb the three hardest multi-pitch routes on the Triglav north face.

Silvan Schüpbach, Peter von Känel and Rolf Zurbrügg achieve their first ascent of the Rottalhorn west face with an autumn hike (1050m, 6b).

The Swiss alpinists Nicolas Hojac and Adrian Zurbrügg completed the fright marathon in the Bernese Oberland in just 18 hours and 52 minutes.

With Projekt Lama (250m, 8c+), Louis Gundolf frees one of the most difficult multi-pitch routes and one of the last David Lama projects.

The documentary «Tribute to Failure» is available. It is about Nicolas Hojac, Stephan Siegrist, Jonas Schild and Andy Schnarf.

Various new climbing guides were published at the start of the summer, including "Alpine Klettertouren Band 1", a hand-picked selection of 81 alpine climbing tours in western Switzerland. Co-author Daniel Silbernagel has put together four tours for you: From the practice ridge, to the pleasure tour and the lonely insider tip, to the classic.