Keyword: bolts

John Thornton's film "Renaturation" follows Silvan Schüpbach to Wilderswil. There, he freed a forgotten sport climbing route from its rusty bolts and then climbed it clean. A film about style, climbing ethics, and what climbing beyond maximum difficulty can mean.

A 60-year-old climber died on Kalymnos after three bolts failed in succession. A local initiative is now taking action and plans to make old routes safe again – or close them. Meanwhile, the rescue operation itself is also facing criticism.

What are you waiting for? Just jump into the rope. You have a great bolt under you. Wait a minute... are you sure? In this article about...

Maintain a sporting spirit: Michel Piola, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia demand more transparency and a clean style on the first ascent.

Jonas Schild on the gap between sport and trad climbing and the futility of drilling traditional routes.

On July 29, 2020, a hook broke out at a top rope stand on the Ammerthaler Wand in the Franconian Jura. The IG Climbing Frankenjura, Fichtelgebirge and Bavarian Forest eV is now publishing the results of an investigation.

Steps Across the Border is perhaps the hardest multi-pitch tour without drill hooks in the world. It has been without repetition for 25 years.

The adhesive hooks of the route The Last Dance (8c +) have been removed by strangers. Alexander Megos sharply criticizes the action.