Keyword: first ascent
Fred Nicole climbs Netsuke in the Murg Valley
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There is hardly anyone who has climbed as many 8-man boulders as Fred Nicole. Some of them are in the Murg Valley, where Fred has been for more than...
Britain's most difficult route scored with 46 years
After around 128 attempts, Steve McClure managed to climb Rainman, the first 9b route in Great Britain. This at the age of 46. For all the...
New testpiece first arrived in Murgtal
Bernd Zangerl announces the first ascent of a new, hard boulder in the Murg valley near Lake Walen. The new test piece is called Very important parrot and is in the...
Finally - Video about Joe Kids in Bone Tomahawk
Joe Kinder is quite a few years old. At 36, he's one of the older guys in the professional climber scene...
Finally: Gondo Crack freed by Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher
The Gondo Crack is a 17-meter crack line set up in the late 90's by two Italians, Allesandro Manini and Maurizio Pellizzon. Since then the...
Hard first ascent by Toshi Takeuchi
The Japanese boulderer Toshi Takeuchi reports the first ascent of Kuzan and suggests 8c as a rating. His comment on the successful climb: "Finally. Today the dynamo...
Jimmy Webb is ticking one project after another
American top boulderer Jimmy Webb has released a new video. The scenes show numerous first ascents and other projects that Jimmy has recently managed...
Michi Wohlleben manages a heavy mixed route on Seebenseefall
The German professional alpinist Michi Wohlleben manages a difficult mixed route on the Seebenseefall in the Mieming Mountains with Die Hard (M11+). Michi set up the route in 2013. He first climbed it...