Nils Favre Archive

Nils Favre climbs dream line Off the Wagon (8b +)

Nils Favre from western Switzerland successfully climbs the Ticino ultra-classic Off the Wagon (8b +). A long-term dream for the Swiss elite climber.

Nils Favre and Symon Welfringer climb Paciencia (8a) on the Eiger

Nils Favre and Symon Welfringer climb one of the most difficult routes on the Eiger north face with Paciencia (8a, 900m).

Nils Favre and Siebe Vanhee climb the multi-pitch route Parzival (8b)

Nils Favre and Siebe Vanhee manage the second and third repetitions of the Parzival route (8b, 6SL, 150 meters) on the Trinity.

Dimitri Vogt climbs difficult turning route Zahir rotpunkt

The Bernese climber Dimi Vogt manages a one-day red point ascent of the route Zahir (8b +, 300m) on the Wendenstöcken in the Bernese Oberland.

Nils Favre climbs the trad climbing route Darbellay at Petit Clocher

The western Swiss Nils Favre managed in mid-September the ascent of the Tradroute Darbellay (8a) at the Petit Clocher above Martigny.

Video: Nils Favre climbs Rocklands classic

Nils Favre drove to the Rocklands to design Livin Large (8c +). Due to the bad conditions he had to switch to simpler classics.

Video: Nils Favre climbs Highball Zartako in Albarracin

In spring 2018, Nils Favre drove to the Spanish bouldering area of Albarracin, famous for its athletic boulders. On his trip he managed one of his favorite lines: Zartako (8a +).

Innsbruck: The first World Cup in the new Olympic format

Innsbruck will host the world championships in sport climbing from September 6th to 16th. Over 700 athletes will be in the climbing center Innsbruck and in the Olympiaworld ...

Victory for Anne-Sophie Koller and Nils Favre at the Lead Swiss Championship 2018

190 athletes from all over Switzerland met on Saturday, June 23 in the O'Bloc bouldering and climbing hall in Ostermundigen to ...

Video about the USA trip by Nils Favre

In February, Nils Favre from western Switzerland moved to the Joe's Valley bouldering area in Utah, USA. The result is not only a handsome ticklist, but above all ...

Nils Favre climbs elf at Handegg

Nils Favre from Valais was apparently able to convert the frustration about his performance at the first bouldering world cup in Meiringen into “sending power”. He succeeded in inspecting the ...

Beni Blaser commits Sabots d'Hélène

Last Sunday, Beni Blaser from Bern managed to climb the Boulder Sabots d'Hélène in Boudry near Neuchâtel. Benjamin suggests 8a as the degree of difficulty for the sitting start ...

Video about the celebration of Pied de Biche by Nils Favre

A few days ago, Nils Favre succeeded in ascent of the 8b + boulder Pied de Biche in Plamproz near Verbier (LACRUX reported). Well there is ...

Nils Favre commits Pied de Biche (8b +) in Valais

Nils Favre succeeds in ascent of the 8b + boulder Pied de Biche in Plamproz near Verbier. Nils tried Pied three times before ...

Eleven Swiss athletes start at the World Cup in Munich

It is the crowning glory of the bouldering season: the World Cup in the Olympic Stadium in Munich. For the seventh time, the international bouldering elite meets under the famous ...