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Rätikon climbing hall plans comprehensive renovation

The Rätikon climbing hall in Küblis is facing an urgently needed renovation. After around 20 years, the hall no longer meets today's requirements. That's why...

Babsi Zangerl: “That was one of my most intense days in the Rätikon”

Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher secure the second and third repetition of the 8c multi-pitch route Seventh Direction on the Drusenfluh east face in the Rätikon. Babsi's redpoint ascent -...

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...

Lara Neumeier repeats Rätikon testpiece Headless Children (8b, 260m)

At the end of August, Lara Neumeier succeeded in redpointing the difficult multi-pitch route Headless Children (8b, 260m) on the Schijenfluh in the Rätikon. The German is the second-largest climber after Nina...

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...

TV tip: Portrait of climbing legend Beat Kammerlander

Tonight, 20:15 p.m. on Servus TV: Bergwelten portrays the exceptional Vorarlberg talent Beat Kammerlander.

These are the most difficult multi-pitch routes in the world

The Dawn Wall in Yosemite and Valhalla in Getu, China are currently the only multi-pitch routes in the ninth degree of French. There are also numerous other rock-hard big wall climbs. We have compiled a list of the most difficult multi-pitch routes in the world for you.

Alex Luger manages the red point ascent of Seventh Direction (8c, 220m) | interview

In the summer of 2018 and 2019, top Austrian athlete Alex Luger opened the multi-pitch route Seventh Direction (8c+, 220m) on the Drusenfluh east face. On August 6, he managed the first free ascent of the heavily overhanging line. We spoke to the man from Vorarlberg about his mega-project, in which he invested five years of his life and which culminated with the red point ascent.

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