bouldering
A little audiovisual flashback to start the year: Daniel Woods in Valais. In 2022, the American climbing professional spent a month traveling through western Switzerland and climbed many a classic, including Foundation's Edge (8C), Scarred for Life (8B+) and Compass North (8B+, Flash).
mountaineering
In January 2021, a mountain guide died in an avalanche in the Siviez/Nendaz region. The public prosecutor of the canton of Valais subsequently commissioned a judicial report and is now warning of used Mammut Airbag 3.0 Light Protection 2017 avalanche backpacks. The manufacturer, Mammut, considers the test results to be misleading and has issued a statement.
News Switzerland
For years, fleece was laid out on the Rhone Glacier to protect an ice grotto. A case has now been opened. That's what the lawyer says.
bouldering
Anak Verhoeven is unstoppable: In Rodellar, the Belgian manages another 9a+ route with No pain, no gain. The Frenchman Marine Thévenet is also doing well at the moment. She boulders in Fionnay Compass North (8B+).
mountaineering
Sam Anthamatten has mastered several types of alpinism at the highest level. With his Valais colleague Jérémie Heitz, he has climbed six thousand meters in freeride style.
bouldering
Where the midlife crisis begins for others, he draws 8c. A conversation with the Valais boulderer Théo Chappex about his latest feat Ten Criminals, how he deals with long-term projects and his recipe for success, at almost forty he still climbs like a man in his mid-twenties.
mountaineering
On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, two alpinists fell while climbing the north face of the Matterhorn. The two men could only be recovered dead.
Climbing
On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at around 07:15 a.m., there was a mountain accident in Bourg-St-Pierre. A German mountain guide was killed.
bouldering
Dylan Chuat only managed the fourth ascent of the Boulders Foundation's Edge (8c). Here is the video of his ascent.
Climbing
On Saturday, August 15th, a mountain accident occurred at the cathedral in Valais (Switzerland). An alpinist was killed.
bouldering
Dylan Chuat, a young man from western Switzerland, manages the fourth ascent of the difficult Boulder Foundation's Edge (8c) in Valais, Switzerland.
Climbing
Swiss climber Samuel Ometz successfully repeats the 9a route Buddha / L'Oeuvre near Fionnay in Valais.
bouldering
This video shows the French Clément Lechaptois during the ascent of the 8c-Boulders Foundation's Edge, which was first climbed by Dave Graham.
bouldering
Clément Lechaptois gets the second repetition of the 8c-Boulder Foundation's Edge and climbs a few days later The Never Ending Story (8b +).
bouldering
Christof Rauch is currently on a bouldering trip in Valais. Already in the first days he scored four heavy boulders, including Scarred For Life (8b +).