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Trading (virtual) sex with Miss Fame?
Several people criticized me for participating in the Piolet d’Or ceremony this year. None of them were in Grenoble. Joining this circus gave me the opportunity to present my opinion about the award
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Harrington Joins 8c Women Club
On January 27 Emily Harrington repeated Burning Down the House 5.14b (8c) at Jailhouse (Senora, California).
I was very excited when I did Burning Down the House, it was one of the best climbing days I've ever had!!!-says Emily in special comment for climbandmore.com. |
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Harrington stars in Rifle
Emily Harrington made the first female ascent of The Seven P.M. Show 5.14a/8b+ at Rifle Mountain Park (Colorado). Her success came on June 25, after about 6 days of work. |
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Heinrich Harrer dies
Famous Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer died on Saturday, January 7th 2006, at the age of 93. He is best known for making the first ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 1938, together with three other climbers (Andrease Heckmair, Fritz Kasparek and Ludwig Vörg). |
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Ice climbing above the Polar Circle
Due to this year's warm winter there was almost no ice climbing in central Europe. So a Slovenian group of ice climbers (Alja¾ Anderle, Klemen Premrl and Urban Golob as photographer) travelled to the really cold north of Norway - far above the Polar Circle. Report exclusively for climbandmore.com. |
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Ice Trilogy by Robert Jasper
For many years Robert Jasper dreamt of climbing a trilogy of icefalls: ”I wanted to climb very special routes one after another. For the choice of the routes I laid more importance on the aesthetic of the lines than on pure difficulties. The lines should be ice- and mixed routes of different times of the evolution in the history of this sport." |
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Iker Pou on Begi Puntuam 9a
Iker Pou made the second ascent of Begi Puntuan 9a, a new route in Etxauri, Navarra, a province in northern Spain. The Bask climber describes the route as "outstanding" and grades it as "light" 9a. |
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Ines Papert onsights Flying Circus
One of the toughest and most challenging alpine mixed routes of the world, the legendary Flying Circus (Switzerland) first climbed by Robert Jasper 07.02.1998, has been climbed for the first time by a woman – Ines Papert. Exactly on the day of the tenth anniversary of the first ascent well-known German climber onsighted the route. |
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Ines Papert Repeats Camilotto Pellisier
Ines Papert redpointed Camilotto Pellesier on the world famous north face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo (2,999m). This ascent makes her the first woman to repeat one of several free testpieces of the Tre Cime. |
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Jasper redpoints another route on Eiger
The most prestigious North Face in the Alps has seen another free ascent by well-known Robert Jasper. The German made the first redpoint ascent of Yeti, a route which is situated on the right side of the Eiger. |
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Jean-Christophe Lafaille 1965-2006
Jean-Christophe Lafaille, one of the best French mountaineers, is now believed to have died high on the slopes of Makalu. He was trying to make the first winter ascent of the peak true solo. |
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Josune Bereziartu New Mixed Route
Josune Bereziartu and Rikar Otegi opened a new mixed route in the Pyrenees on the March 14th. The new route is located on the north face of Peña Telera (2.764 mts) and it was called Frensi. |
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Krakow Mountain Festival 2007
Krakow Mountain Festival is one of the most important festivals of this kind in Poland. This year’s 5th edition took place from 5th to 9th December and gathered many prominent Polish and international climbers. |
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