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 Honnold links Half Dome and The Nose in 8h
Alex Honnold broke speed record, with his one-day solo enchainment of two Grade VI routes, first The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome (5.12a, 23 pitches) and then The Nose of El Capitan (5.9 C1, 31 pitches). |
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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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Lee Cossey Sends Three El Cap Free Routes
25 year old Australian Lee Cossey spent two months in Yosemite this fall. During his stay he succeeded in climbing three major El Cap free routes. These ascents are even more remarkable, considering that Lee and his partner Lawry Dermody did each individual route in single push and never used any fixed ropes. |
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Mammut Expedition to Malaysia
91 routes in nine days – this is the result of this year’s mission to Malaysia organized by Mammut. David Lama and Reini Scherer, who participated in the mission took over a week to carve out two completely new climbing sectors in the State of Perlis. |
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Moscow World Cup 2010
The Moscow round of the bouldering and speed World Cup was last weekend. The big names of Adam Ondra, Killian Fischuber, Anna Stohr and Kim Jain all put in appearances and climbed well. |
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