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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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The Biggest ispo winter of All Times
Exhibitors from 47 countries exhibited their product innovations and current sports fashion collections to an international trade public from 113 countries. This means that 70 percent of the retailers and traders came from foreign countries. |
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Ouray Ice Festival 2008
The 13th annual Ouray Ice Festival was held on January 9-13. This event does not need an introduction any more, as it has become one of the premier climbing events in North America, bringing some of the best climbers along with hundreds of spectators together. |
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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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First 8c+ on sight in history
Patxi Usobiaga has sent Bizi Euskaraz on sight. It is the first ascent of this route which Patxi has proposed as a serious 8c+, but always waiting for the opinion of future repeaters. |
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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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New hard free routes in the Alps and the Tatra Mountains
On the last weekend of August Dušan „Stoupa“ Janák successfully freeclimbed the route Voie Petit on Grand Capucin (3838 m). On September Janák climbed another hard route Jet Stream on the south-east face of Jastrabia veža in the Slovakian High Tatras. |
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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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Russians complete a new route on Jannu
On October 21 Valery Babanov and Sergei Kofanow stood on the top of Jannu (officially known as Kumbhakarna, 7.710m) after climbing it’s northwest buttress in alpine-style. |
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Steph Davis free solos the Diamond
This season Steph Davis has fulfilled her two dreams. The first one was to learn skydiving in order to prepare for BASE jumping, the other - to free solo the Colorado’s Diamond wall. |
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New Dolomites route in “modern old style”
When climbing in Tofana di Rozes early this summer I inspected huge overhangs and roofs on the right side of Pilastro di Rozes. There were no routes crossing those overhangs. The idea was born... |
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Alex Huber opens Pan Aroma 8c
Alex Huber, accompanied by Max Reichel and Franz Hinterbrandner, completed the first ascent of a new route on Cima Ovest di Lavadero in the Dolomites. Huber graded Pan Aroma 8b and described it as one of the most impressing climbing formations on the world. |
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