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UIAA   2009-11-25 14:55:19
Final preparations are underway for the inaugural UIAA European Ice Climbing Youth Championship. The event in Saas Grund, Switzerland, will include a competition on January 16, 2010 followed by a unique opportunity for the young athletes to learn fro...(read all)
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8264.net   2009-11-24 14:52:28
At about 9 a.m. September 27, Toread brandmen Wangshi and staff Feixue etc. nine persons ascended the peak of the Mt. Manaslu, which was the 8th high mountain around the world in Nepal. And the height was 8163 meters above the sea level. Since the e...(read all)
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planetmountain.com   2009-11-23 15:35:08
American rock climber Dean Potter has been named Adventurer of the year by National Geographic Adventure Magazine.   The prestigious magazine National Geographic has chosen Dean Potter as one of the 10 Adventurers of the year 2009. Potter impre...(read all)
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planetmountain.com   2009-11-18 15:04:14
Young Enzo Oddo from France has repeated the 9a linkup of the boulder problem Inga with the route 7pm JP Chaud at the Gorges du Loup, France.    Last time we reported about Enzo Oddo it was because the 14 year old French youngster had repe...(read all)
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UIAA   2009-11-17 14:02:40
Young ski mountaineers are invited by the Alpine Association of Slovenia to take part in an International ski touring camp from February 20-27. The aim of the week is to bring together young skiers from different cultures to make friends and learn fr...(read all)
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AP   2009-11-13 15:01:53
A veteran Slovenian mountaineer has become stranded in the Himalayas during a solo climb, and bad weather is hampering rescue efforts, a colleague said Thursday. Tomaz Humar last contacted his base team in Nepal on a satellite phone Monday to say he...(read all)
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IFSC   2009-11-09 11:22:35
Results in Brno give the followers - Maja and Patxi - a chance to catch the leaders - Johanna and Adam In Brno, thanks to an impeccable performance over the three rounds, Jain Kim (KOR) prevails on Maja Vidmar (SLO) and Mina Markovic (SLO). In the me...(read all)
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UIAA   2009-11-09 11:15:01
A 16-year-old British teenager, Calum McIntyre, has climbed Ama Dablam (6,812m) in the Himalayas to raise money for a cancer fund. The achievement on October 25 by Calum - possibly the youngest person ever to accomplish the feat on the technically c...(read all)
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UIAA   2009-11-09 11:13:37
The UIAA Mountaineering Commission is holding its annual meeting from November 11 to 13 in New Delhi, together with the Petzl Foundation and the Indian Mountaineering Federation. According to commission president, Pierre Humblet, “the hot spot...(read all)
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UIAA   2009-11-09 11:10:59
The UIAA Medical Commission will tackle an array of topics at its meeting in Nepal from November 15 to 17. The talks will range from a review of deaths on Everest climbs to a discussion of care for altitude sickness. The commission, a panel of doct...(read all)
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planetmountain.com   2009-11-06 11:41:24
British alpinists Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman have succeeded on the hitherto unclimbed North Face of Chang Himal, Kanchenjunga Himalaya, Nepal.    There is little information to go by at present, apart from a succinct confirmatory SMS...(read all)
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Outdoorsmagic   2009-11-06 11:36:17
The Swiss climbers Samuel and Simon Anthamatten and Michael Lerjen have completed the alpine-style first ascent of the south face of Jasemba (7,350m/24,114') in Nepal. The trio climbed the very steep snow and ice face in a five-day round trip from ba...(read all)
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8a   2009-10-27 15:17:59
A 35m, extremely overhanging route bolted by Matteo Marini in Domusnovas village about 40km from Cagliari. Adam tried this project last year already. It starts as a 8b+ pitch in 45 degrees overhang, then it continues over 4 quickdraws to another chai...(read all)
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UIAA   2009-10-27 15:02:00
The UIAA Medical Commission will tackle an array of topics at its meeting in Nepal from November 15 to 17. The talks will range from a review of deaths on Everest climbs to a discussion of care for altitude sickness. The commission, a panel of doct...(read all)
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Climbing.com   2009-10-22 14:38:44
Sarah Seeger has redpointed Steinbock (8c) and is the first woman to climb a route of this grade in the Frankenjura — Germany's most famous, steep and tiny-pocketed limestone mecca. Steinbock is a Markus Bock route from 2008 and has been confir...(read all)
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