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Italian climbers Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Ducoli, Mirco Grasso and Giacomo Mauri have completed the first ascent of the southeast face of K7 (6,934 metres) in the Charakusa Valley of Pakistan’s Karakoram. They climbed a new 1,600-metre route named Rollercoaster that joins the 1984 Japanese Route. K7 is known to some as Saraska Peak.
They arrived at base camp on June...
Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel has completed what is reported to be the first full ski descent of the 8,126-metre Nanga Parbat, descending from the summit to Base Camp. Bargiel summited the mountain without supplementary oxygen before beginning his descent.
Bargiel said after his descent: “On June 30, after a long summit push, I reached the top of Nanga Parbat ...
On May 21, Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Big Twin 5.15a (9a+), a long-standing project at the Laboratorio crag in the Italian Dolomites. Ondra has incredibly climbed over fifty 5.15a’s, in addition to over two dozen 5.15b’s, four 5.15c’s and, of course, Silence 5.15d.
“This spring, my friend Andrea Polo invited me to finally climb in the Dolomites at a place call...
French climber Mejdi Schalck recently topped Power of Now Direct V15 (8C) while on a visit to Magic Wood, Switzerland. The comp climbing star adds the ascent to his growing list of boulders of the grade, including classics like The Big Island, Defying Gravity, and Sleepwalker.
“Few days of climbing in Magic Wood, the best place to escape the heat,” said Schalck on Inst...
Bouldering outside is tough at the best of times. Rocks are wacky and many gym climbers do not know how to hold onto the oddly shaped grips. Add some hot temperatures and things only become more challenging. This summer has been a hot one for Canadians stepping outside to climb. Though it is hard to keep hands from sweating when appraising a sick new boulder problem, it is ev...