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29/10/2024. Lars Lämmler completes first Climb & Fly from Alpamayo in Peru. On 17 June 2024 Swiss alpinist Lars Lämmler completed what is believed to be the first paraglider flight off the summit of Alpamayo in Peru. 28/10/2024. Gola di Mikado, the beautiful new sport climbing crag near Capo Pecora in Sardinia.
Reel Rock 17 - PlanetMountain.com
Reel Rock 17 will begin its global tour as of March 2023. The new season features Seb Bouin attempting to free DNA in the Verdon Gorge, Andrew Bisharat and Palestinian climbers in the strife-torn hills of Palestine, and Barbara Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher tackling Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower in Pakistan’s Karakoram range. Planetmountain. 03.
Goodbye Davo Karničar, skier of the impossible
A little less than 20 years ago, on 7 October 2000 to be precise, all of Slovenia ground to a halt to witness Davo Karničar ski the south face of Everest, all the way from the summit down to Base Camp.The feat was described as The Ultimate Ride, a definitive, landmark descent, and quite rightly so: from the 8848m summit Karničar never took …
Kemailong, Shaluli Shan, China - PlanetMountain.com
Kemailong, climbed on 01/10/2012 by Dave Anderson and Szu-ting Yi via their route Joining Hands (V, 5.10, M5) Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It also contains technical information on ...
Will Bosi claims second ascent of Return of the Sleepwalker (V17/9A)
Will Bosi has claimed the second ascent of Return of the Sleepwalker, the 9A/V17 at Red Rocks, USA established by Daniel Woods in 2021. The ascent took Bosi 12 sessions in total with 3 sessions on the stand and nine on the sit, although two of the sessions on the sit were quickly abandoned due to rain. Commenting on the ascent the 25-year-old ...
Monte Cimo, Brentino, Val d'Adige, Davide Iotti, Cristina Oldrati ...
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New Stetind climb in Norway by Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett
After waiting nearly a month for adequate weather, on the 2nd of September Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett established a new route up Stetind in Norway. The new route is located on the mountain’s SW Face, starts to the left of South West Face (Joda Dolmans, Andreas Widlund 2023) and after the first ~70m shared with the West Ridge route it ...
Klaas Willems: Still Alive
Klaas Willems is a hugely talented Belgian rock climber who at birth was diagnosed with the hereditary lung disease Cystic Fibrosis. Despite all his struggles and setbacks, both physical and mental, Willems has constantly pushed his limits, "ignored the negative voices in my head" and always refused to give up.
Remains of Andrew Irvine believed to have been found below …
In September 2024 a National Geographic team comprised of Jimmy Chin, Erich Roepke and Mark Fisher discovered what they believe to be remains of British mountaineer Andrew Irvine. The climber was last seen 100 years ago with George Mallory on the NE Ridge of Everest during their historic attempt to reach the summit of highest mountain in the world. The recent discovery could add new clues to ...
Summit Pumori Down Parka - PlanetMountain.com
Named after the beautiful pyramid-shaped peak in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas, the Summit Pumori Down Parka delivers pinnacle performance for high-altitude mountaineering. Packed with 800-fill ProDown™, it retains its loft in wet conditions and offers high-level warmth and compressibility. In other words, you'll stay warm and ...