Hannes Puman, The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite
Dec 13, 2024 · Hannes Puman and Jamie Lowther climbing 'The Nose' free via the 'Schnaz Variation' on El Capitan in Yosemite, December 2024
San Martino di Castrozza gears up for Piolets d'Or 2024
The 2024 edition of the Piolets d'Or will take place from 8 - 11 December 2024 in San Martino di Castrozza, Italy. The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal by Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell, and …
Great ski descents on Nevado Chachacomani in Bolivia
On 24 April 2024 the Austrian and Swiss ski mountaineers Andri Bieger, Martin Kogler and Valentin Werner-Tutschku skied three impressive lines down the south face of Nevado Chachacomani (6074m) in the Cordillera Real of the Bolivian Andes.
L’unico superstite - Planetmountain
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US Congress passes Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act
In what is being hailed as a momentous decision for climbing policy, US Congress has passed the Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act. Furthermore, the National Park Service has withdrawn its proposal to prohibit fixed anchors such as slings, pins, and bolts. This means that wilderness climbing will be protected by law for the first time in US history.
Hannes Puman climbs The Nose free via Schnaz Variation
On his first-ever visit to Yosemite valley, 26-year-old Hannes Puman from Sweden made a remarkable free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan via what is known as the Schnaz Variation. This section avoids the famous Changing Corners pitch, regarded by many as the crux of the entire climb, and, instead, trends off leftwards past a series of tiny, reachy crimps before returning to the rest of the line.
Saro Costa and the Ticino Alps 42 x 3000ers enchainment
The report by Italian mountain guide Saro Costa of his Alpin’ Ticino Project, ie the link-up from 19 to 30 October 2024 of the 42 3000-meter mountains in the Ticino Alps in Switzerland. The only mountain not summited, due to too much snow and lack of daylight, was Kastelhorn.
Video: Adam Ondra vs DNA, Seb Bouin's 9c in the Verdon Gorge
Mar 17, 2023 · Earlier this year Adam Ondra travelled to France's Verdon Gorge to attempt DNA, Sebastién Bouin's 2022 masterpiece. 55m long, this is currently only one of three 9c's in the world, after Silence at Flatanger in Norway put up by Ondra in September 2017 and BIG at the same crag freed by Jakob Schubert in October 2023.
Legendary Alexander Huber frees 'Mythos' (8c+) at Barmsteine
Interview with 55-year-old German climber Alexander Huber after the first ascent of 'Mythos' (8c+) at Barmsteine in the Berchtesgadener Alps. The redpoint follows the first ascent of the 8b multipitch 'Überleben' (8b) at Brendelberg in July 2024 and after undergoing brain surgery at the start of the year.