National Boulder Competition 15 & 16 April 2016
Competitors of Western Cape Climbing received their Western Cape Provincial colours for the first time Last night. JP Naude, President of Western Cape Provincial Sport Federation, presented each competitor with their official certificates and colours. Mr Naude was particularly proud of awarding the Western Cape Provincial Colours to Western Cape Climbing as it’s only the …
Montagu Rock Rally 2016
Register for the Montagu Rock Rally 2016 Attention all climbers! The Montagu Rock Rally is springing back to life this year with youthful energy – So keep the weekend of the 30th April open! This is an event for all climbers, softcore and hardcore alike. The aim is to have fun and encourage others who …
Mayan Smith-Gobat climbing Riders on the Storm, Patagonia
Mayan Smith-Gobat and Ines Papert summited Torres Central, in Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia/Chile, via the east face. This is the first female as well as the fifth known ascent of Riders on the Storm, exactly 25 years after the first ascent of this historic route. Check out Episode 1 of 4 including the …
Barbara Zangerl Sends Prinzip Hoffnung (5.14a), Austria
The Route “The Prinziple of Hope” was established, as one of the best trad routes in Vorarlberg, through Beat Kammerlander in 2009 by removing bolts of an existing route an climbing it without them. 2014 Barbara Zangerl was able to repeat it as the first woman.
Highline meet above the Italian Alps
Crazy International Festival Where You Sleep in Hammocks Hundreds of Feet Above the Italian Alps. Besides hanging out on hammocks suspended hundreds of feet above the gorgeous mountain landscape, the festival also has amenities you’d find in a conventional gathering. It includes a bar, a kitchen, jam sessions, a Yoga workshop, and even tandem paragliding …
Highballin’ In Southern Africa With Jimmy Webb And Nalle Hukkataival
After discovering the first major bouldering venue in Swaziland, Nalle and Jimmy go after the most striking and obvious lines in the country. They find a crag that’s close to the clouds, with giant hard problems. In the process, the crew stumbles across evenmore areas and discovers the beautiful countryside around Mbabane. It’s not all …
A 9a+/b, a 9a and a couple of 8c’s onsight by Ondra
Adam Ondra has had a busy weekend. First he made the first ascent of Vicious Circle, 9a+/b, at Misja Pec, Slovenia, then he moved on to Medveja in Croatia, where he made the first ascent of More, 9a, as well as onsighted The Core, 8c/+, and Outdoorfingerspiele, 8c. Read what Adam had to say here. Source: ukclimbing.com IMAGE: Adam Ondra …
Cold Fusion (26), Energy Crisis Prow, goes down!
On Good Friday 25 March 2016, Hilton Davies and Anthony Hall, finally sent their outrageous project through the centre of the Energy Crisis Prow at Wolfberg in the Cederberg. Cold Fusion (26) takes a steep, bold line that has been avoided by all the other routes up the Prow, until now. I had the dubious …
Sharma and friends climbing in Oliana
Chris Sharma climbing with Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Kleman Becan and Matty Hong in Oliana, Spain. [vsw id=”NJ1sXHaxspM” source=”youtube” width=”600″ height=”500″ autoplay=”no”]
Ueli Steck in Les Drus “North Couloir Direct” (VI, Al 6+, M8)
The video of Ueli Steck, Mathieu Maynadier and Jérôme Para repeating the North Couloir Direct alpine climb on Les Drus in the Mont Blanc massif. “Last winter, we were with Ueli Steck, Mathieu Maynadier and Jérôme Para in “Les Drus – North Couloir Direct” (VI, Al 6+, M8, 800m) for the shooting of the SITTA …