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Erebor, Italy’s hardest route – Stefano Ghisolfi
On the 8th of January, Stefano Ghisolfi added Erebor F9b/+ in Arco. It is believed to be Italy’s hardest sport route. “It took me a lot of time, but I finally did it. Erebor is no more a project and became reality last Friday, with super cold weather and numb fingers I was able to …
Luca Rinaldi – Power of Now 8C/V15 (2nd ascent)
Luca Rinaldi making the 2nd ascent of the new testpiece in Magic Wood Side note: Luca didn’t know it, but he skipped the first two (easy) intro moves [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCn2TiWO4c&feature=emb_logo”]
Erin Sterkenburg rules the African Championships, books a spot at the Olympics
The women’s Combined finals of the IFSC African Championships in Cape Town (RSA) crowned South Africa’s Erin Sterkenburg as the continental champion, awarding her with the coveted Olympic quota place for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Competing in the third IFSC competition of her career after the 2018 and 2019 IFSC Youth World Championships, Sterkenburg …
South Africa’s Chistopher Cosser grabs Olympic quota in Cape Town
The IFSC African Championships in Cape Town (RSA) — final competition of a diminished 2020 IFSC season — closed in great style, as South Africa’s 20-year-old Christopher Cosser snatched the Olympic quota place at the end of a neck-and-neck battle against his teammate David Naude. After the two climbers took the top 2 positions in …
IFSC African Championships Cape Town 2020
Defying gravity, from niche sport to worldwide Olympic sensation.Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifier Africa Climbing Continental Championship Cape Town, South Africa, 10 December 2020 – The South African National Climbing Federation and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) will host the first Africa Continental Climbing Championship (ACC), proudly organized by Western Cape Climbing, taking place …
The Ghosts Above
In “The Ghosts Above,” Sony Artisan photographer and filmmaker Renan Ozturk join an expedition to solve the Mount Everest mystery of who reached the summit first. Learn more: https://alphauniverse.com/stories/the… [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G0fNkk4g0A&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0PoriODOfIIQNY8ALTKt2Mr0PkEqHBJ7Ri74vgXfhT5vi9iWn8J5r2Q9I”]
REEL ROCK 15 Official Trailer
“Join us December 11, 2020, as we bring you four incredible new films in a special event hosted by Alex Honnold. World premieres, huge partner give-aways, Q&As with the stars, and live interactions.” Tickets to the REEL ROCK 15 Global Online Premiere are now on sale at https://reelrocktour.com [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdrB6YcXI8&feature=emb_logov=nmYXe2u0juM&t=30s&fbclid=IwAR3_xdyycSGi4iZygoshpN_CoxTYAizD_IJ1HxBn_4_Hq6GP9zebl3tvsP8″]
Jakob Schubert – Perfecto Mundo 9b+
After a very successful competition season and a successful qualification for the 2020 Olympic games, Jakob decided to skip the last few World Cups to give his all on the route. After a promising start the process turns into a mental battle… [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmYXe2u0juM&t=30s&fbclid=IwAR3_xdyycSGi4iZygoshpN_CoxTYAizD_IJ1HxBn_4_Hq6GP9zebl3tvsP8″]
Table Mountain Cableway launches ‘Black Friday’ deal
While millions of South Africans may be queuing outside of their local shopping centres or logging on to their computers in a bid to nab as many Black Friday deals as they can ahead of the festive season, the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) is encouraging people to ditch their malls in favour of …
Bibliographie | Alex Megos climbs his hardest project yet
Alex Megos never met a route he couldn’t climb in short order…that was until he encountered Bibliographie, an undone sport line at the French super-crag, Céüse. In 2017, Megos first tried the route that would become his three-year project. On the path to the send he encountered doubts and injuries and qualified for the Olympics. …