In a continuous seven-day round trip from Chalten, a three-man Argentinian team made a remarkable traverse along the ridge north of Paso del Viento, including the ascent of a previously virgin summit, to finish on top Cerro Torre. Read more »
The 20th Piolets d'Or, a celebration of noteworthy mountaineering ascents during 2011, will take place in Chamonix and Courmayeur from 21st -24th March. Read more »
Towards the end of September Patrick Aufdenblatten and Michael Lerjen made an astonishingly rapid ascent of the legendary Bonatti Direct on the North Face of the Matterhorn, completing the 1,200m ED3 route in just seven hours and 14 minutes. Read more »
In the global family of mountaineering there can be very few who would not recognise the name Walter Bonatti. Sadly, this Italian icon, one of the greatest climbers of the 20th Century, passed away yesterday, 13th September, in Rome, aged 81. Read more »
There has been wide coverage of a 'new route' put up on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4,478m) by the legendary Swiss mountaineer Jean Troillet and the two accomplished French alpinists Martial Dumas and Jean-Yves Fredricksen. However, although it provided hard technical climbing, it seems questionable whether their line breaks any new ground. Read more »
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