The Conville courses, as they are affectionately known, are an excellent way for young mountaineers to gain essential skills. Read more »
Heading to the Alps this summer? It's time to leave the kitchen sink at home and think fast and light. Baggy Richards and Steve Long are here to help you save some weight and time. Read more »
The Winter Essentials DVD shows the essential skills and techniques for winter mountaineering. 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 »
Mara Babolin, Francesco Rota Nodari and Roberto Rovelli have made the probable second ascent of the South West Couloir of Punta Baretti, repeating the line first climbed, and then skied, by the well-known French extreme skier Pierre Tardivel. Read more »
One of the greatest names in 20th Century mountaineering sadly passed away on the 6th August at his Piani Resinelli home near Lecco in Northern Italy. Read more »
Walter Belina was born in 1919 and this month made a remarkable ascent of the North Ridge of the 3,308m Piz Badile Read more »
The New Zealand female mountaineer Pat Deavoll has made the first ascent of the fine rock and ice pyramid Karim Sar (6,180m), climbing solo on the last 1,000m. Read more »
Awarded a grant from the Mount Everest Foundation and Approval from the BMC, Marc Bullock, Matthew Freear, Tim Moss, Nancy Pickup, Michael 'Spike' Reid and David Tett travelled to the South Kurai, becoming almost certainly the first non-soviet mountaineers to visit this area of the Siberian Altai. Read more »
Supported by an MEF grant, Paul Knott (UK but resident in New Zealand) and Guy McKinnon (NZ) made two, fine, first ascents in the unfrequented Fairweather Range of South East Alaska. Read more »
We use cookies to ensure a better website performance, to analyse site traffic and to give you a more tailored experience. By continuing to use the website, you consent to our cookie policy.