The second International Rock Climbing Festival to be organized by the Iranian Mountain Federation and Iranian Alpine Club, took place in mid October on the magnificent ca 2700m Bisotun. Read more »
The 2012 Nick Estcourt Award has been presented to James Clapham, Gavin Pike and Dave Searle for their attempt on the elegant and unclimbed north pillar of Talung (7,349m) in far east Nepal. Read more »
Do you climb for yourself? Or do you climb for the attention, and even awards? As climbing edges closer towards the 2020 Olympics, legendary climber Doug Scott asks: how do awards fit with the high mountains? Read more »
On their first trip to the Greater Ranges 26 years old Nejc Marcic and Luka Strazar (22) made the first ascent of the North West Face of K7 West (6,615m) in the Pakistan Karakoram. Read more »
This autumn Slovenians Rok Blagus, Luka Lindic and Marko Prezelj blitzed the Bhagirathi Group in the Indian Gangotri, making three significant first ascents. Read more »
High winds stopped Vince Anderson and Marko Prezelj from making any headway with their ambitious alpine style attempt on the West Face of Makalu (8,485m), but they came away with a notable consolation prize; the first direct ascent of the West Face of 7,678m Makalu II. Read more »
The 16th Piolet d’Or award has been won by the Slovenian duo Boris Lorencic and Marko Prezelj for their first ascent of the 6,000-foot Northwest Pillar on the 24,000 ft Tibetan Peak Chomo Lhari. This is a second time win for Prezelj, having previously won the inaugural award in 1991. Read more »
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