It is always a pleasure to visit this beautiful place in the deserts of Utah. Its red rocks and perfect cracks make Indian Creek the ideal place for practicing this particular discipline of climbing. Crack climbing is a style which we Europeans are unaccustomed to, and it sometimes feels more like a fight with a rock rather than climbing as Leer mas
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The second The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival is under way. As in the first edition of the event, a suitable place for the Pro competition had to be found. It has to be a new place with the potential to open tough new routes, both for women and men. Tough gig! In last year’s event Jacopo Larcher and Simone Leer mas
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Opening the Route. In four days of climbing spread over a week in February, we opened Kolpez Kolpe, our laters route in the Sierra de Tramuntana. Featuring 6 pitches over 170 metres, it is a great, sustained route with an initial section of colonettes on a long overhang, and an exit on a perfect slab on the second Leer mas
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If I remember correctly we had not been bouldering in Albarracín for ten years. To be honest, I’m not sure why. I guess it’s because we have been travelling round the world non-stop and haven’t had time, because we had a blast during the four days we spent in the town in the province of Teruel. Leer mas
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The Sunday roast we had a Capi’s house lasted no time at all. Having descended from the Pergiorgio on the Saturday previous, we were just getting stuck into the roast lab at 11:30 pm and we received news of an accident in the mountains. It didn’t come as a big surprise as the town of El Chalten is a buzz Leer mas
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