Eternal Flame, Nameless Tower, Trango Towers, Karakoram
WEBEternal Flame, Nameless Tower, Trango Towers, Karakoram, Eternal Flame is a world-famous multi-pitch route up the Nameless Tower in the famous granite Trango group in Pakistan's Karakorum mountain range. It was established in 1989 by an extremely strong German team comprised of Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, Christof Stiegler and Milan Sykora and after an immense effort at over 6000m they ...
Loretan and Georges' Imperial Crown, merely the thought inspires
WEB29/04/2011 - Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist. On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks and the second to do so ...
Climbing news mountaineering alpinism on PlanetMountain.com
WEBGraian Alps - Mont Blanc. Haute-Savoie France. 17/09/2024 - Nicholas Hobley - Monte Colodri. 09/09/2024 - Matteo Bicego - Cima d'Auta. PlanetMountain.com specialised in alpinism, climbing, trekking, ski mountaineering via ferrata in the mountains from the Dolomites to the Alps, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Patagonia, Everest, K2, Himalaya.
Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 25-year-old Frankenjura …
WEBSep 14, 1991 · Action Directe was established by Wolfgang Güllich on 14 September 1991 at Waldkopf in Germany's Frankenjura. The route set new new standards in sport climbing and now, precisely twenty-five years after the first ascent, Planetmountain.com takes a step back in time to discover more about one of the most famous sport climbs in the world and the man who made it happen.
David Göttler and his Everest attempt without supplementary …
WEBInterview with German mountaineer David Göttler after his attempt to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen. The 40-year-old climbed the Normal Route on the Nepalese side of the mountain and aborted his attempt at an altitude of 8650 meters, a mere 200 vertical meters below the summit. Planetmountain. 27. May 2019.
Marinaio di foresta - Pedra Longa - PlanetMountain.com
WEBMarinaio di foresta is a beautiful route that climbs diagonally up Pedra Longa, also known as Agugliastra, the extraordianry sea stack close to Baunei. The fantastic ambient and the aggressive rock render this an unforgettable outing! Given its beauty, the location, the difficulty and accessability, over time Marinaio di Foresta has become one of the most popular climbs in all of Sardinia, so ...
Everest, interview with Simone Moro after the attack at 7200m
WEBSimone Moro Ueli Steck Jon Griffith Everest. We briefly talked with Simone Moro, currently at Everest Base Camp after he, Ueli Steck and Jon Griffith were attacked at 7200m on their way to Camp 3 on Everest. Here is his account of this incredible, terrifying incident which will require time to understand and comprehend.
The Real Thing, cult climbing film with Ben Moon and Jerry Moffat …
WEBThe Real Thing Ben Moon Jerry Moffat climbing bouldering film Fontainebleau. The Real Thing celebrates its 25th anniversary. Featuring Ben Moon, Jerry Moffatt, Sean Myles, Kurt Albert and Marc Le Menestrel, this was the first feature length bouldering movie. Ben Moon shares his vision 25 years on.
Nanga Parbat 1970. Reinhold Messner told the truth
WEB1970. The brothers Reinhold and Günther Messner climb Nanga Parbat's virgin Rupal Face and carry out the first descent of the unclimbed Diamir Face. Günther Messner perishes during the descent. Reinhold searches for his brother in vain then, alone and completely exhausted, reaches a group of herdsmen. The other expedition memebers have ...
Andrzej Bargiel’s K2 ski descent / The revolutionary use of drones …
WEBJul 22, 2018 · Traduci in. 1 / 16. K2 and the line skied on Sunday 22 July 2018 by Andrzej Bargiel. From the summit the 30-year-old Pole followed the Abruzzi Spur, then plunged down the Cesen route before traversing below the seracs along the Messner variation and joining the Kukucka - Piotrowski line ascended in …