Piolets d'Or Announces the "Significant Ascents" of 2023
This list of 68 climbs is effectively a "long list" used to select nominees of the prestigious alpine award.
First ascent
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Pearson, Wright and Hirayama Go Chossaneering in the Faroe Islands
Most climbers have a visceral dislike for “choss,” or loose, dangerous and dirty rock. But British climber James Pearson has
[Update] Adam Ondra Talks 'Project Hard'
It’s hard to overstate the climbing achievements of Adam Ondra. He established the grade of 9b+ (5.15c) and
Virgin Earth: Mike Libecki Heads Back to Greenland to Climb Massive Tower
Standing over 1,000 feet taller than Yosemite’s El Capitan, the tower that Mike Libecki, Ethan Pringle, Keith Ladzinski
First Ascent of Huge Arch in China
China is home to some of the world’s most spectacular natural arches, providing rock climbers adventures aplenty. A new
The Second Ascent of Konkankada
28 years after the first ascent, two Indian climbers send a big wall climb in South India's Sahyadri
Alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden the first to summit Kishtwar Kailash
Having set their eyes on this massif in 1993, their ten-year climbing partnership brought them back 20 years later to