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Skimo light Crampons
Here a revolution! The Tech Crampon 250, a front crampon to use with skimo boots with dynafit system invented by Manfred Quaeck. – Steel spikes (2 front – 2 lateral) – 240 grames More info:...
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Salomon X-Alp shoes
Salomon on mountaineering? As you remember, some years ago salomon was doing some ice-climbing shoes, some hight mountaineering boots…until they start focused on trail running. This year they launched...
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Idaho 12ers
August 16th Jared Campbell and Luke Nelson ran, climbed, and crawled all summits of the nine 12,000’+ peaks in Idaho in a time of 28 hrs 18 min. here Jared Campbell’s narrative:...
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Julien Irilli Speed solo paragliding
Julien Irilli, born in Annecy (France) realized a proliferated summer in tha alps. In two months time he leave his marks on the North wall of the Jorasses and Matterhorn and the Supercouloir in Mont...
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abseiling technique on sugar snow
Some times when we are on mountains we have not the possibility to find a good place for a sure abseiling anchorage. When we have not rocks to place a belay or we have not many equipment we can...
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F-Rally, alpinrunning back to Rally’s source in Catalonia
THE CATALAN MOUNTAIN FEDERATION RECOVERS MOUNTAIN RALLIES WITH THE PILOT EDITION OF THE F-RALLY, IN VALLS D’ÀNEU The Catalan Mountain Federation (FEEC) has decided to recover mountain rallies a decade...
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Els 2900 Alpinrunning
TRAVELING BACK TO THE ORIGINS OF ALPINRUNNING At midnight on October 31st, the 37 participants of the inaugural edition of the SCOTT Els2900 Alpine Run started from the Refugi Estanys de la Pera. Their...
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Under Armor dry tooling shoe?
Blogdescalada.com publish in his website http://blogdescalada.com/designer-realiza-projeto-de-bota-de-escalada-em-gelo-para-a-under-armor/ the design from Cory Czarnik of this futuristic dry tooling...
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ski & Climb boot by Arcteryx
The beginning was to find a solution to a problem of a niche group, the climbers who do approach with skis. but the new Procline boot seems to be a larger user’s boot. Federico Sbrissa, who is the...
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Peuterey Integral by Ueli Steck
This is a description for the “Intégrale de Peuterey,” the longest ridge traverse in the Alps. With 4500 meters vertical gain and an average time of 2 to 3 days to complete the climb, this adventure...
View ArticleKilian Jornet Burgada in Innominata
On 18 September Spanish ski mountaineer and sky runner Kilian Jornet Burgada ascended from Courmayeur to the summit of Mont Blanc via the famous Innominata Ridge (1000m, D+, V+, 60º) in 6 hours and 17...
View ArticleNil Cardona y Gerard Vila encadenan los corredores de Cambres d’Aze en 1h51
Los esquiadores del Team Millet de esquí de montaña, residentes en la localidad francesa de Font-Romeu, tienen el circo de Cambre d’Aze como lugar frecuente de entrenamiento. La mayoría de sus sesiones...
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DODO TRAVERSES TATRAS MOUNTAINS IN 72-HOUR PUSH
Wednesday, January 23, 2014 Black Diamond athlete Dodo Kopolod traverses 72 km Tatras ridgeline and summits 130 peaks in a non-stop 72-hour solo effort. “Tatra mountains. Western, High and Belianske....
View ArticleHow to Climb and Belay Alone a Multipitch Route
FONT: http://fcorpet.free.fr/Denis/Solo-En.html Mountain is hazardous. Rock climbing is dangerous. Climbing alone is even more dangerous (e.g., Serious Accident. I use to climb integral solo without...
View ArticleA great race!! the 2900 Alpine Run in Andorra
take this date: October 17-19, 2014, The seven highest peaks of Andorra. In a row.70K & 6,700m of vertical for an alpine run like no other. 70K & 6,700m of vertical for an alpine run like no...
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Traversée du Belldonne
Traversée du Belldonne par Pierre Gignoux: font: http://s296355242.onlinehome.fr/News/tu-vas-jusquou-ou-le-recit-dune-traversee-de-belledonne-improvisee/ 5h30 Chamrousse : pas d’idée précise du circuit...
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ski to crampons to ski
You are skiing down on a couloir and is a too steep part, or completely ice, and you can not ski for some meters? You don’t have the equipment (or time) to make a rappel, here a solution to change ski...
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Couloirs Lyngen
Here some great couloirs in Lyngen Alps: NORTH LYNGEN TROLLVASSTINDEN NW Couloir: 1000m (1440) 40-45° TROLLVASSTINDEN S Couloir 600m (1440) 45-50° really narrow, some parts less than 160cm, with 1...
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Running shoes with crampons
@Jordi Tosas Iceclimbing with running shoes Is never a good solution to do some ice part with running shoes. Crampons are or to soft or adapt for alpinism shoes. Soft crampons are adaptable to running...
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Dry Ski
What to do if you’re skiing down and you have not a rope or you want to save time or to full ski a route? Vivian Bruchez is a master on Dry ski, he develop techniques to down ski (climb) in rocky...
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Climbing alone: auto-belay
Is never 100% safe when you speed climb alone but here some techniques to be “safer” when you climb alone and want to have some protection in some meters: 1) 2 daisy or slings. Climb with a harmess...
View ArticleCalifornia 14er speed record (62h3m)
Font: http://drdirtbag.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/california-14er-speed-record-62h3m/ ROUTE The route has four legs: South Lake to Red Lake, Cottonwood Lakes to Shepherd Pass, White Mountain, and Mount...
View ArticleArnau Julia run all 3000 summits of Catalonia
Arnau Julia, Catalan ultra runner join all the 3000m summits of Catalonian Pyrenees on 29h: Mulleres, Comaliforno, Bessiberri Sud, Bessiberri Nord, Punta Alta, Sotllo, Montcalm, Verdaguer, Pica...
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Ueli Steck’s Training
.Ueli Steck was one of the most polyvalent alpinists ever. Steck is a true all-arounder and has put up M11 mixed routes, free soloed 5.13/8a and WI6, and sport climbed 5.14/8c, done first ascents in...
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