Chamonix Green & White » planetmountain http://chamonix-green-white.com News, Weather, Videos, Accommodation, Chalets, Skiing, Telemark, Mountaineering Thu, 17 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Daila Ojeda repeats Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/daila-ojeda-repeats-mind-control-8c-at-oliana/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/daila-ojeda-repeats-mind-control-8c-at-oliana/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:08:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/17/daila-ojeda-repeats-mind-control-8c-at-oliana/ Spanish climber Daila Ojeda has repeated Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana, Spain.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/daila-ojeda-repeats-mind-control-8c-at-oliana/feed/ 0 Mont Rochefort, the video of Capozzi and Bigio’s first descent http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/mont-rochefort-the-video-of-capozzi-and-bigios-first-descent/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/mont-rochefort-the-video-of-capozzi-and-bigios-first-descent/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:03:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/17/mont-rochefort-the-video-of-capozzi-and-bigios-first-descent/ The video of the first descent of “Pente a Remy” carried out on 13/02/2012 by Davide Capozzi and Stefano Bigio from Mont Rochefort (Mont Blanc).

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/mont-rochefort-the-video-of-capozzi-and-bigios-first-descent/feed/ 0 Dave MacLeod climbs his Castle in the Sky http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/dave-macleod-climbs-his-castle-in-the-sky/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/dave-macleod-climbs-his-castle-in-the-sky/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/17/dave-macleod-climbs-his-castle-in-the-sky/ Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has created the new drytooling route Castle in the Sky at Druim Shionnach, Scotland.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/17/dave-macleod-climbs-his-castle-in-the-sky/feed/ 0 Verhoeven and Saurwein bouldering at Hueco http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/16/verhoeven-and-saurwein-bouldering-at-hueco/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/16/verhoeven-and-saurwein-bouldering-at-hueco/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:18:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/16/verhoeven-and-saurwein-bouldering-at-hueco/ Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein have sent numerous boulder problems at Hueco (USA), including Slashface V13 (8B) for Verhoeven and two 8A and one 8A+ in a single day for Saurwein.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/16/verhoeven-and-saurwein-bouldering-at-hueco/feed/ 0 Forra del Vinadia, ice climbing in the Friuli, Italy http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/16/forra-del-vinadia-ice-climbing-in-the-friuli-italy/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/16/forra-del-vinadia-ice-climbing-in-the-friuli-italy/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:47:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/16/forra-del-vinadia-ice-climbing-in-the-friuli-italy/ Five icefalls in the canyon Forra del Vinadia, Zia Mia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Zanna Bianca e Trip terapia introduced by Massimo Candolini and Marco Milanese

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/16/forra-del-vinadia-ice-climbing-in-the-friuli-italy/feed/ 0 Dean Potter, the free solo video on El Capitan in Yosemite http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/dean-potter-the-free-solo-video-on-el-capitan-in-yosemite/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/dean-potter-the-free-solo-video-on-el-capitan-in-yosemite/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:17:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/15/dean-potter-the-free-solo-video-on-el-capitan-in-yosemite/ The video of Dear Potter while he free solos the final quarter of the route Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/dean-potter-the-free-solo-video-on-el-capitan-in-yosemite/feed/ 0 Mont Rochefort, first descent by Capozzi and Bigio on Mont Blanc http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/mont-rochefort-first-descent-by-capozzi-and-bigio-on-mont-blanc/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/mont-rochefort-first-descent-by-capozzi-and-bigio-on-mont-blanc/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:41:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/15/mont-rochefort-first-descent-by-capozzi-and-bigio-on-mont-blanc/ fter years of waiting for the right conditions, on 13/02/2012 Davide Capozzi and the Mountain Guide Stefano Bigio carried out a first ski and snowboard descent on Mont Rochefort (Mont Blanc). The report by Capozzi.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/mont-rochefort-first-descent-by-capozzi-and-bigio-on-mont-blanc/feed/ 0 Climbing at Alta Val Aupa http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/climbing-at-alta-val-aupa/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/climbing-at-alta-val-aupa/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:49:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/15/climbing-at-alta-val-aupa/ The crag Alta Val Aupa, 21 routes from 6c – 8a+ close to Tolmezzo (Udine) in NE Italy, introduced by local climber Andrea Polo.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/15/climbing-at-alta-val-aupa/feed/ 0 Nanga Parbat winter expedition: Moro and Urubko abandon attempt http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/14/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-moro-and-urubko-abandon-attempt/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/14/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-moro-and-urubko-abandon-attempt/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:39:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/14/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-moro-and-urubko-abandon-attempt/ Simone Moro and Denis Urubko have announced their decision today to abandon their attempt of the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) via the Diamir Face due to the prohibitive weather conditions.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/14/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-moro-and-urubko-abandon-attempt/feed/ 0 Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, fatal accident in Norway http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/14/bjorn-eivind-artun-and-stein-ivar-gravdal-fatal-accident-in-norway/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/14/bjorn-eivind-artun-and-stein-ivar-gravdal-fatal-accident-in-norway/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:09:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/14/bjorn-eivind-artun-and-stein-ivar-gravdal-fatal-accident-in-norway/ Tragedy in Norway, where last week the alpinists Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal died while attempting a new ice climb up the Kjerag rock face.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/14/bjorn-eivind-artun-and-stein-ivar-gravdal-fatal-accident-in-norway/feed/ 0 Paul Robinson climbing Brad Pitt and The Ace at Stanage http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/paul-robinson-climbing-brad-pitt-and-the-ace-at-stanage/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/paul-robinson-climbing-brad-pitt-and-the-ace-at-stanage/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:14:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/13/paul-robinson-climbing-brad-pitt-and-the-ace-at-stanage/ Two short videos of Paul Robinson repeating the classic gritstone boulder problems Brad Pitt and The Ace at Stanage Edge in England.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/paul-robinson-climbing-brad-pitt-and-the-ace-at-stanage/feed/ 0 Dani Andrada, La Obsesión video http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/dani-andrada-la-obsesion-video/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/dani-andrada-la-obsesion-video/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:17:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/13/dani-andrada-la-obsesion-video/ Video portrait of Spanish climber Daniel “Dani” Andrada, by Haroun Souirji.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/dani-andrada-la-obsesion-video/feed/ 0 Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Markus Bendler wins in Busteni, Maxim Tomilov wins the 2012 World Cup http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/ice-climbing-world-cup-2012-markus-bendler-wins-in-busteni-maxim-tomilov-wins-the-2012-world-cup/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/ice-climbing-world-cup-2012-markus-bendler-wins-in-busteni-maxim-tomilov-wins-the-2012-world-cup/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:28:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/13/ice-climbing-world-cup-2012-markus-bendler-wins-in-busteni-maxim-tomilov-wins-the-2012-world-cup/ 11/02/2012. At Busteni in Romania the 4th stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup was won by Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia. The Speed event was won by Maria Tolokonina once again, along with her team-mate Kirill Kolchegoshev. Maxim Tomilov has already won the 2012 World Cup, one stage ahead of schedule while the women’s ranking is provisionally led by Angelika Rainer from Italy.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/ice-climbing-world-cup-2012-markus-bendler-wins-in-busteni-maxim-tomilov-wins-the-2012-world-cup/feed/ 0 Monique Forestier on Tom et je ris, Verdon http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/monique-forestier-on-tom-et-je-ris-verdon/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/monique-forestier-on-tom-et-je-ris-verdon/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/13/monique-forestier-on-tom-et-je-ris-verdon/ The video of Australian climber repeating Tom et je ris 8b+ in the Verdon Gorge, France.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/monique-forestier-on-tom-et-je-ris-verdon/feed/ 0 Spray On… Top!, Emmett and Premrl complete first ascent of Helmcken Falls testpiece http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/spray-on-top-emmett-and-premrl-complete-first-ascent-of-helmcken-falls-testpiece/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/spray-on-top-emmett-and-premrl-complete-first-ascent-of-helmcken-falls-testpiece/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:51:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/13/spray-on-top-emmett-and-premrl-complete-first-ascent-of-helmcken-falls-testpiece/ Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl have carried out the first ascent of the superb mixed ice climb Spray On… Top! (230m, W10, M9+) at the Helmcken Falls, Canada, the route Emmett had started with Will Gadd. Tim Emmett shares the details.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/13/spray-on-top-emmett-and-premrl-complete-first-ascent-of-helmcken-falls-testpiece/feed/ 0 Stefano Ghisolfi and the boulder problems Icarco and Scheletri nell’Armadio http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/11/stefano-ghisolfi-and-the-boulder-problems-icarco-and-scheletri-nellarmadio/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/11/stefano-ghisolfi-and-the-boulder-problems-icarco-and-scheletri-nellarmadio/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:51:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/11/stefano-ghisolfi-and-the-boulder-problems-icarco-and-scheletri-nellarmadio/ Videos of Stefano Ghisolfi on the boulder problems Icarco 8A and Scheletri nell’Armadio 8B.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/11/stefano-ghisolfi-and-the-boulder-problems-icarco-and-scheletri-nellarmadio/feed/ 0 Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition, dispatch #5 http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-dispatch-5/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-dispatch-5/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:02:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/10/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-dispatch-5/ The fifth video of the Nanga Parbat 2012 winter expedition of Simone Moro and Denis Urubko.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/nanga-parbat-winter-expedition-dispatch-5/feed/ 0 Iker Pou, the video of Nit de bruixes 9a+ at Margalef http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/iker-pou-the-video-of-nit-de-bruixes-9a-at-margalef/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/iker-pou-the-video-of-nit-de-bruixes-9a-at-margalef/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:36:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/10/iker-pou-the-video-of-nit-de-bruixes-9a-at-margalef/ The video of the first ascent of Nit de bruixes 9a+ at Margalef in Spain by Iker Pou.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/iker-pou-the-video-of-nit-de-bruixes-9a-at-margalef/feed/ 0 Markus Bendler and the Ice Prince Movieblog http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/markus-bendler-and-the-ice-prince%c2%a0movieblog/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/markus-bendler-and-the-ice-prince%c2%a0movieblog/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/10/markus-bendler-and-the-ice-prince%c2%a0movieblog/ The first of 10 videos of Austrian ice climbing champion Markus Bendler.

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]]> http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/10/markus-bendler-and-the-ice-prince%c2%a0movieblog/feed/ 0 Argyro Papathanasiou and her first 8a http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/09/argyro-papathanasiou-and-her-first-8a/ http://chamonix-green-white.com/2012/02/09/argyro-papathanasiou-and-her-first-8a/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:12:00 +0000 admin http://living-websites-2.eu/chamonix-green-white/2012/02/09/argyro-papathanasiou-and-her-first-8a/ Greek climber Argyro Papathanasiou has sent her first 8a, Minimal Techno at Siurana.

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