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El Niño – Jacopo Larcher
When you think about big wall climbing and huge granite walls, the first place that comes to mind is “Yosemite” National Park. It’s the place where everything began and it is the mecca for all those...
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Madagascar – Ground-up experience
This summer became one full of first ascents for team climber Siebe Vanhee. After the successful Common-Ground expedition in the remote tundra of Siberia, Siebe joined forces with fellow climber Seán...
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#Evolve
A film about moving from competition climbing to exploring the world beyond #Evolve is the first autobiographical short film featuring Italian climber Jacopo Larcher. The short film follows Larcher...
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The Kalymnos Climbing Festival: Legends in Lycra
From October 9-12, the Greek island paradise of Kalymnos played host to the 2014 The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival. Thousands were on hand to take part in the event, participating in climbing...
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Day 4 – Deep Water Soloing
This year’s Kalymnos Climbing Festival introduced a new format to the event, Deep Water Soloing on the island. On Sunday morning, around 30 climbers, including the 6 legends and The North Face...
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Day 3 – The Day of the Legends
In a typically Kalymnian way, the climbers were blessed with splendid sunshine, a nice breeze and, of course, an incredible panorama. For the first time ever, 6 legendary climbers of the 80s and 90s...
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7 things you didn’t know about Kalymnos (including facts about goat raiders,...
When Simone Moro and Manolo were one of the first ones to climb on the island in the late 90s, the locals thought they were looking for pirate treasure up in the mountains, as climbing was such a...
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Day 1 – A Snapshot of the Event
In the past few days, climbers have been streaming on to the island in preparation for the third edition of the Kalymnos Climbing Festival that kicked off today. An expected 2500 climbers of all ranges...
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Climbing Legends – Iker & Eneko Pou talks about Patxi Arocena
Patxi Arocena is a mythical climber and from Basque Country in Spain. Born in San Sebastian-Donosti in 1965, Patxi became one of the early pioneers of sport climbing in Spain and had huge influence on...
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Climbing Legends – Simone Moro Speaks About Maurizio ‘Manolo’ Zanolla
You could say that Manolo is a climbing legend but I don’t think this is enough; he is much more than that. He is an icon in the sport climbing world. Through his climbing style and abilities during...
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Climbing Legends – James Pearson on Boone Speed
For US climbers, and a lot of us over the other side of the pond, Boone Speed and his climbing needs little introduction. His first ascent of Super Tweak in Logan Canyon raised American sport climbing...
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Caroline Civaldini – Meeting my hero (Yuji Hirayama) at 15
I grew up on a small Island that was part of France, even if it was in the southern hemisphere. Even there, climbing was a school sport, and even there, we received the climbing magazines : Rock &...
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Philippines Climbing Expedition – Caroline & James in the Quest to find...
Exploring always carries a little risk, that’s just the nature of the beast. Around 10 years ago, some of my friends were the first people ever to Deep Water Solo in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. There had...
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Let’s get started
So, here we are! We are in la Réunion since two days now, but a lot happened already. It is truly amazing to discover every day something more about the island, its culture and its population. Sincerly...
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Landscapes of the Island
On Monday Jacopo, Yuji and Sam arrived… the expedition will properly start! James and I have been hiking all around the island to find the best walls. Check out below few amazing shots from one of my...
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The Reunion – Surprises and wonders of a volcano
Two days in the trip. James and I have arrived in advance to check out our different options: Which canyon, what wall, in which circus, and how to approach? And what better way than asking the help of...
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The what’s, where’s, and why’s…
Now that Caroline has explained what we would like to achieve on the island, its my turn to explain why, and what exactly it all means. Ground up simply means beginning from the floor and climbing to...
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The Reunion, back to my beginnings
The first time you touch rock for your baptism as a climber and then the first years of your climbing life are memories you will remember for your whole life, moments you will cherish. At the time you...
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Hansjörg Auer, Eneko and Iker Pou Make Opened a New 8b Route in the Arctic
The North Face Athletes Hansjörg Auer, Eneko and Iker Pou wrote a new page in the history of climbing by opening “The Door”, currently the hardest route on Baffin Island, graded 8b. The Expedition...
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Hirayama, Woods, Pearson and Civaldini open New Routes in Malaysia
The North Face® Athletes Yuji Hirayama, Daniel Woods, James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini just returned from the expedition to Mt. Kinabalu (4095m) on Borneo, Malaysia. The team opened over 20 new...
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