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Girivihar International Bouldering Competition

Girivihar International Bouldering Competition

From January 23 to 25 the city of Mumbay hosted the 8th edition of Girivihar International Bouldering Competition. Gathering over a hundred competitors the unique bouldering competition of India moved a step higher. Petzl and our Indian distributor (Allied Safety) support this event, and regularily sends team members to participate : this year Philipe Ribiére represented the team. Report from Vaibhav Mehta chief route setter on the event.

04/02/2011 - In the field Read more

Pangaea: young explorers involved in the environmental movement

Pangaea: young explorers involved in the environmental movement

Since autumn 2008, we have shared with you the unique experiences of groups of young explorers on their expeditions with Mike Horn. To date, seven expeditions have been undertaken to the four corners of the globe (Antarctica, New Zealand Malaysia, India, Himalaya, China and Russia) and five more are planned by July 2012.
The objective of these expeditions is to teach young explorers about their natural environment and encourage them to find solutions that will, tomorrow, improve life on Earth.

01/02/2011 - In the field Read more

GRIGRI 2, the new Petzl belay device with assisted braking

GRIGRI 2, the new Petzl belay device with assisted braking

Behind every great send, there's a great belayer.
The GRIGRI 2 helps the belayer work in unison with the climber.

24/01/2011 - Product news Read more

Pangaea: The Adventure continues

Pangaea: The Adventure continues

The Pangaea expedition to the Kamchatka region of Russia has ended. Despite some sketchy weather, the young explorers managed to take full advantage of their expedition's final days. The team shared some unforgettable moments with a group of dogsledders and their dogs, climbed a volcano and enjoyed soaking in the hot springs in Petropavlovsk, the capital of Kamchatka.

11/01/2011 - In the field Read more

ice climbing season 2010 - 2011 event program

ice climbing season 2010 - 2011 event program

With cold weather finally settled over Europe and the north Hemisphere, ice conditions are here... Throughout the winter numerous events, meetings and competitions are organized. Philippe Batoux - Le Nant de l'Enfer - Giettaz © Pascal Tournaire

06/01/2011 - In the field Read more

Gérôme Pouvreau sends

Gérôme Pouvreau sends "Ganesh" F.A (5.14a) in Badami, India

The movie relates the first ascent by Gêrome Pouvreau of "Ganesh" 8B+ in Badami, India.
A movie by Vladimir Cellier & Julien Nadiras. More movies on Baraka Flims (barakaflims.com)

03/01/2011 - In the field Read more

Vertical sailing Greenland

Vertical sailing Greenland

In the spring of 2010, Ben Ditto, Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, Nicolas Favresse, and his brother Olivier got on a sailboat to search for big wall first ascents in Greenland.

22/12/2010 - In the field Read more

Information concerning autumn 2010 versions of the NOMIC (ref. U21 2) and ERGO (ref. U22) ice climbing tools :

Information concerning autumn 2010 versions of the NOMIC (ref. U21 2) and ERGO (ref. U22) ice climbing tools :

21/12/2010 - Product news Read more

Mexique, USA, JAPAN

A l'occasion du tournage « WILD O§NE » par Jure Breceljnik, j'ai voyagé ce dernier mois au Mexique, Etats-Unis et Japon.

14/12/2010 - In the field Read more

I know, this is in a way, a pretty boring performance post...

The year, as we on the so called earth (and in the s.c. "west") call it, is coming to it's end. For me it means the end of a cycle and soon the beginning of a new one. The climbing cycle. I usually take 2-4 weeks of, in the end of the year, from climbing to recover 100% and then start the training for the new season. But after climbing just so much this year I still felt I wanted more. As I already started to feel tired from all the climbing this year I put in a last effort to try to do one more route.

13/12/2010 - In the field Read more