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With a month in the Fins ahead of her, Paige Claassen set her sights on "Algorithm," a project she put down surprisingly fast. First climbed by fellow La Sportiva athlete Jonathan Siegrist in 2012, Claassen's send marks the first repeat of the route, proposed as 5.14d/9a by Siegrist.

Zusammen mit dem aus Sörenberg stammenden Profi-Alpinisten Roger Schäli machte sich das Entlebucher Medienhaus vor Monaten an die Eröffnung einer neuen, anspruchsvollen Kommunikationsroute.

La Sportiva feiert in diesem Jahr das 90-jährige Firmenbestehen. Um diesen Meilenstein zu würdigen, wurden der Climb-In-GYM Tour neue Stops hinzugefügt und das Unternehmen aus Ziano di Fiemme zieht erstmals über die Weltmeere.

Anfang Juli gelang dem 34-jährigen Österreicher Hansjörg Auer eine Solo-Erstbegehung am Lupghar Sar West (7.181m) im Karakorum.

Before Alex Honnold's "Nose" speed record, and before Jonathan Siegrist sent "Jumbo Love," the pair teamed up this spring for some training time - each working projects outside of their comfort zones.

Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have a pretty good lifestyle. Travelling the world to climb the hardest routes they can find. Gondo crack is a 17-meter finger crack in Switzerland, usually climbed using bolts as protection.

Anlässlich des 90. Geburtstag lädt das traditionsreiche Unternehmen alle La Sportiva Fans dazu ein, beim Instagram Gewinnspiel mitzumachen. Die Teilnahme ist ganz einfach: Alte La Sportiva Produkte hervorkramen, fotografieren und mit den Hashtags #oldbutgold und #lasportiva posten. So kann man nicht nur ein tolles Geburtstagspaket gewinnen, sondern auch die alte Liebe zu den wiederentdeckten Produkten neu entfachen lassen.

Patxi Usobiaga takes us through the process of what it was like to climb a route he had attempted 8 years ago in Oliana, Spain when he felt he was at his peak. That was before his life changed and climbing took a backseat.

In the second part of La Sportiva Living Legends , we travel to Zillertal, Austria to meet up with former bouldering champion Kilian Fischhuber.

In the second season of our La Sportiva Living Legends series, we travel to Innsbruck to the home of four-time bouldering world cup winner, Anna Stöhr.

Am 29. April 2007 bricht Hansjörg Auer allein in die Dolomiten auf. Nur seine Eltern und einer seiner Brüder ahnen, was er an diesem Tag vorhat: die Durchsteigung der 1200 Meter langen Route "Weg durch den Fisch" in der Marmolada-Südwand – free solo, ohne Seilsicherung.

The sport climbing Oscars return to Arco on Friday 25 August 2017 with the 12th edition of Arco Rock Legends, celebrated during the 31st Rock Master.

La Sportiva athlete Jorg Verhoeven makes the annual pilgrimage to Yosemite, California to attempt the 2nd free ascent of "The Dihedral Wall" (VI 5.14a) on El Capitan.

Another great year at the 24th Hueco Rock Rodeo hosted by the American Alpine Club and presented by Five Ten, Avery Brewing, Patagonia, Organic, and La Sportiva. Thanks to Mind Frame Cinema for capturing these world class boulderers doing what they do best!

Become French or become one of the best climbers of all times, are both things that require their time. In this great and entertaining video by Pietro Porro & Francisco Taranto Jr, La Sportiva ambassador James Pearson explain you why.

Adam Ondra tells to La Sportiva where his passion comes from and why he really loves to climb. "Freedom without something to be passionate about is just worthless" he says ... discover why.

Der fränkische Boulderspezialist Markus Bock ist nach wie vor schwer aktiv an den Blöcken des Nördlichen Frankenjura. In diesem Video gelingen ihm "Shelter" (FB 8A+), "Diablo" (FB 8B) und "Antichrist" (FB 8B+).

In October of 2014, Jorg Verhoeven spent 30 days in Yosemite Valley, California with one goal in mind; Make a free ascent of The Nose (5.14), on El Capitan, arguably one of the world's most famous climbs.

On Friday 04/09/2015 during the 10th Arco Rock Legends celebration in Arco, Italy, Alexander Megos received the Salewa Rock Award while Adam Ondra won the La Sportiva Competition Award. The prestigious Dryarn Climbing Ambassador by Aquafil prize was handed to John Ellison, founder of CAC - Climbers Against Cancer.

Here is a simple edit about Niky Ceria's trip to Grampians, in the Southern Australia. He opted to split the video in two parts and this first chapter shows some of the ultra classics like "Ammagamma".

La Sportiva ambassador Emily Harrington has big goals for 2015 - from free climbing Golden Gate (5.13) on El Capitan to completing Makalu sans oxygen. The only way to train for such diverse goals? Diverse training!

Jonathan Siegrist has been battling with this route, "Le Cadre Nouvelle" (9a) since he arrived in Ceuse in May 2015. For Jonathan it has a little taste of everything, some sections suited him really well and others were very demanding.

Vor fünf Jahren haben unsere Boulderwelt Gründer Markus Grünebach und Dave Cato mit der ersten Boulderwelt am Münchner Ostbahnhof ihre Vision einer Boulderhalle für Jedermann verwirklicht, egal ob Anfänger oder Profi, Groß oder Klein.

The italian climber Silvio Reffo opens himself to the mic, telling the very personal reasons why he choose to climb almost 14 years ago. To discover the infinite in this limited time we have to spend on earth...

Get to know more about the german climber Fabian Buhl trough his personal story about climbing trips and aspirations.