Alpinism and alpinists, mountaineers and mountaineering, climbers and climbing. What are the lines between these adventurous pursuits, if the lines even exist at all? What exactly makes someone an ...

Snow crunches underfoot as I make the final few steps along the narrow snow ridge leading to the summit of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in western Europe. Cloud shrouds the French side of the mountain ...

Recently, Helias Millerioux of France was invited to the Banff Mountain Film Festival to share his views about the future of alpinism. We spoke to him in an exclusive interview, largely about that ...

Between 11 and 26 December 2025, Italian Mountain Guide Niccolò Bruni opened three new mixed routes on Rognon Vaudano (Mont Blanc): 'Le Piolet Perdu' with Alberto Boschiazzo, and 'Facile Facile 2.0' ...

Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton ...

Cultural heritage experts are meeting in the Colombian capital Bogota to go through the list of 24 proposals. 'Intangible cultural heritage' is defined as living forms of heritage that are central to ...

KATHMANDU: Legendary mountaineer from Italy, Reinhold Messner, has said that Nepali Sherpas are capable of facilitating traditional alpinism on top mountains of the world. Messner, who has devoted his ...

The latest addition to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is Alpinism. "Alpinism is a traditional, physical practice characterised by a shared culture made up of knowledge of the high ...

Among the many events that will be on display at the Tokyo Olympic Games is sport climbing, which is making its debut this year. Participants will be competing in speed competitions, bouldering ...