148 Artikel zum Suchbegriff "Doug"

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[VIDEO] Mountain Equipment Interview mit Doug Scott

[17.09.2011] Im dritten Teil der Interviews von Mountain Equipment anlässlich des 50jährigen Firmenjubiläums kommt der Brite Doug Scott zu Wort, der als einer der erfolgreichsten Höhenbergsteiger aller Zeiten gilt. mehr »

Doug Scott to receive award at Piolets d'Or 2011

[28.02.2011] Doug Scott is to be presented with the 2011 Piolets d'Or Lifetime Contribution Award at the forthcoming award ceremony in Chamonix, France this April.The Piolets d'Or are prestigious mountaineering awards that, although troubled in recent years (UKC 2008 [...] mehr »

VIDEO: Sir Chris Bonington and Mick Fowler - Euro Ice

[01.01.2011] Pitch I - Cascade de Lillaz© industrialiceman, Feb 2009Cascade de Lillaz is one of Europe's finest ice climbs. Situated in Cogne, Italy's ice climbing paradise, the route is justifiably popular and has 81 ticks in the UKC logbooks.It is described in [...] mehr »

Ben Nevis - Early Season New Routes

[01.11.2010] News from Ben Nevis of some impressive early season ascents, including at least one hard new route in very challenging conditions. Steve Ashworth takes up the story:Ben Nevis put up a pretty good fight through the weekend. Climbing conditions were best hi [...] mehr »

News Link: New Speed Record For The Nose, El Cap

[01.11.2010] The Great Roof pitch, The Nose, El CapRichard White, Sep 2010© Tom EvansSean Leary and Dean Potter have broken the two-year-old speed record for climbing the Nose of El Capitan, climbing the 31-pitch route in 2 hours 36 minutes 45 seconds.That's a m [...] mehr »

Major New Route on Mt. Logan, Canada

[19.05.2010] Okada traversing on Day 3, high on the route. UKC News, 19 May 2010© Katsutaka Yokoyama Full report by Dougald MacDonald with photos and comments from the ascensionists on Climbing.comJapanese climbers Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka ?Jumbo? Yokoyama hav [...] mehr »

Major New Route on Mt. Logan, Canada

[01.05.2010] Okada traversing on Day 3, high on the route. UKC News, May 2010© Katsutaka Yokoyama Full report by Dougald MacDonald with photos and comments from the ascensionists on Climbing.comJapanese climbers Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka ?Jumbo? Yokoyama have [...] mehr »

The 18th Piolets d'Or in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and Courmayeur

[23.12.2009] The Piolets dÂ’Or (Golden Ice-Axes) is a major event in mountaineering: it is a global gathering of those responsible for the most outstanding climbs of the year, on summits across the planet. mehr »

VIDEO INFO: Guy Lacelle Killed in Avalanche

[15.12.2009] As previously reported on UKC, renowned ice climber Guy Lacelle was killed in an avalanche late last week.In this video Doug Chabot of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Centre investigates that avalanche and the snow conditions of the gully where it [...] mehr »

Ueli Steck Nearly Onsights El Cap

[23.05.2009] Swiss climber Ueli Steck free-climbed El Cap's Golden Gate (5.13b, 41 pitches) and fell on only a single pitch, onsighting the rest of the climb. And the one pitch that spoiled his onsight? It was the 5.11c crack off the top of El Cap Spire, just before G [...] mehr »

Ueli Steck Nearly Onsights El Cap

[23.05.2009] Swiss climber Ueli Steck free-climbed El Cap's Golden Gate (5.13b, 41 pitches) and fell on only a single pitch, onsighting the rest of the climb. And the one pitch that spoiled his onsight? It was the 5.11c crack off the top of El Cap Spire, just before G [...] mehr »

Election Day - The Big BMC Vote

[26.04.2009] Note: You can view a full gallery of images from this event here: UKC GalleryIt was the reporting equivalent of being sent to Coventry... UKClimbing.com asked if I would cover the British Mountaineering Council's AGM.To paraphrase Ian Mcnaught-Davis, t [...] mehr »

BMC Presidential Election Countdown - Get your vote in

[20.04.2009] The BMC's AGM is next weekend, 24 to 26 April, and takes place at Plas y Brenin. Full details here.The current President of the BMC Charles Clarke will retire and the candidates hoping to replace him are Rab Carrington (currently Vice President) and Doug [...] mehr »

Walter Bonatti Honoured With Lifetime Piolet d'Or

[16.04.2009] Paula Biner with Rosanne and Walter Bonatti© Smiler CuthbertsonWalter Bonatti, perhaps the premier alpinist of the 1950s and early 1960s, will be honoured with the first Piolet d'Or for lifetime achievement. The ?golden ice axe? will be presented t [...] mehr »

Route Freed on the Fisher Towers - 5.12R

[07.04.2009] The Fisher Towers in evening lightJack Geldard - Editor - UKC, Oct 2008© Jack GeldardJason Haas and Rob Pizem have free-climbed every pitch of West Side Story on 800-foot Cottontail tower in Utah's Fisher Towers, USA.Despite a reputation for fairly [...] mehr »

Election Day - The Big BMC Vote

[01.04.2009] Note: You can view a full gallery of images from this event here: UKC GalleryIt was the reporting equivalent of being sent to Coventry... UKClimbing.com asked if I would cover the British Mountaineering Council's AGM.To paraphrase Ian Mcnaught-Davis, t [...] mehr »

BMC Presidential Election Countdown - Get your vote in

[01.04.2009] The BMC's AGM is next weekend, 24 to 26 April, and takes place at Plas y Brenin. Full details here.The current President of the BMC Charles Clarke will retire and the candidates hoping to replace him are Rab Carrington (currently Vice President) and Doug [...] mehr »

Walter Bonatti Honoured With Lifetime Piolet d'Or

[01.04.2009] Paula Biner with Rosanne and Walter Bonatti© Smiler CuthbertsonWalter Bonatti, perhaps the premier alpinist of the 1950s and early 1960s, will be honoured with the first Piolet d'Or for lifetime achievement. The ?golden ice axe? will be presented t [...] mehr »

Route Freed on the Fisher Towers - 5.12R

[01.04.2009] The Fisher Towers in evening lightJack Geldard - Editor - UKC, Oct 2008© Jack GeldardJason Haas and Rob Pizem have free-climbed every pitch of West Side Story on 800-foot Cottontail tower in Utah's Fisher Towers, USA.Despite a reputation for fairly [...] mehr »

Norway - New Big Wall Ice

[10.03.2009] The crux of Strandhogg (800m, M5+ WI6+ A0).© Bjorn-Elvind AartunSeparate teams of Norwegian, German, and Swiss climbers seized the day in unusually cold temperatures during February and established gigantic new ice routes on Norwegian cliffs the si [...] mehr »

Norway - New Big Wall Ice

[10.03.2009] The crux of Strandhogg (800m, M5+ WI6+ A0).© Bjorn-Elvind AartunSeparate teams of Norwegian, German, and Swiss climbers seized the day in unusually cold temperatures during February and established gigantic new ice routes on Norwegian cliffs the si [...] mehr »

Three-Year Effort Yields Huge M12 in Canada

[23.02.2009] The Jimmy Skid Rig (300m, WI5 M12) on the northeast face of Pigeon Mountain, Alberta.UKC News© Will Meinen / Blog.Mountainhardwear.comRead the full report with action photos on Climbing.comAfter a three-season effort, a team of Canadians has complete [...] mehr »

Three-Year Effort Yields Huge M12 in Canada

[23.02.2009] The Jimmy Skid Rig (300m, WI5 M12) on the northeast face of Pigeon Mountain, Alberta.UKC News© Will Meinen / Blog.Mountainhardwear.comRead the full report with action photos on Climbing.comAfter a three-season effort, a team of Canadians has complete [...] mehr »

Three-Year Effort Yields Huge M12 in Canada

[23.02.2009] The Jimmy Skid Rig (300m, WI5 M12) on the northeast face of Pigeon Mountain, Alberta.UKC News© Will Meinen / Blog.Mountainhardwear.comRead the full report with action photos on Climbing.comAfter a three-season effort, a team of Canadians has complete [...] mehr »

Three-Year Effort Yields Huge M12 in Canada

[23.02.2009] The Jimmy Skid Rig (300m, WI5 M12) on the northeast face of Pigeon Mountain, Alberta.UKC News© Will Meinen / Blog.Mountainhardwear.comRead the full report with action photos on Climbing.comAfter a three-season effort, a team of Canadians has complete [...] mehr »