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SHARING AND EXPERIENCING THE MOUNTAINS

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Let’s get to know Leo Gheza and Magdalena Mittersteiner better, a couple in real life and often on the rock face too. A shared passion, yet two ways of experiencing it and interpreting it.

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BEING AN ATHLETE, WOMAN AND A GUIDE

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Federica Mingolla: The Piedmont-born climber tells us how she balances private life with being an athlete.

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Winter Soul Days

''Soul Days'' follow the stories of four friends as they embark on a journey from four different countries to the peaks of Val Badia in the Dolomites, South Tyrol.

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2022-07-08 08:00:00

FEDERICA MINGOLLA: CARPE DIEM

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From injury to climbing the “Bellavista” on the Cima Ovest di Lavaredo: a story of passion, strength and aesthetics.

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2022-06-23 08:00:00

North6 Project

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A few months back, the two professional alpinists and Salewa athletes Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli set an ambitious goal. Together they plan to climb and link together the six great north faces of the Alps – non-stop and by fair means.

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2021-09-10 09:00:00

My Red Bull X-Alps

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It’s been an eventful year for Thomas Friedrich. The 20-year-old paraglider from Graz had a dream come true this summer when he took part in the Red Bull X-Alps.

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2020-12-15 09:00:00

Short roping

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There is a young man who wants to try something, to pursue a dream that was his father’s. Something that would be impossible without the right buddy; something that will not proof or change anything, besides the beauty of trying.

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2020-10-09 09:00:00

HOME IS AN ATMOSPHERE

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The question isn't "where is home?" The question is "what is home?" Sometimes you need to go far to understand it. Simon Messner found his answers in Pakistan, alone, on Geshot Peak.

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2020-09-29 09:00:00

Cazzanelli and Maguet: the concatenation of the Matterhorn and the Dent D’Herens

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The Matterhorn and the Dent D’Herens: the alpine guide, Cazzanelli, and the athlete, Maguet, complete the concatenation in 15 hours and 57 minutes, with a 4,300 m climb and 35 km of ground travelled.

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2020-09-21 09:00:00

Learning to fly

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My senses are tingling with excitement at the thought of the wing and of flying. As soon as I get my hands on it, I head straight out onto the field. I unpack it, clip in and get it up in the air. Well, I try to...

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2020-07-30 11:00:00

My first time climbing a glacier

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I had never climbed the high alps when my friends asked me to come with them on a two-day outing on Mount Adamello, accompanied by two alpine guides, Manuel and Emanuele.

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2020-07-20 11:00:00

Backpack on my shoulders, heart in my throat

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It's 3:00 am. Despite the fact that I've been trying to nod off for hours, my mind is having none of it. It keeps wandering, perhaps wanting only to make sure that what I am experiencing is not a dream.

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2020-07-16 09:00:00

Thomas Friedrich reports his first Eigertour Race

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The Eigertour 2020 is over. I ended up in 3rd place together with Hannes Kämpf but I think the most important thing is I had four incredible days in this impressive scenery around Grindelwald.

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