Cresciano piccolo grande paradiso del boulder mondiale ospita da ieri (fino a domenica 6 maggio) il Melloblocco in Tour… è tempo di sognare e arrampicare insieme. Pochi forse lo sanno. Cresciano è un bosco che nasconde 1500 blocchi. 1500 passaggi per l’arrampicata di tutti. Quella dei campioni e quella per tutti. Sembra che qui il…
Month: August 2019
Asta Nunaat, in Groenlandia Andrea Ghitti e Fabio Olivari trovano Gioielli Viventi
Sulla cima Asta Nunaat nell’est della Groenlandia Andrea Ghitti e Fabio Olivari hanno aperto ‘Gioielli Viventi’, una nuova via d’arrampicata di 320 metri (VI+/A1) salita il 9 agosto 2018. Con ogni probabilità si tratta della seconda salita di questa montagna, dopo la prima effettuata nel 2006 da Andi Fichtner, Christoph Hainz e Roger Schaeli. Il…
Hong Kong’s super-rich take their money and escape to New York amid protests at home
Follow RT on Anti-government protests in Hong Kong are forcing local wealthy families to relocate to the US as they are seeking to buy property there instead of just investing in it, a New York-based real estate attorney has revealed. Edward Mermelstein of One & Only Realty, which organizes relocation and luxury property investment starting…
Trump offers Xi to meet and discuss Hong Kong via Twitter
Follow RT on US President Donald Trump has proposed a summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in order to resolve the Hong Kong problem “quickly and humanely.” “Personal meeting?” Trump tweeted on Wednesday afternoon, calling Xi a “a great leader who very much has the respect of his people” and a “good man in…
Stifling creativity! Philadelphia & Volkswagen ads banned in the UK for ‘gender stereotyping’
Follow RT on Two ads for Volkswagen and Philadelphia cheese have been banned from the UK by its advertising watchdog under new rules on gender stereotypes. The regulator’s decision was both mocked and criticized for its “depressing direction.” The offending Volkswagen eGolf ad showed a female rock climber asleep while a man closes their tent…
Taiwan unveils largest defense spending increase in decade
Follow RT on Taiwan unveiled its largest defense spending increase in more than a decade on Thursday amid rising military tensions with China. President Tsai Ing-wen’s cabinet signed off on an 8.3 percent increase in military spending for the year starting January to $13.11 billion, its largest yearly gain since 2008, Reuters said. If approved…
Video shows MOMENT when birds hit Ural Airlines jet on take-off
Follow RT on A birdstrike that caused a Ural Airlines A321 to lose power on take-off was filmed just minutes before it crash-landed in a cornfield outside Moscow with 233 on board. The footage shot by a passenger seated next to the window shows the two-engine, narrow-body airliner speeding down the runway at Moscow’s Zhukovsky…
One year after Genoa tragedy: Are Europe’s bridges any safer?
Follow RT on Italy is commemorating one year since the Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed and killed 43 people. The incident raised many questions about the crumbling European infrastructure, but did it spur swift action? Millions of people cross them without thought every single day, but there are tens of thousands of bridges in Europe…
Nordwind, nuova via sul Sass de Putia in Dolomiti
Harald Mair e Christof Ursch hanno aperto Nordwind, una nuova via d’arrampicata sul Sass de Putia (2875 m) in Dolomiti. Tra il 2017 e 2018 Harald Mair e Christof Ursch hanno aperto dal basso e poi liberato Nordwind sul bellissimo Sass de Putia nel gruppo Puez – Odle nelle Dolomiti. Vento da nord prende una…
Champions Challenge, ad Arco la sfida tra Adam Ondra e Stefano Ghisolfi
Appuntamento per tutti il 13 ottobre 2018 ad Arco di Trento dove il talento ceco Adam Ondra, ambassador del Garda Trentino, e il campione italiano Stefano Ghisolfi saranno i protagonisti di una giornata all’insegna dell’arrampicata: clinic sui segreti della preparazione, sfida in parete al Pueblo di Massone e infine salita in parallelo su una via…