Month: August 2019

L’8 e 9 gennaio 2011 a Cheongsong (Kor) la prima tappa della Coppa del mondo di arrampicata su ghiaccio lead è stata vinta da Markus Bendler (Aus) e Maria Tolokonina (Rus). La gara speed è andata ai russi Maxim Tomilov e Irina Bagaeva. Angelika Rainer (7a) e migliore degli italiani. Nessuno sa che a Seoul,Read moreRead more

Il Canadese Will Gadd e il britannico Tim Emmett sono ritornati sulla cascata di ghiaccio Helmcken Falls in Canada e hanno prolungata la loro via Spray On di altri 4 tiri. Vi ricordate Spray On, la piuttosto particolare via aperta da Will Gadd e Tim Emmett nell’enorme grotta sotto la cascata Helmcken Falls in CanadaRead moreRead more

Le abbondanti piogge autunnali ed un repentino abbassamento delle temperature hanno contribuito a decretare un precoce inizio di stagione per l’arrampicata su ghiaccio. Così ad Occidente si è già cominciato a muoversi con piccozze e ramponi… Da segnalare tra l’altro che alle già numerose linee in condizioni dalla Val Varaita all’Ossola, si è aggiunta oraRead moreRead more

Un team di guide alpine e sherpa ha piantato alcuni spit sull’Everest per rendere la via da sud più sicura. La notizia è di pochi giorni fa: sul versante Sud dell’Everest sono stati piantati i primi spit, precisamente sulla fascia di roccia gialla a 7700m. Gli spit più alti del mondo sono stati messi daRead moreRead more

Prince Andrew once flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet with a former Miss Russia, who ended up in a very public fight with drug addiction, a report on Saturday said. Andrew, the Duke of York, then 38, took a flight on Epstein’s plane from St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands to Florida on Feb.Read moreRead more

When Todd Hundley hit 41 home runs to set the Mets’ single-season record in 1996, it was the only thing worth paying attention to around the team that year. The Mets went 71-91 under the late Dallas Green, and Hundley ended up all but forgotten two years later when Mike Piazza came to town. CarlosRead moreRead more

Chancellor Richard Carranza doesn’t do well getting kids to learn, but he sure knows how to please the adults running the schools — as the off-the-charts pay hikes The Post spotlighted last week show. The salary bumps are as high as 35 percent for some top Department of Education officials, pushing at least 36 execsRead moreRead more

The news that Andrew Luck had suddenly retired broke midway through the Jets’ preseason game against the Saints on Saturday night at MetLife Stadium, and the message it delivered had nothing to do with the Jets losing 28-13 or anything that took place in the tedious slop-fest that was marred by 31 accepted penalties. InRead moreRead more

It was a typical playground — if you ignored the barbed wire and bizarre signs: “PLEASE COOPERATE; SILENCE IS REQUESTED.” “NO PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN OF THE CHILDREN.” The children in question were the internationally famous Dionne quintuplets, the first-ever five identical siblings to survive infancy. Four times a day the girls waddled intoRead moreRead more

President Trump left for the G-7 summit in France on Friday night, but first gave reporters his parting thoughts — and a few snipes — on issues including China, the Federal Reserve, his “nice” phone call with the Danish Prime Minister and his well-wishes for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health. “Our thoughts and prayers are withRead moreRead more