Mountaineering

In an exclusive interview, Nirmal Purja talks about the projects of his Nimsdai Foundation and about waste in the Himalayan death zone.

The climbers David Lama and Hansjörg Auer were killed by an avalanche in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Rescue teams could now recover their bodies.

Smart sportswear and equipment from top brands. Christian Connolly reveals what the smart future of skiing will look like.

Now it is a sad certainty: Hilaree Nelson died in a fatal accident while descending Manaslu in the Himalayas. The U.S. ski mountaineer made mountain sports history with her expeditions and inspired as the head of the She Moves Mountains campaign with The North Face. ISPO.com remembers Hilaree Nelson. Her you can also find the interview with Hilaree Nelson and her husband Jim Morrison from their visit to ISPO Munich 2019 about their life as extreme athletes.

Alex Honnold is fascinating and polarizing. He climbed the 1,000-meter face of the El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any ropes or safeguarding. And yet, in his view, it was a safe undertaking.