Mountaineering

Sumantri is the second highest mountain in Oceania. With a height of 4870m it officially belongs to the Seven Second Summits.

Ngga Pulu is a 4862m mountain peak in the Sudirman Mountains of New Guinea Island. It has long been counted among the Seven Second Summits.

Do you know the highest mountain on each of the seven continents? ISPO.com introduces you to the "Seven Summits" including altitude and location.

Everything about the highest mountain in the European Union: history, first ascent, ascent routes and the imminent danger.

South Tyrol is one of the best hut trekking regions in Europe. In the Dolomites, mountain lovers find ideal conditions. ISPO.com presents the three most beautiful hut tours.

In the Himalayas, between Nepal and China, rises Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth. And more and more people want to climb it, but it's not that easy.

Alex Txikon wants to go down in the history books with his winter ascent of Manaslu. The Spaniard combines extreme mountaineering with sustainability.

Kilian Jornet is a trail running and ski mountaineering superstar and one of the top speakers at ISPO Munich Online. At ISPO.com, the athlete talks about his responsibility as a sports role model and sustainability in mountaineering.

If you watch Alexander Megos climbing, you might come to the conclusion the idea of gravity is "fake news". Now the professional climber from the German town of Erlangen is preparing for the rather unloved combined competition at the Olympics as one of the world's best on the rock.

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is high-altitude climber, first female conqueror of all 14 eight-thousanders without oxygen and a trained nurse. In an interview with ISPO.com she looks back on her 50th birthday with great satisfaction, gratitude and joy.