| 1359 news reports: from 1 to 20. |
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18/08/2008 |
| James Pearson climbing interview |
| Interview with the English climber James Pearson, the man responsible for some of the hardest pyscholgical outings on gritstone and flashes of Font 8b boulder problems. |
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08/08/2008 |
| Mont Blanc hike for Tibet |
| From 8 – 24 August a hike around Mont Blanc has been organised in support of the Tibetan people. The march is synchronised with the XXIII Olympic Games in Peking. |
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07/08/2008 |
| Rocca La Meya, new route AlpStation d'Isera |
| On 23 July 2008 Elisabetta Caserini and Ezio Marlier carried out the first ascent of Alpstation d’Isera (270m 7a, 6b+ obl) on Rocca La Meya (Southern Alpi Cozie, Piemonte). |
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06/08/2008 |
| K2, an end and a never ending story |
| Italian mountaineer Marco Confortola has been transported by helicopter down to valley. People are now slowly beginning to think about what happened during these last few days on K2. |
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05/08/2008 |
| Babanov and Afanasiev climb new route on Gasherbrum I |
| On 01 August 2008 Valery Babanov and Viktor Afanasiev climbed a new route up the SW Face of Gasherbrum I (8068m). The ascent comes in the wake of the Russian climbers new route on Broad Peak (8047m), carried out on 17 July. |
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05/08/2008 |
| Marco Confortola descending to Base Camp |
| Marco Confortola has descended from Camp 1 together with George Dijmarescu, the American mountaineer who together with two high altitude porters climbed up to join him. He is expected soon in Base Camp, while details about the turn of events which marked the last 4 days on K2 begin to unfold. |
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04/08/2008 |
| K2: Marco Confortola towards C1 |
| Marco Confortola is currently descending to Camp 1 at 5900m in the company of an American mountaineer and a high altitude porter. |
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02/08/2008 |
| Emergency on K2 |
| 12 mountaineers including Marco Confortola have been forced to bivvy above the Bottleneck due to a serac fall which swept away the fixed ropes. They are currently attempting to descend. |
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01/08/2008 |
| Broad Peak for Nardi, Panzeri and Gustaffson |
| On 31/07 the Italian mountaineers Mario Panzeri and Daniele Nardi and Viekka Gustaffson from Finnland reached the summit of Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world. |
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29/07/2008 |
| Silvretta bouldering repeats |
| Kilian Fischhuber and Corny Obleitner repeat Memento Fb 8c+ while Berni Schwaiger repeats Anam Cara Fb 8c, all freed by Bernd Zangerl in the Silvretta, Austria. |
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