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Tommy Vänskä, co-director of the film Kylmää kiveä, retraces the history of rock climbing in Finland.

Asa Firestone and the Centro de Escalada Urbana, the climbing initiative to help children living in the favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Anna Vollenweyder and Michael Schreiber, the winners of the Salewa RockShow 2012, were invited as VIP guests to Rockmaster 2012.

The climber you'd least expect: Prince Charles traversing a climbing wall in England.

Rock climbing around Imst in the Tyrol, Austria, advertised on a special lorry.

On 19 May the fourth stage of the Salewa RockShow 2012 at the Topo Pazzo Climbing House at Verres (Valle d'Aosta, Italy).

The first stage of the Salewa RockShow 2012 took place on Sunday 15 April 2012 at the El Cap climbing gym. 120 athletes celebrated this new beginning for L'Aquila in the competition circuit.

April heralds the start of Rockshow 2012, the tour promoted by Salewa and open to everyone. This journey across nine European cuontries aims to discover the climber with the "vertical X-factor" and will culminate in July with the final at...

The great bouldering contest to save the world kicked off on 20/12/2011 at the Wild King Boulder Arena in Verona, Italy. This competition will take place every month until 20/12/2012 and is open to everyone who wishes to battle it...

Once again Climb For Life raises awareness amongst climbers about the need for bone marrow transplant. The initiative by Pietro Dal Prà e Giovanni Spitale includes Climb for life T-shirts at indoor climbing walls.

On 16 April 2011 Nicola Tondini managed the second free ascent of "Testa o Croce" (185m, 8b max, 7c obligatory), the route on the Monte Cimo buttress (Val d’Adige) established together with Nicola Sartori in autumn 2009 and which Sartori...

On 5 March 2011 Maurizio "Manolo" Zanolla freed Eroi Fragili (8c, 30m), a new route he bolted in Val Noana (Pale di San Martino, Dolomites) next to another of his creations, Stramonio.

On 5 March 2011 the Italians Barry Bona and Simone Favero established Cugi's Corner, a new route up the NW Face of Cimon di Palantina (Col Nudo-Cavallo moutain chain, Alpago, Dolomites).

Eternit, the slab. Andrea Gallo and a day's climbing with Maurizio Manolo Zanolla at Baule (Dolomites, Italy)

After a long ordeal Giovanna Cantamessa died on 9 March 2010. Born in Turin and brought up in Bologna, the 55 year old had been coach and irreplaceable body and soul of the Italian Sport Climbing Federation since 2002.

Dorota Dubicka takes a look at the event which took place in Poland at the strat of December and attracted over 5000 visitors.