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10/01/2010 - Alpinism
Landslide in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan Via Simone Moro and his agency in Pakistan comes the terrible news of a landslide which struck the area close to the village Attabad in the Hunza Valley, causing deaths, destroying land communications and isolating circa 22000 people. Published below...
13/10/2009 - Alpinism
Eternal Flame, Nameless Tower - climbing history and Alexander Huber interview The history of Eternal Flame and an interview with Alexander Huber after the first free ascent of the route which climbs the Nameless Tower, Trango, Karakorum.
24/09/2009 - Climbing
Stevie Haston interview Interview with British climber Steve Haston after his recent first ascent of Descente Lolitta at the Grotte de Sabart in Ariege, France.
10/02/2009 - Events
ISPO Munich 2009. What crisis? Last Wednesday the ISPO Winter 2009, the largest outdoor trade show in the world, drew to a successful end for both exhibitors and visitors. In the following article we attempt to analyse the current state of new products and...
12/01/2009 - Climbing
Ryan Pasquill frees major new route at Ilkley, England Ryan Pasquill has made the first ascent of the impressive gritstone line to the left of The New Statesman at Ilkley, England. The route has been called Gerty Berwick.
15/11/2007 - Climbing
Lucy Creamer climbs E8 at Curbar, Peak District Lucy Creamer repeats "Slab and Crack" E8 6c at Curbar, Peak District and becomes the first British woman to breach this grade on gritstone.
21/12/2006 - Alpinism
Harald Berger At 14.15 on 20 December Harald Berger, the three times Ice Climbing World Champion, winner of numerous competitions and extremely talented rock climber, died beneath an immense quantity of ice which collapsed while he was climbing on the overhanging Eiskapelle...
06/03/2006 - Climbing
Hard gritstone repeats At Stanage John Welford makes a rare fifth ascent of Careless Torque Fb 8a+ while Tyler Landman repeats The Ace Fb 8b. Ryan Pasquill makes an impressive flash of Curbar's End of the Affair E8 6c.
24/10/2005 - Alpinism
18 killed by avalanche at Kang Guru (Annapurna) The news was announced on Nepalese television yesterday: 7 French mountaineers/trekkers and 11 Nepalese Sherpa have been killed by an avalanche at Kang Guru Base Camp. Kang Guru lies in the Manang region, close to Annapurna, Nepal and is 6981m...
30/03/2005 - Alpinism
Scott Muir Tsunami M12 in February Scott Muir from Scotland managed to make an important first ascent 'Tsunami' M12, at the Mission Impossible Cave in Northern Italy.
22/11/2002 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
It's snowing in the Alps! Finally the news many have been waiting for: it's snowing! And numerous lifts throughout the Alps have already opened, 10 days earlier than usual.
25/07/2002 - Alpinism
Pakistan expeditions 2002 Despite mounting political tension a large number of expeditions have decided to attempt Pakistan's peaks.
31/10/2000 - Events
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000 The Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000 and Banff Mountain Book Festival take place from 1-5 November and are preceded by the Banff Mountain Summit
20/10/2000 - Alpinism
Body discovered on Everest Davo Karnicar's Sherpas assert that the body he discovered when skiing down Everest was of Scott Fisher, the Mountain Guide who died on Everest in 1996
01/04/2000 - Interviews
Simone Moro, from sports climbing to 8000m summits Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro before his attempt of the Everest - Lhotse Traverse.
09/11/1999 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar's Odyssey on the South Face of Dhaulagiri Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar has made a remarkable solo ascent up the South Face of Dhaulagiri
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