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Part one of what happend, in alpinism and in climbing, in 2012. A summary, for obvious reason incomplete, of the climbs, the most beautiful achievements and also the most painful moments in 2012. In the hope that this résumé serves...

The fourth video of the Nanga Parbat 2012 winter expedition of Simone Moro and Denis Urubko.

News from Nanga Parbat: Simone Moro and Denis Urubko continue to explore their hopes and the mountain itself. Yesterday they ventured to beyond 5800m to reach the base of the couloir which they will attempt to climb via their (new)...

18/01/2012. mario merelli died this morning at 8:00am while climbing up Pizzo Redorta (Val Seriana, Bergamo, Italy). Merelli was one of the most famous Italian alpinists and Himalayan mountaineers and one of the driving forces of the Bergamo mountaineering scene.

On 20/07 the Italians Karl Unterkircher and Daniele Bernasconi reached the summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) via the virgin North Face, climbing a beautiful route and resolving one of the most famous problems in the Himalaya.

On 02.05.07 Silvio Mondinelli and Marco Confortola reached the summit of Cho Oyu (8201m) in just 19 hours and without supplementary oxygen.

On 09/04/07 Renzo Benedetti climbed to C1 on Dhaulagiri as did mario merelli and Mario Panzeri. Silvio Mondinelli, Marco Confortola and Alberto Maglianohave reached Kathmandu and are heading for Cho Oyu. Nives Meroi and Romano Benet are heading the Everest...

On 24 July at 13.20 local time the Italian Ragni di Lecco mountaineers Mario Panzeri and mario merelli reached the 8035m high summit of Gasherbrum II, together with Lina Quesada from Spain.

A six-man Nepali-Tibetan team has summited Everest, while the Spaniards Inaki Ochoa de Olza and Jorge Echoeaga reached the summit of Manaslu (8.163m) on 29 April.

At 11.30 on 25/07/2005 Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov reached the summit of Broad Peak (8.048m Himalaya, Karakorum) via a new route up the SW Face.

Christian Kuntner dies after being hit by an avalanche on Annapurna. Mario Panzeri, mario merelli, Daniele Bernasconi, Ed Viesturs from America and Veikka Gustafsson all reach the summit of Annapurna, while Romano Benet, Nives Meroi and Luca Vuerich have abandoned...

On 30/03 Romano Benet, Nives Meroi, Luca Vuerich, Inaki Ochoa, Erri De Luca, Cesare Giuliani, Roberto Alloi, Mario Cedolin, Klemen Gricar, Christan Stangl, Peter Guggemos and Ivan Vallejo depart for Dhaulagiri., then Annapurna.

Alex Busca, Claudio Bastrentaz, Karl Unterkircher and mario merelli of the Expedition K2-2004 summit Everest without supplementary oxygen on 24/05/2004

On 8 October the Italian mountaineer Sergio Martini reached the summit of Shisha Pangma Central Peak

At 13.00 on 6 October the Italians Silvio Mondinelli and mario merelli reached the Central Peak of Shisha Pangma

On 8/09 Silvio Mondinelli, Domenico Di Bartolomeo, mario merelli, Marco D’Ercole, Roberto Delle Monache, Antonio Acerbo and Alberto Magliano departed for Shisha Pangma (8013m).