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Tengkangpoche North Face first ascent by Steck and Anthamatten
Ueli Steck and Simon Anthamatten have made the first ascent of the N Face of Tengkangpoche (Teng Kang Poche) via their route Schachmatt (2000m, VI/85° ice, M7+/6 A0).

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		Everest and Cho Oyu access closed until Spring 2008 Chinese authorities have closed access to Everest and nearby Cho Oyu, suspending climbing permits until 10 May.

Events

		Saint Vincent Award for Mountain Professionals – the award ceremony On the 7th, of March Valery Babanov, Hervé Barmasse, Ettore Taufer, Giovanni Amort, Elio Sganga and Marco Farina (Alpine Training and ...

Alpinism

		Central Tower of Paine new Italian route in Patagonia On 07/02/2008 Rolando Larcher, Fabio Leoni and Elio Orlandi reached the summit of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia, via their new route called ...

Alpinism

		Broad Peak winter attempt: Simone Moro and Co. towards Camp 3 Simone Moro, Shaheen Baig and Qudrat Ali are attempting Broad Peak, Pakistan in winter. At present they have established Camp 2 at 6200m,

Aconcagua West Face new route

Ermanno Salvaterra, the Torre traverse and the future of mountaineering in Patagonia

Jebel Misht Oman: new route by Pavle Kozjek and Miskovic

Torre traverse completed by Garibotti and Haley

Piolet d'Or XVII suspended

Expeditions news

News and events from the mountaineering, climbing, skiing & trekking world.

		05/05/2008
		Dhaulagiri success for Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Edurne Pasabán and Ivan Vallejo

		01/05/2008
		Tengkangpoche North Face first ascent by Steck and Anthamatten

		30/04/2008
		Tibet, the Olympic torch heads for Everest

		17/04/2008
		Reinhold Messner and the mountaineering world stand up for Tibet

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Archive

Urubko and Samoilov summit Broad Peak via new route

Alan Hinkes climbs world's 14 highest peaks!

Moro and Morawski first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma 2005

Women and Chalk
Mauro Bole's new route on Shipton Spire, Trango

Patagonia by Water
A traverse from one ocean to the next through fjords and across the Hielo Continental Sur glacier

Water in the desert
The La Venta team explores mexico's Cuatrociènegas valley

Makalu 2001
The Italian expedition to climb Makalu, on the border between Nepal and Tibet

Golden Pillar, Spantik 7028m.

Greenland 2000
Nalumasortoq, Third Pillar

Simone Moro and his Everest adventure 2000

Tomaz Humar
New route on the South Face of Dhaulagiri, Nov 1999

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		Ciao Patrick, new route on Khali Himal Simone Moro and the new route on the North Face of Baruntse North, Nepal, Himalaya.

		The Crystal Snake The Benegas brothers climb a daring new line up the North Face of Nuptse 7855m

		Rock climbing in the Pamir Alay Central Asia, forbidden mountains and a granite paradise.

		Everest North Face The routes from Tibet.

		Ogre finally repeated after 24 years by Huber, Wolf and Stöcker in July 2001.