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06/12/2012 - Events
Conrad Anker and Simone Moro at London for the TNF Speaker Series 2012 The final stage of the The North Face Speaker Series 2012 took place in London on 20/11/2012 with two great alpinists: America's Conrad Anker and italy's Simone Moro. The themes couldn't have been any others than alpinism and the Himalaya, from Meru to Gasherbrum II.

05/12/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2013 The Ice Climbing World Cup 2013 begins in January and takes place in South Korea, Switzerland, italy, Romania and Russia.

04/12/2012 - Climbing
Climbing at Sperlonga on the Avancorpo di Sinistra The beautiful crag Avancorpo di Sinistra at SperlongaiIn italy's Lazio region: 25 routes from 4c - 6c+, ideal in autumn and winter.

29/11/2012 - Alpinism
Dôme des Écrins, the search continues for the three missing Italian alpinists The Briançon Gendarmerie is continuing its search for Francesco Cantù, Damiano Barabino and Luca Gaggianese, the three Italian alpinists who have been missing for 4 days in the Écrins massif (Dauphiné Alps, France).

26/11/2012 - Alpinism
Aladaglar, two new Turkish rock climbs by Larcher, Giupponi, Sartori In July and August 2012 Italian climbers Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori returned to Turkey's Aladaglar massif where they established and freed "Nessuno" (470m, 8a+ max, 7b obligatory) up the North Face of Cima Vay Vay and "Radio Eksen" (200m, 7c max, 7a+ obligatory) in the Cimbar Valley.

22/11/2012 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival, new Ticino boulder problems In Ticino, Switzerland's bouldering paradise, Nalle Hukkataival from Finland has established numerous new boulder problems including Momentum 8C and Off the Wagon 8B+ in Val Bavona.

19/11/2012 - Climbing
Capo Pecora, italy's most exotic trad climbing area Maurizio Oviglia discusses the latest developments at Capo Pecora and the new trad climbs in Sardinia, italy.

15/11/2012 - Alpinism
Denis Urubko and his discovery of vertical Spain Kazakh mountaineer Denis Urubko and his trip to Spain, an intense tour with talented Spanish alpinist Alex Txikon to reach the Vielha Festival on time...

12/11/2012 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher and Melissa Le Nevé outstanding at Red River Gorge At Red River Gorge (USA) Jacopo Larcher has sent his first 9a, while Melissa Le Nevé has redpointed her first 8c+.

08/11/2012 - Alpinism
International Master’s Course in Mountain Medicine, the final report by Doctor Luigi Festi The 1st International Master Course in Mountain Medicine will be completed with the final thesis and diploma at the Insubria University. This project, unique and innovative, came to life as a real challenge and involved 14 doctors from all of italy, combining technical ability with hands on experience and mountain...

07/11/2012 - Climbing
Michi Wohlleben frees Hystrix German climber Michi Wohlleben has made the first free ascent of Hystrix (200m, 8a+ max, 7a obligatory), the climb established by Matteo Giglio with partners up the north face of Pizzo Campana (Rocca Busambra), close to Palermo, italy.

30/10/2012 - Climbing
Red River Gorge: Adam Ondra 9a flash and Ashima Shiraishi 8c+ redpoint At Red River Gorge (USA) Adam Ondra has flashed Southern Smoke Direct 9a, while young Ashima Shiraishi has repeated the 8c+ climbs Southern smoke and Lucifer.

30/10/2012 - Alpinism
Arwa Spire, Roger Schäli and Simon Gietl free Fior di Vite In September 2012 Roger Schäli and Simon Gietl made the first free ascent of Fior di Vite (800m, 90°, M5, 7a) up Arwa Spire (6193m), India, the route established by Schäli himself along with Hasler and Harvey in 2002.

26/10/2012 - Climbing
Amiata, new boulder problems in Tuscany by Michele Caminati A new sport climb and new boulder problems at Amiata in italy's Tuscany: Michele Caminati has freed the highball Apollo 7B+ and made the first repeat of Alibracciapinne 8b.

26/10/2012 - Climbing
Grotta del Ferro, new route by Simone Pedeferri in Val di Mello Simone Pedeferri has freed Dream of love 8c at Grotta del Ferro, Val di Mello, italy.

25/10/2012 - Climbing
Pearson and Ciavaldini climbing in italy Video of James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini at Muzzerone in the footsteps of Italian sport climbing history.
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