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In March 2012 Belarus climber Sergei Shaferov established a series of sport climbs at Okuzini in Turkey, the most difficult being All inclusive 8c/c+.

Today, Friday 30 March 2012 at 11:30 at Mater Ecclesiae in Sassari, the final farewell to Lorenzo Castaldi “Enzolino”, for the numerous alpinists and climbers who met him at the crags, in the mountains and the alpine forums for which he was one of the most impassioned and careful contributors.

Adam Ondra has freed the route To tu jeste nebyl 9a, bolted ground-up together with Ondra Benes at Labak in the Czech Republic. Adam Ondra reports.

From 15 - 16 March 2012 Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli carried out the first winter traverse of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. The report by Simon Gietl.

The video of the BASE jump off Great Trango Tower in Pakistan carried out by Glenn Singleman and Nic Feteris.

The last stage of the Ice climbing World Cup took pace in Kirov, Russia last weekend and was won by Angelika Rainer from Italy and Maxim Tomilov. Both these athletes win the overall ranking 2012.

At Burbage North on England's gritstone Michele Caminati has sent the boulder problems The Voyager 8B, The Promise (7B+) and the route Three Blind Mice E7 6c.

On 4 March 2012 the body of Ukrainian mountaineer Maria Khitrikova was discovered of Mount Elbrus, Russia.

A team comprised of Ines Papert, Rudi Hauser, Lukas Seiwald, Kurt Astner, Emanuele Ciullo, Thomas Senf and Scott Milton has just returned from the Romsdalen region in Norway where they repeated a series of routes and made the first ascents of a number of important new ice climbs.

Iker Pou has freed Enemigo Público Nº1 8c+/9a) at the Spanish crag Margalef, while at Ilarduia he has freed Harroputza 9a.

In summer 2011 Gerhard Schaar and Ines Peschel visited the Miyar Valley (India) where they established a series of new routes.

On the big wall El Gran Trono Blanco in Mexico Alex Honnold and Will Stanhope have repeated the Pan-American route and freed Giraffe (8a).

Vallon du Lou and Vallon Polset, two off piste freeride itineraries introduced by Mountain Guide Paolo Tombini.

Five icefalls in the canyon Forra del Vinadia, Zia Mia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Zanna Bianca e Trip terapia introduced by Massimo Candolini and Marco Milanese

Two short videos of Paul Robinson repeating the classic gritstone boulder problems Brad Pitt and The Ace at Stanage Edge in England.

Video portrait of Spanish climber Daniel "Dani" Andrada, by Haroun Souirji.