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As in 2000, Helly Hansen and the American Alpine Club will assign the Helly Hansen Mountain Adventure Awards 2001 to three small exploratory expeditions

The Pamir Alay is an immense region wedged between the republics of Kirghistan and Tajikistan , dominated by the giant Pic Communism (7495m) and Pic Lenin (7134m), once the highest mountains in the now defunct Soviet Union. By Marco Borghetti, Roberto Invernizzi and Stefano Righetti.

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling

François Legrand frees his project "Robi in the Sky" at Les Goudes (Calanques) and suggests 8c+/9a

The 11th "Rassemblement International des Glacieristes du Fournel" will take place in Argentiere - La Bessée from the 10th to the 14th of January 2001 and the CAF will award the prestigious "Piolet d'Or"

Manu Ibarra and Massimo Farina set up four new routes and Erik Svab repeats others in the Haston Cave, Valsavarenche, Val di Cogne, Italy.

On 23/08/2000 the expedition comprised of S. Glowacz, K. Albert, H. Hember and G. Heidorn established 'Odyssey 2000' on the unclimbed Polar Bear Spire on Canada's Baffin Island

On the East Face of La Esfinge (5325m) in the Paron Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Mauro Bole, Silvo Karo and photographer Boris Strmsek have established Cruz del Sur, an 800m big wall climb graded 7c+.

Four new routes on Ciarforin, Gran Paradiso, Italy.

On Mount Nalumasortoq above the Tasermiut Fjord in Southern Greenland Jerome Arpin, Mario Manica and Francesco Vaudo made the first ascent of Non c'è due senza tre, a new big wall climb up the mountain's Third Pillar. Report by Antonella Cicogna.

French expedition climbs new route on NW Face of Puscanturpa Norte (5652m) in Peru's Huayhuash Cordillera.

'Karakorum 2000', Italian expedition to attempt unclimbed North Face of Gasherbrum II

"Himalaya" awarded Grand Prize by International Jury

Oviglia and Sarti add multi-pitch route in Sardinia's fantastic Gole di Gorroppu

The project to cross Patagonia by Marcello Cominetti and Lorenzo Nadali.

Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro before his attempt of the Everest - Lhotse Traverse.