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On 17/01 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski aborted their attempt at 7700m of make the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).

Romano Benet, Nives Meroi, Luca Verich have successfully climbed both gasherbrum i and II

On 25/10 Denis Urubko, together with Maxut Zhumauev, Vassily Pivtsov and Alexey Raspopov summit Shisha Pangma (8013 m).

The good weather spell that started last week seems to be holding out enabling many mountaineers to reach the various summits including Everest and Makalu. Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Inurrategi summit Annapurna.

All seven members of the The Kazakhstan Expedition have successfully reached the summit of Kangchenjunga, including Denis Urubko

The Italians Mondinelli, Blanc, Favre, Busca, Rosset have all successfully summited Dhaulagiri. The Spaniard Pepe Garces dies during the descent.

The Himalaya veterans Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli departed for Dhaulagiri on 9 September. A strong Slovenian expedition heads for Cho Oyu

The Italian Silvio Mondinelli climbs his third 8000m peak this season by summiting gasherbrum i

The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2

Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli reached the summit of Everest and have descended to Base Camp. Denis Urubko and Simone Moro have descended to BC. Spanish expedition success via Everest North Face. Lhotse Middleclimbed by a Russian expedition.

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

'Karakorum 2000' forced to abandon North Face attempt

Bad weather slows progress on K2 and Gasherbrum II

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

Interview with Hans Kammerlander, one of the driving forces in the mountaineering world, before his departure for K2.