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Fantastic snow conditions around the Mt Blanc Courmayeur area allowed the four action sports photographers and the professional snowboarders and freeskiers to explore their creativity and skills to the fullest for the Killer Loop Click on the Mountain by Courmayeur Mont Blanc 2014. After long deliberations, Tero Repo and Daniel...

The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.

Interview with French alpinist Stéphane Benoist after the recent, epic ascent of the South Face of Annapurna carried out together with Yannick Graziani.

On 16 November 2013 a portion of the NW arête collapsed from Cima Su Alto in the Civetta group, Dolomites.

The two French climbers Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist who reached the summit of Annapurna via the south face on October 24th have been taken by helicopter to Kathmandu. Benoist is reported to have suffered frostbite. They may be back in France already by tomorrow.

Video of the incredible winguit flight of American BASE jumper Jeb Corliss who flew through a narrow crack on Mount Jianglang in China

Interview with Polish alpinist Marek Raganowicz who talks about the new big wall Bushido (VII– A4 VII+), established together with Marcin Tomaszewski up Great Trango Tower, Karakorum, Pakistan.

The video of French climber Romain Desgranges on Digital Crack 8a, Mont Blanc.

Luca Pandolfi talks about his descent of Grand Couloir of Sentinelle Rouge, carried out with Ben Briggs and Tom Grant on 5 July 2013.

Using his own experience as a basis, Elio Bonfanti explores some thoughts about alpinism and climbing and their risks.

Almost all expeditions are leaving Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face base camp after yesterday's terrorist attack which resulted in 10 alpinists dead.

Alpinism, courses, safety and fun on stunning Mont Blanc. The simple recipe of the Arc'teryx Alpine Academy 2013 that took place from 14 - 16 June at Chamonix to find out more about climbing and alpinism.

In this interview we ask Simone Moro, Maurizio Folini and Armin Senoner to speak about their helicopter rescue operations carried out between April and May this year in the Nepalese Himalayas, about their records but also about the prospects and difficulties of operating on the highest mountains in the world....

Spanish mountaineer Juanjo Garra has died on Dhaulagiri (8167m).

French alpinist Gaëlle Cavalié was found alive and well on Saturday 18 May after going missing in the Mont Blanc massif. On Tuesday 14 May Cavalié had set off to climb Aiguille Verte.

On 15 May Russian alpinist Alexey Bolotov died above the Khumbu Icefall on the South Face of Everest.