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Last week Stefan Glowacz, Kurt Albert, Holger Heuber, Gunda Frühwald and the photographer Klaus Fengler set off to Mexico to climb the 1000m big wall El Gigante

The German Alexander Huber finds and frees El Corazon 5.13b on El Capitan, Yosemite, America

The 37-year-old Italian Alessandro Jolly Lamberti has made the long-awaited first repeat of Fred Rouhling’s 20m testpiece, situated in the Vallée des Eaux Claires, France

Valerio Folco, Tom McMillan and Bruce Bindner make the third ascent of El Capitan's Tempest (A4 R)

The Italian Valerio Folco travels to Yosemite to climb 'Tempest', El Capitan

Three years of trying, walking up to the crag, putting on climbing shoes, lighting incense, chalking up and setting off for the next attempt. Chris Sharma has now realised his dream called Biographie - Realization.

Helly Hansen’s half-yearly magazine has now matured to its fourth edition, and this can be received free by filling out the order form on www.hellyhansen.com

On 12/08/01 Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani redpointed their project of the SW Face of the Marmolada.

Chris McNamara recommends five super classic rock climbs in Yosemite Valley, California, USA.

The protagonists of Makalu 200 give their version of the ascent to the summit of Makalu Himal, written by Giampaolo Corona plus some considerations by the 'Aquile di San Martino di Castrozza e Primiero'

The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2001 took place in Gap on 30/06 - 1/07 and was won by the French duo Miriam Motteau and Jerome Meyer

On 16/06/01 Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles freed 9 out of 10 pitches of "The West Face" on the Leaning Tower, Yosemite.

The Austrian Bernd Zangerl makes the first repeat of Fred Nicole's Dreamtime 8c, Tessino, Switzerland

In two months Iker Pou repeats Fred Nicole’s Elfe in Switzerland, and a number or testpieces in the Frankenjura, including Maharadscha Fb 8b, Showdown (8c), Raubritter (8c) and Wolfgang Güllich’s rarely repeated Wallstreet Original (8c/8c+)

Severino Scassa and Simone Sarti climb Hotel Supramonte at P.ta Cucuttos, Gole di Gorropu, Sardinia

Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber free climb Golden Gate in 2000 on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.