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29/04/2011 - Alpinism
Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks and the second to do so...

29/04/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 - the bouldering game in Val Masino More than 2200 people have pre-registered for the 8th Melloblocco, the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting due to take place in Val Masino, italy from 5 - 8 may 2011.

27/04/2011 - Events
59th TrentoFilmFestival, select events The 59th Trento Film Festival takes place from 28 April to 8 May to celebrate mountains, society, cinema and literature. Numerous mountaineering personalities gather in italy's Trento including Messner, Herzog, Bonatti, Mazeaud, Erri De Luca, Mauro Corona, Neri Marcoré, Enrico Brizzi and Mario Brunello.

21/04/2011 - Competitions
Milan Climbing flash: The Bouldering World Cup and the other visions The Bouldering World Cup as seen through the (enamoured) eyes of Nicola Noè and Nicoletta Costi and the particular photos taken by Diego Neonati.

20/04/2011 - Interviews
Chris Sharma, the Margalef minutes Interview with American climber Chris Sharma after his successful first ascent of First Round, First Minute at Margalef, Spain.

18/04/2011 - Competitions
Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011, Milan results The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2011 was won by Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) and Jain Kim (KOR). Jakob Schubert and Anna Stöhr placed second while Rustam Gelmanov (RUS) and Melissa La Neve (FRA) placed third. The Speed event was won by the Russians Sergey Sinitsyn and Kseniia Alekseeva....

16/04/2011 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2011: Mount Logan and Greenland Big Walls the winners Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto.

15/04/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 - everyone's bouldering in Val Masino From 5 - 8 May 2011 the 8th edition of the Melloblocco will take place in Val Masino, Sondrio, italy. The Melloblocco is the biggest and most important bouldering meeting in the world and this year it is dedicated to the International Year of Forests.

13/04/2011 - Competitions
Milan Climbing 2011, the climbing World Cup kicks off in Milan The first stage of the Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011 will take place from Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 April in Milan. 166 athletes from all over the world will travel to the enchaning Sempione Park for these four spectacular climbing days.

12/04/2011 - Climbing
Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise Eva Scroccaro repeats "Il Padrone Assoluto" 8a/8a+ at Napoleonica and the video of Tito Traversa climbing "Je est un autre" 8b at Castillon in France, filmed by Andrea Tosi.

07/04/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in the world.

06/04/2011 - Events
The earthquake in Abruzzo, two years on Published below is an open letter written by Agostino Cittadini, a Mountain Guide from L'Aquila, who invites everyone to not forget the terrible earthquake which shook the Abruzzo region on 6 April two years ago...

05/04/2011 - Climbing
Fred Nicole, seek and you shall find Two beautiful boulder problems, Mandragore and Portici, established by the Swiss climber Fred Nicole close to Domodossola and Cresciano.

30/03/2011 - Trekking
Via ferrata Rino Pisetta in Valle del Sarca, new start A new start for the Via ferrata Rino Pisetta on Piccolo Dain in Valle del Sarca (Arco), italy.

25/03/2011 - Climbing
Tito Traversa, 8b at Tetto di Sarre On 24/03/2011 Tito Traversa sent his second 8b, Criptonite at the Tetto di Sarre in italy

24/03/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Res-Max, first descent in the Adamello – Presanella range On 11/03/2011 Giuliano Bordoni, Bruno Compagnet, Minna Riihamaki and Oli Herrer carried out the first descent of the gully located between Canale del Dito and Canale Pericle-Sacchi in the Adamello - Presanella range, italy
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