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In the Thien Shan mountain range, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Maksut Jumayev ascended Mramornayestina (6400m). A second group of alpinists from Kazakistan, Kirghistan and Uzbekistan led by Rinat Khaibullin successully completed the Karli Tau - Marble Wa

In January 2001 Christian Bindhammer makes the third ascent of "The Big Mother" (8c+) at Erto and climbs "Coxa Distorta" 8b+ FBtr in the Frankenjura

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.

The French duo Stephane Husson and Liv Sansoz win the second stage of IWC in Valle di Daone

The long awaited Ice World Cup 2001 finally gets underway in Pitztal tomorrow

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 26/11 in Valsavarenche (Valle d'Aosta) the Italian Erik Svab repeats 'Welcome to the Machine', M9 and 'Never say Never', M8+ leashless

Yuji Hirayama and Liv Sansoz win the fifth leg at Kranj and in doing so conquer the World Cup Difficulty 2000

On 3/11/2000, Pietro Dal Prà freed 'Hotel Supramonte', the route established by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani in the Gole di Gorropu, Sardinia

'Mysterious Mamberamo', directed and produced by Pavol Barabas, wins Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000

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+.

On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the South Face of Everest

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.

113 boulder problems from Fb 3 to Fb 8a at Passo Sella, Northern Italy

Sardinia's hardest multi-pitch route, "Hotel Supramonte" 8b, repeated by Stefan Glowacz

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