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The debut to the Lead World Cup 2012 was won last weekend by an amazing Sachi Amma and by Mina Markovic, more combative than ever before. The Speed event was won by Stanislav Kokorin from Russia and Aleksandra Rudzinska from poland. Russian Yuliya Levochkina set the new female speed world...

The expedition of Sandy Allan, Rick Allen and Cathy O’Dowd to attempt the unclimbed Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, Pakistan.

Interview with Polish climber Marek Raganowicz who in April and May 2012 established a new big wall climb, Superbalance (VII, A4, M7+) up Polar Sun Spire on Baffin Island together with Marcin Tomaszewski.

Video of the first highline in the Tatra mountain range, poland, carried out on 10/08/2011.

April heralds the start of Rockshow 2012, the tour promoted by Salewa and open to everyone. This journey across nine European cuontries aims to discover the climber with the "vertical X-factor" and will culminate in July with the final at the Outdoor fair in Friedrichshafen. Registration is open for all...

The video of Nico Favresse and Adam Pustelnik making the first repeat of Orbayu on Naranjo de Bulnes, Spain.

At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen.

Nicolas Favresse and Adam Pustelnik have made the first and second repeat of Orbayu on the Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos de Europa, Spain.

The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 was won by Jakob Schubert. Four women shared victory: Caroline Ciavaldini, Angela Eiter, Mina Markovic and Jain Kim.

In April 2011 Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski from poland established Polish Princess (7b+max, 270m) on Dragon Horns (Bukit Nanek Simukut) on Tioman Island, Malaysia.

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...

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.

At 11:28 local time Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards reached the summit of Gasherbrum II. This is the first winter ascent of the 13th highest mountain in the world, a historic climb which is also the first winter ascent of one of the five 8000ers located in Pakistan.

Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro, two months prior to his next expedition to attempt the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (Karakorum, Pakistan) together with Denis Urubko.

Adam Pustelnik from poland has repeated Action Directe 9a first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in the Frankenjura, Germany.

The worldclass version of the Rock Master takes place in Arco from 16 -18 July. A quick glance at the 170+ athletes taking part in this important event which acts as a pre-event to the IFSC Climbing World Championship 2011.