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Mauro Bubu Bole makes the first free ascent of the Camillotto Pellisier route on the Cima Grande di Lavaredo, grading it F8b

On 19/02/2003 the German climber Alex Huber soloed Opportunist 8b, Schleierwasserfall, Austria

From 10-13 October the Italian mountain village Sesto will host an international Forum entitled "The art of climbing in 2002 - a reflection".

Jacques Perrin’s Le Peuple Migrateur has won the 50th International Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure “Città di Trento”.

The Italian Kurt Astner has freed two new mixed routes in Valle di Landro, South Tyrol, including Fly in the Wind.

On 13 to 15 August the Italian Kurt Astner made the first free ascent of Akut, his route first climbed in August 2000 on the impressive north face of the Cima Ovest di Lavaredo.

On 18 July Alexander Huber frees "Bellavista" 8c on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, first climbed in winter 1999

Patrick Bérhault has almost finished his Alpine traverse from Slovenia to France

Interview with Hans Kammerlander, one of the driving forces in the mountaineering world, before his departure for K2.

French alpinist Catherine Destivelle has made a solitary repeat of the Hasse - Brandler route up Cima Grande, tre cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

In January the Pustertal alpinists Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner scored a real coup by making, in two attempts, the first winter ascent of Via Barbier up the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo. This difficult climb was established in summer 1989 by the Czech brothers Miroslav Coubal and...