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Nicolas favresse invites all to reflect about the human impact of our vertical activity, and launches his appeal for sustainable climbing.

Nicolas favresse has made the first ascent of Inshallah 8c/8c+ in the North Cape sector, Kalymnos, Greece.

This summer a four-man team comprised of the Belgians Sean Villanueva, Nicolas favresse, his brother Olivier favresse and Adam Pustelnik from Poland travelled to Pakistan where they made three impressive big wall first ascents in the Charakusa Valley.

Nicolas favresse has made the first ascent of"Gora gu ta gutarrak" 8c+, Yann Ghesquiers repeated "Titantrope" 8c+ at Kalymnos, Greece

On 30 August Nicolas favresse made the first ascent of "Lost in translation" a 400m, 10-pitch free climb (5.12b/c) on the East Face of El Capitan together with 30-year-old Ivo Ninov from Bulgaria.

A strong young Belgian team comprised of Nicolas favresse, Olivier favresse, Seán Villanueva, Mike Lecomte and Philippe Ceulemans has made a rare repeat of Riders on the Storm, situated in the Torres del Paine and undoubtedly one of the crown jewels in Patagonia's repertoire of classic climbs.

Yosemite news roundup. On 17 October Tommy Caldwell made a sub-12 hour ascent of the Nose, just days after his free ascent together with wife Beth Rodden. Nicolas favresse from Belgium makes first ascent of L'Appât on El Capitan (VI 5.12d). Leo Houlding from England onsighted Half Dome's Regular Northwest...

Angela Eiter from Austria and Ramón Julián Puigblanque from Spain have won the second round of the Lead Worldcup 2005 held in Puurs, Belgium, last weekend.

Tomas Mrazek and Natalija Gros win the first stage of World Cup Difficulty 2004 in Puurs (BEL).

Alexandre Chabot and Angela Eiter win the seventh stage of the World Cup Difficulty in Valence

Alexandre Chabot and Muriel Sarkany, winners of the World Cup Difficulty 2002, won the first stage of the World Cup 2003 in Imst (AUT) on Saturday 24 May.

Alexandre Chabot and Martina Cufar win the Goldfinger International Master 2003 in Brussels on 26/05/2003

Over 400 climbers gathered in Bishop, California at the start of December in a highly successful three-day event designed to raise funds for the American Access Fund.

The 22 year old Belgian Nicolas favresse has recently freed "Le Clou", an 8c that could stand as the hardest route in the country.

The Goldfinger International Master 2001 was won on Saturday by the Andreas Bindhammer and Martina Cufar

The Goldfinger International Master 2001 takes place in Brussels on 17 March