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18/04/2005 - Climbing
Tomas Mrazek 9a redpoint and 8b+ onsights Tomas Mrazek from the Czech Republic has redpointed Martin Krpan 9a, and onsighted Karisma 8b+ and Bastilija 8b+ at Misja Pec, Slovenia
11/04/2005 - Competitions
Tour du Rutor On 9/04 Guido Giacomelli and Mirko Mezzanotte won the Tour du Rutor, the final stage of the World Cup 2005, won by the Frenchmen Gachet Gregory and Perrier Florent ahead of Giacomelli and Mezzanotte and the Swiss duo Blanc and Brosse.
25/03/2005 - Events
Swiss glacier plastic wrap vs. global warming The Gurschen glacier (Andermatt, Switzerland) will be wrapped in plastic to prevent it from melting due to global warming.
23/03/2005 - Climbing
Parisse feels Fontainebleau Karma On 15 March Luca Parisse repeated Karma 8a+ at Fontainebleau, Paris, France.
16/03/2005 - Alpinism
Italian spiders rock Chile's Cochamo valley A small Italian Ragni expedition has just returned from a successful 40-day trip to Chile, where it made the most of fantastic weather conditions to climb series of routes in the Azufre and Cochamó valley.
14/03/2005 - Competitions
Mezzanotte and Battel win Lagorai Cima d’Asta On Sunday 13 May Mirco Mezzanotte and Carlo Battel won the 15th ski mountaineering competition Sci Alpinistica Lagorai Cima d’Asta.
17/02/2005 - Alpinism
Sass dla Crusc: "Loss lei, heb schun", 1st repeat and winter ascent On Saturday 12 February the two moutain Guides Nicola Tondini and Adam Holzknecht made the first repeat and consequently also the first winter ascent of "Loss lei, heb schun" on the massively exposed Sass dla Crusc, Dolomites.
17/01/2005 - Climbing
Mexico rock paradise: El Potrero Chico Silvestro Stucchi introduces El Potrero Chico, a rock paradise in Mexico
14/01/2005 - Alpinism
Moro and Morawski first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma! On 14/01/2004 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski made the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m), climbing without supplementary oxygen and high altitude porters.
14/01/2005 - Events
Forbes votes PlanetMountain best climbing site PlanetMountain has been voted best climbing site according to Forbes, the world's premier magazine for business and financial news.
10/01/2005 - Alpinism
Kandersteg: incredible idefalls in Switzerland Anna Torretta talks about the icefalls at Kandersteg, Switzerland
21/12/2004 - Competitions
ski mountaineering competition calendar 2004-2005 The ski mountaineering competition calendar for the winter season 2004-2005.
16/12/2004 - Climbing
Kalymnos, 2 new multi-pitches At the start of December Giovanni Ongaro, Fabio Palma, Simone Pedeferri and Marco Vago travelled to Kalymnos, Greece, where they made the first ascent of two new multi-pitch routes.
25/11/2004 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma, Winter Expedition 2004-2005 On 29/11, Simone Moro, Jan Szulc, Dariusz Zaluski Jacek Jawien and Piotr Morawski head for Tibetto attempt the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).
09/11/2004 - Climbing
Kalymnos Rock Festival report At the start of October more than 500 climbers from all over the world gathered in Kalymnos for the second Kalymnos Rock Climbing Festival.
14/10/2004 - Alpinism
Ogden and Martin hard and free in Greenland Americans Jared Ogden and Nathan Martin complete a new free line on Nalumasortoq’s 2,000-foot face, Greenland.
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