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On 23 March Stefano Imperatori, Renzo Rossini and Germana Maiolatesi set out to make the first descent from the East summit of Corno Grande, Gran Sasso d'Italia, after having completed another "first descent" down the Galluccio crest, Monte Vettore, at the start of the month together with Andreas Brink.

Stefano Alippi has made the third repeat Les Sindacalistes, Cornalba's famous 8c+.

Ines Papert has made a series of hard mixed repeats, including the first female ascent of Mauro Bubu Bole's Mission Impossible M11 in Valsavarenche, Val di Cogne, Italy.

Massimo Da Pozzo, better known for his hard first ascents on the massive Dolomite walls around Cortina, Italy, has added two mixed routes in the Forra del Rio Felizon close to Cortina.

On 25.01.03 Robert Jasper redpointed what he believes to be his hardest creation ever, "Vertical limits", M12 E2 in the drytooling hotspot Ueschenen in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland.

On 27 January Kurt Astner flashed Mauro Bubu Bole's Mission Impossible next to the Haston cave, Valsavarenche, Va di Cogne, Italy.

The Italian climbers Cristian Brenna and Riccardo Scarian have made the most of the cold, clear weather to free some old projects dotted around northern Italy.

Alexei Tomilov and ines Papert win the second stage of the Ice World Cup in Daone 2003

Ines Papert and Harald Berger are the provisional leaders of the Ice World Cup second stage in Valle Daone 2003

No great surprises after the Open in the Ice master Valle di Daone

The Russian Dmitry Bychkov and the German Ines Papert win the first stage of the Ice World Cup 2003 in Pitztal, Austria

Valle di Daone: it's freezing! The intense cold that has gripped Italy has sped up work at the Ice Climbing Stadium in Valle di Daone and the structure is now completely frozen in ice.

Anna Torretta, Kurt Astner and Massimo Farina dry tooling in Italy

The classic Ciaspolada snowshoe race celebrates its 30 anniversary and changes course

Fresh snowfall followed by strong winds and a sudden rise in temperature have led to numerous avalanches discharging throughout the Alps.

The Frenchman Sebastien Foissac and the Italian Attilio Munari have recently qualified to become international Ice World Cup routesetters. Together with the three new judges Irina Ryzhenkova (RUS), Andrej and Jasna Pacjak (SLO) they completed a four-day course in Italy's Valle di Daone.