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19/02/2013 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Elder Statesman at Curbar On 15/02/2013 James Pearson made the third ascent of Elder Statesman HXS 7a at Curbar Edge, England.

18/02/2013 - Climbing
The bouldering at Donnas and the problem Global Warming by Niccolò Ceria Niccolò Ceria introduces the bouldering area Donnas in Valle d'Aosta and his latest problem, Global Warming 8B.

15/02/2013 - Alpinism
Febbre da Cavallo, new dry-tooling crag at Campitello Matese Riccardo Quaranta introduces Febbre da Cavallo, the new dry-tooling crag at Campitello Matese close to Campobasso, Molise, Central Italy.

12/02/2013 - Alpinism
Superb new winter climbs in Scotland A report of the recent new winter routes climbed in Scotland which include Shooting the Breeze (IX,8 Guy Robertson, Greg Boswell) and Immortal Memory (IX,9 Guy Robertson, Jason Currie) on Beinn Eighe, Vapourizer (VIII,8 Guy Robertson, Greg Boswell) on Creag an Dubh Loch, No Success Like Failure (IX,8 Simon Richardson,...

08/02/2013 - Alpinism
New icefalls in Canada by Raphael Slawinski In the Canadian Rockies Raphael Slawinski has made the first ascent of two new icefalls: The God Delusion (175m, M8+ WI5+) and Nachtmahr (85m, M9 WI5).

07/02/2013 - Alpinism
International congress: New Advances in Mountain Medicine and Emergency – second edition The second international congress entitled “New Advances in Mountain Medicine and Emergency” will be held at the Atahotel in Varese on April 18th and 19th, 2013, organised by the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria in collaboration with the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, part of the EUR.AC of Bolzano.

06/02/2013 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2013: Kurt Diemberger receives Lifetime Achievement Award From 3 - 6 April 2013 Courmayeur and Chamonix will be the world's capital of alpinism thanks to the 21st Piolets d’Or, the international award dedicated to alpinism.

04/02/2013 - Alpinism
Aguja Poincenot: video of the Whillans - Cochrane route The video by Beau Carrillo and Tad Mccrea on the Whillans - Cochrane route on Aguja Poincenot in Patagonia.

04/02/2013 - Climbing
How to Big Wall climb by Chris McNamara Interview with American climber Chris McNamara, an expert big wall climber and author of the recently published book How To Big Wall Climb.

02/02/2013 - Alpinism
Difficult winter ascent of Trollveggen Troll Wall in Norway Andy Kirkpatrick, Tormod Granheim and Aleksander Gamme have made a winter ascent of the route Suser Gjennom Harryland on Trollveggen (Troll Wall) in Norway.

01/02/2013 - Alpinism
Senza piombo, clean mixed climb in Val Lunga, Dolomites The Austrians Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner have made the first ascent of Senza piombo in Val Lunga (Dolomites); a difficult mixed route protected only with trad gear and presumably the first M10 in the world established in this clean style.

01/02/2013 - Alpinism
Torres del Paine, new Slovenian North Tower climb On 01/01/2013 the Slovenian alpinists Andrej Grmovšek and Luka Krajnc made the first ascent of Zuko traverse (V 5.10+, 650m).

31/01/2013 - Climbing
Il Maratoneta, third repeat by Ivan Lisica-Lija and a little history about this famous Manolo climb On 27/01/2013 Croatian climber Ivan Lisica-Lija made the third repeat of Il Maratoneta, the legendary route first climbed by Maurizio "Manolo" Zanolla at Paklenica (Croatia).

30/01/2013 - Climbing
Nico Favresse and the perfect crack climb in Norway The words and video of Nicolas Favresse about his latest project, a beautiful and difficult trad climb in Norway.

30/01/2013 - Alpinism
Gladiator, new icefall in Valle Riofreddo On 26/01/2013 the Slovenians Dejan Koren and Boötjan Mikuû made the first ascent of Gladiator (205 m, IV, M7-, WI6, X, R) a difficult new icefall on Cima delle Cenge, Valle di Riofreddo (Tarvisio, Tridente area), Italy.

29/01/2013 - Climbing
The rebirth of Jerzu in Sardinia Maurizio Oviglia discusses the latest developments at Jerzu, one of the most beautiful and popular climbing areas in Sardinia.
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