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12/05/2004 - Alpinism
Lhotse, Makalu, Everest, Jannu: work in progress Expeditions: summit time is fast approaching. In the Everest region the second half of May is statistically the most important time of year for successful summit bids.
11/05/2004 - Competitions
Melloblocco: a great success! On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May, over 300 boulderers met up in the Italian Val di Mello and took part in the two-day international Bouldering event, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides.
19/03/2004 - Alpinism
Valle d'Aosta ice climbing updates A flurry of new routes in Italy's Valle di Cogne, Valle d'Aosta
01/03/2004 - Alpinism
Russian expedition to climb new line on Everest North Face At the end of February an 20-stong Russian expedition set off from Moscow for the Himalayas, where it aims to forge a technical new route up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face
25/02/2004 - Alpinism
Bubu Bole and Anna Torretta dry tooling at Ueschinen Mauro Bubu Bole repeats No limits M12+ and Anna Torretta climbs Vertical Limits M12 at Ueschinen, Switzerland
23/02/2004 - Events
Cristal FFME 2003 awarded to Benoist - Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault - Magnin The Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade awarded the climbers Benoist-Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault-Magnin for their outstandiing ascents in 2003
19/02/2004 - Alpinism
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.
17/02/2004 - Competitions
Climbing competitions 2004 The Climbing World Cup 2004 Difficulty, Bouldering and Speed commence in less than six weeks time.
10/02/2004 - Events
Babanov and Koshelenko win Piolet d'or 2003 Valeri Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko won the prestigous Piolet d'Or for their ascent of Nuptse East South Pillar in November 2003.
29/01/2004 - Alpinism
Marmolada cement danger Mountain Wilderness appeals against a planned development project at Malga Ciapela
19/01/2004 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma Winter Expedition: attempt aborted On 17/01 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski aborted their attempt at 7700m of make the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).
12/01/2004 - Competitions
Brosse and Gignoux win XXI Transcavallo On 10/01/2004 the Frenchmen Stephane Brosse and Pierre Gignoux won the first stage of the ski mountaineering World Cup 2004 at Tambre in the Italian Dolomites.
30/12/2003 - Alpinism
Ice Climbing Event 2004, Argentière The 14th international Ice Climbing Event 2004 takes place in Argentière, Fournel from 7-11 January 2004.
01/12/2003 - Climbing
Is not Always Pasqua! Italian hard grit for Brenna On 20 November Cristian Brenna made the first repeat of “Is not always Pasqua”, Italy's hardest trad route, first climbed by Mauro Calibani in October 2002, and graded E9 7a.
11/11/2003 - Climbing
Larcher, Oviglia, Paissan rock Morocco From 6 - 27 October 2003 the Italian climbers Rolando Larcher, Michele Paissan and Maurizio Oviglia established Sul filo della notte (7c+ max; 7b obl) in the Taghia gorge, High Atlas, Morocco.
07/11/2003 - Climbing
Tom Briggs and Ben Heason add gritstone extremes at the Roaches Ben Heason climbs Final Destination E8 6c, while at Black Rocks Tom Briggs adds The Devil is in the Details E7 7a
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