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Last week Stefan Glowacz, Kurt Albert, Holger Heuber, Gunda Frühwald and the photographer Klaus Fengler set off to Mexico to climb the 1000m big wall El Gigante

The German Alexander Huber finds and frees El Corazon 5.13b on El Capitan, Yosemite, America

Valerio Folco, Tom McMillan and Bruce Bindner make the third ascent of El Capitan's Tempest (A4 R)

At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

Spanish climber Josune Bereciartu, famous for being the first woman to have climbed 8c, has now redpointed Noia, Itay’s most famous 8c+.

The Italian Luca Zardini flashes Shalom 8b+ at Covolo, Italy

In October 2001 Josune Bereziartu and her partner Rikardo Otegi both redpoint Noia, Itay’s most famous 8c+,

The Italian Valerio Folco travels to Yosemite to climb 'Tempest', El Capitan

From 26/07/2001 to 15/08/2001 by Mauro Bubu Bole made the first ascent of Women and chalk up the East Face of Shipton Spire (5850 m), a spectacular granite tower in the Trango valley, Pakistan. The three-man expedition consisted of Mauro Bole, his climbing partner Mario Cortese and the photographer/cameraman Fabio...

On 13 August an Italian expedition from Lecco climbed the new route "Ragni sul filo" on the Ogre Thumb, Pakistan

Mauro Calibani and Myriam Motteau win the Bouldering World Championship, while Gérome Pouvreau and Martina Cufar win the Difficulty

The Climbing World Championship 2001 started yesterday in Winterthur, Switzerland.

After just five days preparation the German Stefan Glowacz successfully redpointed "End of silence" on his first attempt. With this repeat Glowacz has become the first person to complete the Alpine Trilogy comprised of three alpine multi-pitches first ascended in 1994: End of Silence at Berchtesgaden by Thomas Huber, Silbergeier...

On 13 to 15 August the Italian Kurt Astner made the first free ascent of Akut, his route first climbed in August 2000 on the impressive north face of the Cima Ovest di Lavaredo.

On 12/08/01 Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani redpointed their project of the SW Face of the Marmolada.

Chris McNamara recommends five super classic rock climbs in Yosemite Valley, California, USA.