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Two-time winner Christian Maurer (SUI1) opened up a comfortable lead yeasterday on the second day of the Red Bull X-Alps, the world's toughest adventure race.

Using his own experience as a basis, Elio Bonfanti explores some thoughts about alpinism and climbing and their risks.

Diego Pezzoli talks about the Alpine Marathon, the particular aid climbing competition which took place from 14-16 June at Svetogorsk in Russia.

The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 got underway to a perfect start. Thousands of fans cheered the 31 athletes from the Mozartplatz in the centre of Salzburg from where there 1000km journey across the Alps has now begun.

The Cancer Council Australia has received a £10,000 donation from the initiative Climbers against Cancer.

Rolando Larcher recounts his first ascent, carried out in mid-June together with Herman Zanetti of L'uovo di Colombo up Monte Cimo in Val d'Adige. A 200m route that breaches the obvious large roofs with two different options: hard 7c+ and soft 7a+.

Ivo Ferrari and the rock climb Venti Polari, established up Punta Morasachini by Giuseppe "Popi" Miotti, Guido Merizzi and Federico Madonna.

British rock climber Tom Randall has made the first free ascent of the crack climb Anna Kournikova 8b+ in Vallone di Piantonetto, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

Andy Frötscher from Klobenstein (BZ) is the veteran of the Red Bull X-Alps 2013, he has competed in all editions. On July 7th he will leave for his sixth crossing paragliding and running across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco. With Aaron Durogati and Peter Gebhard to defend the Italian...

The great enchainment carried out by Italian alpinist Marco Anghileri on 25 June 2013. 5 routes first climbed by Walter Bonatti: on Bastionata del Resegone, Medale, Torre Costanza, Ago Teresita, Magnaghi. All repeated in a single day. Anghileri travelled by bike or on foot, but above all he climbed. His...

From 12 - 15 May Stefano Angelini, Alessandro Beber and Fabrizio Dellai established Argento vivo, a new ice and mixed route up the North Face of Piccola Civetta, Dolomites. Alessandro Beber provides the details.

A serious and incredible terrorist attack took place at 1am at on the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat base Camp (Pakistan). At least 10 people are believed to have died in the attack.

The trailers of Petit Bus Rouge, the latest film by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset, the great filmmaker who applies imagination to the mountains and nature.

For the first time the geology of the SE face of El Capitan in Yosemite, USA has been analysed. The new map could become instrumental in avoiding accidents and rock fall victims.

Born in 1985, Peter Gebhard will take part in his first ever Red Bull X-Alps on July 7 2013. Together with the other two Italians, Aaron Durogati and expert Andy Frötscher, the man from Val Gardena will fly and run across the Alps from Salzburg in Austria to the Principality...

The video summary of what happened last winter at Rocklands in South Africa, featuring Michele Caminati, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Nalle Hukkataival, Courtney Sanders, Chad Greedy etc.