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Sur le fil des 4000 takes film festival Grand Prize, while the book festival is won by Karsten Heuer for his Being Caribou. The Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize was awarded to Mead Norton for his photo Prayer Offerings on the Shore of Namtso Lake, Tibet.

Dave MacLeod from Scotland has made the third ascent of "Breathless" on Great Gable in the Lake District, England

On 14 May a helicopter piloted by Frenchman Didier Delsalle landed on the top of Mount Everest, keeping in contact for 3mn 50 sec before returning to Lukla, Nepal

A boulderining meeting at Cresciano and Chironico (Switzerland) will take place on 16-17 April 2005.

In mid-October Jean-François Beaulieu from Canada pinkpointed an old aid project, La Zébrée at Mont-King, Val David, Québec, grading it 8b+

Angela Eiter e Alexander Chabot win the Rock Master 2004 in Arco

At 09.15am on 30/05/2004 three Russian climbers, Pasha Shabalin, Ilyas Tuhvatullin and Andrey Mariev reached the summit of Mt. Everest via a demanding new line up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face.

Alessandro Jolly Lamberti makes the first ascent of Er Cid 8c, Carpe Diem, 8b/c and King for a Day, 8b/c at Grotti

Cristian Brenna talks about his recent bouldering trip to Hueco, America

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

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.

Jenny Lavarda and Flavio Crespi won the Italian Difficulty Championships in Penne last weekend, while Christian Bindhammer and Damaris Knorr won the German Championship in Scheidegg

The Other Final Takes Grand Prize at Banff Mountain Film Festival. Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival wins Book Festival, while Fritz Mueller’s Autumn Sunset in the Heart of Tombstone wins Mountain Photography Competition

Yuji Hirayama has repeated the Huber brothers' El Niño, El Capitan, Yosemite, America

From 23 - 27 July 7 Argentière la Bessée will host the World Cup and Bouldering Meeting

Cristian Brenna and Marzio Nardi free the historic Itaca in Valle dell'Orco. The photos and story by Andrea Gallo.