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On 20 July Ines Papert from Germany made an impressive first female ascent of Camillotto Pellesier on the North Face of Cima Grande, Dolomites. The old aid route, first ascended in 1967 by E. Mauro and M. Minuzzo, had been freed in 2004 by Mauro Bubu Bole at F8b.

On 15-16/02/2004 Rolando Larcher made a solitary winter ascent of Akut on the impervious north face of the Cima Ovest di lavaredo

At the start of October on the North Face of Cima Grande di lavaredo (2999m) in the Dolomites Mauro Bubu Bole made the first repeat of the 1977 Spanish route, grading it 8a+ with three points of A0 aid.

Mauro Bubu Bole makes the first free ascent of the Camillotto Pellisier route on the Cima Grande di lavaredo, grading it F8b

On 19/02/2003 the German climber Alex Huber soloed Opportunist 8b, Schleierwasserfall, Austria

Italian Mauro Bubu Bole is now online with his personal www.climbubu.com

From 10-13 October the Italian mountain village Sesto will host an international Forum entitled "The art of climbing in 2002 - a reflection".

On Monday 16 September Mauro Bole managed to repeat Alexander Huber's Bellavista on the Cima Ovest, lavaredo in two steps, first the upper section, then the lower.

Jacques Perrin’s Le Peuple Migrateur has won the 50th International Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure “Città di Trento”.

The Italian Kurt Astner has freed two new mixed routes in Valle di Landro, South Tyrol, including Fly in the Wind.

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 18 July Alexander Huber frees "Bellavista" 8c on Cima Ovest di lavaredo, first climbed in winter 1999

Mauro Bole discusses his special relationship with 'Mission impossible', the latest dry tooling climb established by the Italian climber at Valtournanche, Cogne, Italy.

Patrick Bérhault has almost finished his Alpine traverse from Slovenia to France

"Himalaya" awarded Grand Prize by International Jury

French alpinist Catherine Destivelle has made a solitary repeat of the Hasse - Brandler route up Cima Grande, Tre Cime di lavaredo, Dolomites.