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A team comprised of Ines Papert, Rudi Hauser, Lukas Seiwald, Kurt Astner, Emanuele Ciullo, Thomas Senf and Scott Milton has just returned from the Romsdalen region in Norway where they repeated a series of routes and made the first ascents of a number of important new ice climbs.

The video of Chris Sharma which shows the importance of the mental aspect in sport climbing.

Better late than never: in February 2011 the German climbers Frank Kretschmann and Mario Gliemann established Der Grantler (230m, 6b) up Cerro Trinidad Sur in the "Yosemite of Chile", the Cochamo Valley.

Everest Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar have won the National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2012.

British climber Neil Gresham has established a series of difficult new routes at the E.T. Cave on Kalymnos, Greece.

Video of Katharina Saurwein at Hueco (USA) sending Rumble in the Jungle and Barefoot on Sacred Ground, both graded 8A+.

British climber Katy Whittaker has repeated the gristone testpiece The Angel's Share E8 7a at Black Rocks, while Michele Caminati has sent the boulder problem Careless Torque 8A at Stanage.

Iker Pou has freed Enemigo Público Nº1 8c+/9a) at the Spanish crag Margalef, while at Ilarduia he has freed Harroputza 9a.

The video of Alizée Dufraisse and her January 2011 repeat of La Reina Mora 8c+/9a at Siurana in Spain.

On 21/02/2012 Davide Capozzi, Julien Herry, Stefano Bigio, Francesco Civra Dano and Luca Rolli made a rare descent with skis and snowboards down the SE Face of Aiguille du Moine (Mont Blanc).

The video of David Lama and Peter Ortner and the first free ascent of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia.

The second video of the Austrian ice climbing champion Markus Bendler.

In Italy's Val Noasca Bernd Zangerl has established a handful of boulder problems, including Bravirabi 8A+/B.

On the big wall El Gran Trono Blanco in Mexico Alex Honnold and Will Stanhope have repeated the Pan-American route and freed Giraffe (8a).

Vallon du Lou and Vallon Polset, two off piste freeride itineraries introduced by Mountain Guide Paolo Tombini.

The video of Robert Jasper and the first ascent of Ironman D14+ at Eptingen in Switzerland.