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Download free of charge today’s crag in the climbing advent calendar by Vertical Life and planetmountain.com: monte Cucco at Finale Ligure with 293 climbs up to 8c.

The short film dedicated to Armin Holzer, the champion slackline and highline athlete who died in paragliding accident on monte Piana (2324m, Sesto Dolomites) on 4 December 2015.

Jacopo Larcher has repeated Lapoterapia, the 8c at Osso (Piemonte, Italy) freed by Alessandro Manini in 2012, this time greenpoint ie skipping the bolts and using trad gear to protect the climb. The report and photos by Riky Felderer.

On the climb Antonello Cardinale up monte Disgrazia together with Ivo Ferrari: alpinism carefully balanced between reason and passion.

The report by Francesco Groppelli about Sogni di Gloria (M4, 360m), a possible new ice and mixed climb up the North Face of Punta Angelo (Adamello - Presanella massif) climbed on 29/11/2015 together with Maurizio Piller Hoffer.

Yesterday, December 4, 2015, Armin Holzer died in paragliding accident on monte Piana (2324m, Sesto Dolomites). The South Tyrolean was a champion slackline and highline athlete.

The trailer of the 4th Highline Meeting monte Piana that took place in September 2015 above Misurina in the Dolomites.

Giancarlo Bellotti, Fernando Fusari and Giovanni Ghezzi have started their winter climbing season in style with the first ascent of the mixed outing La farfalla tigre (WI4 M6, 430m) on Cima Bifora (monte Nero di Presanella, Adamello-Presanella group, Central Alps).

Nicola Tondini introduces three multi-pitch rock climbs located on monte Cimo (Brentino, Val d’Adige, Italy) they are united, apart from their difficulty, by their extraordinary beauty: Tra Nuvole e Sogni and The Edge on Sass Mesdì, and Destini Incrociati on Castel Presina.

Maurizio Oviglia provides information about a major rockfall on Punta Plumare in Sardinia. The landslide has wiped out a stretch of the famous trek Selvaggio Blu.

German climber Alexander Huber has established two new rock climbs on the sea cliffs at Capo monte Santo in Sardinia, Il Capitano and Solemar. The peculiarities: a boat start, difficulties up to 8b+, trad protection.

The film Apogée in memory of the skiers Andreas Fransson and JP Auclair who were killed just over a year ago, on 29 September 2014, by an avalanche on monte San Lorenzo in Patagonia.

The film Calagonone Climbing Experience in Sardinia directed by Francesco Piras featuring the climbers Patxi Usobiaga and Joe Kinder.

Rolando Larcher talks about the first ascent of 50 anni son volati, 25 regalati! (215m, 8a+ max, 7b obl.), a new rock climb established to celebrate his first 50 years together with Herman Zanetti, Luca Giupponi and Alessandro Larcher up the East Face monte Fibbion (Campa Group, Brenta Dolomites).

Ivo Ferrari retraces the winter repeat of the Pelmo North Face, carried out in the Dolomites by Soro Dorotei, Renato Panciera and Giuliano De Marchi. One of the most memorable stories of alpinism and winter mountaineering

From 10 - 15 September 2015 the Highline Meeting monte Piana took place close to Misurina in the Dolomites. More than 350 highliners from 20 countries participated in this non-competitive event, during which a new highline world record was set and a hammock rainbow was created to symbolise peace, to...