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Yosemite news roundup. On 17 October Tommy Caldwell made a sub-12 hour ascent of the nose, just days after his free ascent together with wife Beth Rodden. Nicolas Favresse from Belgium makes first ascent of L'Appât on El Capitan (VI 5.12d). Leo Houlding from England onsighted Half Dome's Regular Northwest...

From the end of July to 4 Spetember Mauro 'Bubu' Bole and Mario Cortese made the first ascent of Le nez (1300m, max 7c), on the north face of P.ta Croz, Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc.

On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May, over 300 boulderers met up in the Italian Val di Mello and took part in the two-day international Bouldering event, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides.

The Italians Valerio Folco and Massimo Farina climb B.A.T.(A3) in Valle Orco

Interview with Lynn Hill, a world-class sport climbing symbol. Her legendary one-day free ascent of The nose on El Capitan in 1994 Yosemite and her entire vertical world as seen by Lynn herself

In just 2.48.55 Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine set new nose record in Yosemite

Simone Pedeferri and Adriano Selva add Yellow butterfly 8a/8a+ to the Val di Mello

At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

On Thursday 14 June 2001 the Californian climber Lynn Hill will hold a talk at Milan's Auditorium Don Bosco

Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber free climb Golden Gate in 2000 on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

Details of the successful ascent

Bad weather results in one of worst seasons in decades

At the end of July, Dean Potter and Hans Florine made what may go down as one of the biggest achievements in the history of climbing in Yosemite.

Interview with top Italian rock climber and alpinist Pietro Dal Prà.