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Due to a serious accident at the crag La Corma di Machaby (Arnad, Italy) the local town council has prohibited access. The letter by Gerandin Elso, President of the Evançon Mountain Community.

Giuseppe De Franco introduces the crag Lago di Sant'Anna in Piemonte, Italy: a magnificent alpine setting with 27 routes up to 6a+.

The fith Tris Rotondo took place on 11 March in Valle Bredetto (San Gothard, Switzerland). The Super Tris event was won by Cédric Brodard, Vincent Mabboux and Nicolas Philipona, while the Main Tris (which also counted for the Swiss Championship) was won by Gerhard Schneider and Alexander Hug and by...

The countdown has begun for the most important ski mountaineering competition in the Gotthard mountain range in Switzerland: on 11 March the Vth edition of Tris Rotondo in Val Bedretto.

The French company Petzl has issued a request for inspection which concerns its Newton harness.

After years of waiting for the right conditions, on 13/02/2012 Davide Capozzi and the Mountain Guide Stefano Bigio carried out a first ski and snowboard descent on Mont Rochefort (Mont Blanc). The report by Capozzi.

Figerhorn, Langschneid and Hochgasser, three ski mountaineering itineraries in the Upper Tauern, East Tirol, Austria, introduced by Vittorio Messini, Mountain Guide Kals am Großglockner.

Rolando Garibotti and the interview and meeting with Bjørn-Eivind Årtun, the Norwegian alpinist who in December 2011 together with Ole Lied established the route Venas Azules up the South Face of Torre Egger in Patagonia.

Interview with Simone Moro and Denis Urubko, currently on their way to Nanga Parbat to attempt the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (8125m).

An unusual video for accident prevention and safety in the mountains.

Maurizio Manolo Zanolla and his new routes at two small, lost crags, Baule and Bilico high up in the Dolomites, for a climbing which is far removed from the usual perspectives.

Aris Theodoropoulos warns climbers visiting the Greek island of Kalymnos about defective bolts placed on a series of new routes, listed in this post.

Interview with the writer, poet and alpinist Erri di Luca by Manuel Lugli. Nine questions to discuss alpinism, the mountains, friendship and life in general.

Alberto Bonafede and Aldo Giustina died this morning during a rescue operation in the Dolomites. Both formed part of the San Vito di Cadore Mountain Rescue service.

Registration is now open for the Rock Junior, which will be held Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October 2011 in Arco, Lake Garda, Italy.

Interview with Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou after La Classica Moderna' the new route the trio esablished up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on Mont Blanc.