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Italian alpinist Anna Chiaruttini recounts her rare rope solo ascent of the classic 'Deye Peters' route on Torre delle Madri dei Camosci (2,503m) in the Jôf Fuart group of the Julian Alps, which she completed with one bivouac. Though not extreme by modern standards, her ascent is likely the first...

Using the recent first repeat of the NNE Face of Monte Forato, here is the first descent story by Slovenia's Marko Kern, followed by a report by Marco Milanese, his descent carried out on 7 April together with Enrico Mosetti and Andrea Fusari. Until 2011, this face was regarded as...

Luca Vuerich has carried out the first ski descent of the South Face of Jof di Montasio 2753m (Julian Alps).

On 11 June Iganzio Piuzzi died in Gemona aged 73. He was one of the greatest mountaineers in the period 1950 – 1970. His climbing companion Roberto Sorgato remembers him in the following interview.

On 26 December Luca Vuerich and Michele Martina made the first ascent of "Kiss or Kill" 800m, M6 up the NF of Cima Castrein (2502m) in the jof fuart mountain range.