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08/03/2007 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2007 facts and figures On Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of May 2007, Val di Mello will host the fourth edition of Melloblocco, the international outdoors bouldering meeting in Northern Italy
20/02/2007 - Climbing
Dave MacLeod repeats Odi Social 8c+ Dave MacLeod has climbed his first 8c+, "L’odi Social" at Siurana, Spain to discover how this compares to cutting edge trad routes in Britain, such as his Rhapsody E11 7a.
24/08/2006 - Climbing
Manolo frees Solo per vecchi guerrieri Maurizio Manolo Zanolla has freed "Solo per vecchi guerrieri" in the Vette Feltrine (Dolomites), proposing 8c/9a and 7c/8a oblig for the 150m route.
13/02/2006 - Alpinism
XV Piolet d'or to Steve House and Vincent Anderson On 10/02 in Grenoble the golden ice axe, the mountaineering oscar 2005, was awarded to Steve House and Vincent Anderson for their new route up the Rupal Face on Nanga Parbat.
06/02/2006 - Climbing
Bain de sang, 9a, for Scarian e Manolo On 3/02/2006 Maurizio "Manolo" Zanolla and Riccardo "Sky" Scarian repeated Bain de Sang, 9a first ascended by Fred Nicole at Saint Loup, Switzerland.
02/02/2006 - Competitions
Ice climbing World Cup, Spicak, the athletes point of view On 28/01 at Spicak (Czech Republic) the second stage of the UIIA Ice Climbing World Cup was won by Simon Wandeler and Ines Papertahead of Markus Bendler (2), Harald Berger (3) and Ksenia Sdobnikova (2), Anna Torretta (3).
24/01/2006 - Climbing
Bouldering at Hueco, Fontainebleau and Cresciano At Hueco Tanks Fred Nicole makes the first ascent of "Terremer" and Dave Graham repeats "Esperanza". At Fontainebleau Michele Caminati repeats "Khéops" 8B, while at Cresciano Martin Moser repeats "The Dagger" 8B+
23/03/2005 - Climbing
Parisse feels Fontainebleau Karma On 15 March Luca Parisse repeated Karma 8a+ at Fontainebleau, paris, France.
10/02/2005 - Alpinism
Piolet d'or 2004, the six candidates The jury, headed by Krzysztof Wielicki, and the six candidates for the Piolet d'Or 2004 promoted by Montagnes Magazine
24/12/2004 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2004 nominees The six Piolet d'Or 2004 nominees for the most important alpine achievements of the year
16/06/2004 - Competitions
Italian Bouldering Cup Gandino The second stage of the Italian Bouldering Cup 2004 took place at Gandino last weekend, as was won by Stefania De Grandi and Michele Caminati.
12/05/2004 - Climbing
Elie Chevieux killed in Kabul On 09/05/2004 Elie Chevieux, the great climber and photographer, was found stoned to death in Kabul, Afghanistan.
11/05/2004 - Competitions
Melloblocco: a great success! 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.
14/04/2004 - Climbing
French bouldering in Hueco Liv Sansoz, Arnaud Petit, François Petit and Stephanie Bodet bouldering in Hueco, USA
12/03/2004 - Climbing
Brenna boulders in Hueco Cristian Brenna talks about his recent bouldering trip to Hueco, America
19/02/2004 - Alpinism
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.
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