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05/03/2003 - Alpinism
Robert Jasper climbs Batman M12 and on-sights Mission Impossible Robert Jasper makes the first ascent of Batman M12 E1, Basler Jura and on-sights Mission Impossible M11

28/02/2003 - Alpinism
Ines Papert hard repeats and first female ascent of Mission Impossible M11 Ines Papert has made a series of hard mixed repeats, including the first female ascent of Mauro Bubu Bole's Mission Impossible M11 in Valsavarenche, Val di Cogne, Italy.

24/02/2003 - Climbing
Alexander Huber solos Opportunist 8b at Schleierwasserfall in Austria On 19/02/2003 the German climber Alex Huber soloed Opportunist 8b, Schleierwasserfall, Austria

20/02/2003 - Alpinism
Simon Anthamatten repeats Vertical Limits On Sunday 16 February the young Swiss ice climber Simon Anthamatten made a swift second ascent of Robert Jasper's "Vertical Limits".

18/02/2003 - Alpinism
Jasper climbs Vertical limits M12 E2 On 25.01.03 Robert Jasper redpointed what he believes to be his hardest creation ever, "Vertical limits", M12 E2 in the drytooling hotspot Ueschenen in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland.

14/02/2003 - Alpinism
21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Kenya by Slovenians At the start of January a young Slovenian expedition established 'Story about dancing dogs', a new 21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Northern Kenya.

10/02/2003 - Events
Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden win 12th Piolet d'Or Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have won the Piolet d'Or 2002 with their first ascent of the North Face central couloir of Siguniang, China

05/02/2003 - Climbing
Berry's Blind Vision E10 7b At the start of February British climber Adrian Berry made the first ascent of Britain's third E10, Blind Vision.

29/01/2003 - Alpinism
Kurt Astner flashes Mission Impossible in Valsavarenche On 27 January Kurt Astner flashed Mauro Bubu Bole's Mission Impossible next to the Haston cave, Valsavarenche, Va di Cogne, Italy.

26/01/2003 - Competitions
Papert and Berger win IWC 2003 Ines Papert and Harald Berger win the third stage of the ice World Cup 2003 in Saas Fee and the fourth Ice World Cup 2003

18/01/2003 - Competitions
Papert and Berger provisional leaders in Daone Ines Papert and Harald Berger are the provisional leaders of the Ice World Cup second stage in Valle Daone 2003

17/01/2003 - Competitions
Ice master Valle di Daone - Open results No great surprises after the Open in the Ice master Valle di Daone

16/01/2003 - Competitions
Countdown to the Ice Master Valle di Daone Valle di Daone, here we go! The second stage of the IWC 2003 gets underway tomorrow with the Open, comprised of 50 male athletes and 21 female athletes.

12/01/2003 - Competitions
IWC Pitztal, Bychkov and Papert win The Russian Dmitry Bychkov and the German Ines Papert win the first stage of the Ice World Cup 2003 in Pitztal, Austria

09/01/2003 - Competitions
Ice Master Valle di Daone - it's freezing! Valle di Daone: it's freezing! The intense cold that has gripped Italy has sped up work at the Ice Climbing Stadium in Valle di Daone and the structure is now completely frozen in ice.

30/12/2002 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Avalanche danger in the Alps Fresh snowfall followed by strong winds and a sudden rise in temperature have led to numerous avalanches discharging throughout the Alps.
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