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14/05/2014 - Events
Melloblocco 2014: the winner of the video and photo contest The Melloblocco 2014 video contest was won by Alexander Flatz for his "Live-View", while the photo contest was won by Andrea Aiello for his photo "Ti spio".

10/04/2014 - Interviews
Bernardo Gimenez photography interview. Observing the mountains #2 Interview with Argentine photographer Bernardo Gimenez who has made the mountains, rock climbing and alpinism are his favourite photo set. By Marco Ferrario.

03/04/2014 - Events
Melloblocco 2014 - simply climbing From 30 April to 4 May 2014 Melloblocco, the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting, returns to Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Almost 1200 climbers have already pre-registered for this event. Simone Pedeferri and the team of route setters are hard at work preparing the boulder problems and...

02/04/2014 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or photos 2014 More than 50 photos documenting the Piolets d'Or 2014 that took place at Courmayeur, Italy, on 29/03/2014.

02/04/2014 - Climbing
Varazze bouldering with Marco Bagnasco A short history about the discovery of Varazze in Italy and its bouldering, just before the international climbing meeting "Varazze BluBloc" scheduled to take place on Saturday 5 April.

29/03/2014 - Events
Ueli Steck and Raphael Slawinski & Ian Welsted win the Piolets d'Or 2014 The Piolets d'Or 2014 was assigned this evening in Courmayeur to two ascents: the NW Face of K6 climbed by Raphael Slawinski and Ian Welsted and the South Face of Annapurna climbed solo by Ueli Steck. The South Face of Annapurna ascent carried out by da Stephane Benoist and Yannick...

26/03/2014 - Climbing
Sean Leary dies in BASE jump accident On 13 March the American climber Sean Leary died during a BASE jump accident in Utah, USA

24/03/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, Courmayeur and Chamonix gear up for a prestigious celebration From 26 - 29 March the international meeting with the alpinism "Oscar" returns to Chamonix and Courmayeur on the two sides of Mont Blanc: a great jury will select the best climb in 2013, while American alpinist John Roskelley will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Numerous events, including the meeting...

06/03/2014 - Environment
Yosemite HD Timelapse video filmed in Yosemite, USA, by Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill.

16/01/2014 - Events
Melloblocco 2014 - register now online! Pre-registration is now online for Melloblocco 2014 , the biggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world that will be held in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy, from 1 - 4 May 2014.

13/01/2014 - Climbing
Twothousandandfourteen. The new and climbing The thoughts of Andrea Tosi about the meaning of something new in climbing, that also provides insight into the past and what might be in the future.

15/11/2013 - Events
McConkey, the film in memory of Shane McConkey at The Space Cinema McConkey, the documentary about Canadian ski and BASE jumping champion Shane McConkey, will be screened at the Italian The Space Cinema on 25, 26 and 27 November 2013. The film is also available for download worldwide.

02/10/2013 - Alpinism
Paul Smith, high mountain haute couture The video produced by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset for British fashion designer Paul Smith and his autumn winter 2013 collection.

26/09/2013 - Climbing
Fred Beckey, video portrait of the old man of the mountains from the Cascades to the Dolomites Two videos of American climber Fred Beckey: a video portrait by the New York Times and his latest journey to the Cinque Torri, Dolomites.

12/09/2013 - Climbing
Rock Master 2013: the Duel videos The videos of Sean McColl, Stefano Ghisolfi, Sachi Amma, Dinara Fakhritdinova and Katharina Posch competing in the Rock Master 2013 Duel event.

11/09/2013 - Competitions
Rock Master 2013: the videos of the winners, Ramón Julian Puigblanque and Mina Markovic The videos by planetmountain.com of Rock Master Lead 2013 winners Ramon Julian Puigblanque and Mina Markovic
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