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10/11/2006 - Alpinism
Austrian Shipton Expedition: new routes and repeat of Women and Chalk In mid-July a five-man Austrian expedition comprised of Thomas Scheiber, Hansjörg Auer, Matthias Auer, Karl Dung and Ambros Sailer established two new routes in the Trango Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan, and repeated Woman and Chalk, first ascended in 2001 by Bubu Bole, Mario Cortese and Fabio Dandri.

28/10/2006 - Alpinism
Bitter pills for Rossando Libera and Ezio Marlier on Mount Emilius On Thursday 26 October Rossano Libera and Ezio Marlier made a 12 hour first asscent of "Bocconi amari" up the north Face of Triangolo nero, Monte Emilius, Valle d'Aosta.

20/10/2006 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu: Pavle Kozjek solo's new route up SE Face On 02/10/2006 Pavle Kozjek from Slovenia climbed a new route solo up the South East Face of Cho Oyu (8201m).

19/10/2006 - Alpinism
Slovenian TranGO Towers 2006 In late August a strong mixed Slovenian expedition travelled to Karakorum's Trango Towers where, despite unstable weather, they managed a remarkable number of repeats and first ascents

13/10/2006 - Alpinism
Annapurna summit for Mondinelli, Camandona and Confortola On 12/10 the Italians Marco Confortola, Marco Camandona and Silvio Mondinelli reached the summit of Annapurna 8091m

09/10/2006 - Trekking
Corsica H2O - Trekking in search of fresh water Trekking in Corsica from Val Restonica with Lac de Melo and Lac de Capitello to the fantastic walks in the Bavella granite.

05/10/2006 - Climbing
Amico Fragile: Sardina multi-pitch 7c+/8a In August the Italians Marco Vago and Simone Pedeferri completed their new route up M.te Donneittu (Codula de Luna, Sardinia) called Amico Fragile and graded 7c+/8a .

20/09/2006 - Climbing
Adam Ondra 8c first ascent Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of Vymena Manzelek 11- (F8c) at Moravsky Kras in the Czech Republic.

14/09/2006 - Climbing
Guvercinlik Valley, Turkey: new routes for Sterni, Florit, Larcher and Oviglia During the first half of August 2006 the Italians Mauro Florit, Marco Sterni, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia traveled to Turkey's Guvercinlik Valley in the Ala Daglar massif where they established four new routes.

12/09/2006 - Climbing
Jenny Lavarda climbs Claudio Caffè and becomes first Italian woman to climb 8c Jenny Lavarda has become the first Italian woman to climb 8c with her 08/09/2006 ascent of "Claudio Caffè" at Terra Promessa, Arco

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.

07/08/2006 - Climbing
Alex Chabot surfaces Abysse 9a Alex Chabot, who in mid-July became French Champion for the sixth year running, has just freed Abysse 9a at Deversé at the Gorges du Loup in SE France.

03/08/2006 - Alpinism
Uli Biaho new route by Kopold and Cmarik Dodo Kopold and Gabo Cmarik have made the f.a. of the NW Face of Uli Biaho 6417m, Karakorum, Pakistan. They also climbed a route up Hainabrakk East Tower (5800m) to 5375m.

28/07/2006 - Climbing
Ines Papert first female repeat of Camillotto Pellesier On 20 July Ines Papert from Germany made an impressive first female ascent of Camillotto Pellesier on the North Face of Cima Grande, Dolomites. The old aid route, first ascended in 1967 by E. Mauro and M. Minuzzo, had been freed in 2004 by Mauro Bubu Bole at F8b.

27/07/2006 - Alpinism
To The Edge: Mont Blanc summit to fight leukemia This weekend a group of children and teenagers struck by leukemia will be based in Courmayeur with their sights keenly set on climbing Mont Blanc. They will be accompanied in this adventure by a group of mountain guides and mountaineers including the likes of Hajo Friederich, Daniel Bartsch, Hans Lochner...

26/07/2006 - Alpinism
Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summit K2 On 26/07/2006 Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summited K2 8611m (Himalaya, Karakorum).
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