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12/07/2006 - Environment
Eiger east face poised to collapse Two million cubic meters of the Eiger's East Face are poised to crash down into the valley hundreds of meters below due to a 300m horizontal fissure.

11/07/2006 - Climbing
Jenny Lavarda battles Le dita del guerriero 8b+ On Friday 23 June the 22 year old Italian Jenny Lavarda sent her second 8b+, "Le dita del guerriero" at Covolo, Vicenza.

10/07/2006 - Climbing
Bereziartu and Otegui free Divina Comedia Josune Bereziartu and Rikar Otegui have made the first free ascent of the 1981 aid route Divina Comedia 7c in the Ordesa National Park, Spain.

23/06/2006 - Interviews
Simon Carter Australian born photographer Simon Carter has spent the last decade ceaselessly documenting some of the most important climbers and climbing areas in the world. The result - an incredible display of photos which capture climbing at its best.

20/06/2006 - Climbing
Usobiaga and Anda rock tour At Gorges du Loup Patxi Usobiaga repeats Kinematix 9a and on-sights Sikaplus 8b, Soul sacrifice 8b, New power generation 8b and Hot Chili beans bolcano 8b+, while Irati Anda sends Deverse satanic 8a+ and Cascade 8a. At the end of May Andra redpointed Ongi Etorri 8b at the Baltzola Cave,...

15/06/2006 - Competitions
Rock Junior, Rock Master and Arco Rock Legends Award, great climbing at Arco Rock Junior returns to Arco on 17 and 18 June. This is the first great event of the season which promises something completely new: the legendary Rock Master competition will be joined this year by the first ever Arco Rock Legends Award!

09/06/2006 - Alpinism
Himalaya: Urubko and Samoilov summit Manaslu via new route On 8 May Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov summited Manaslu via new route up the NE Face.

30/05/2006 - Environment
The crystal cave: searching for the Naica treasure In January 2006 Speleoresearch & Films and the Team la Venta started a three year exploration campain to discover the Naica cave, Chihuahua, Messico.

26/05/2006 - Climbing
Bouldering at risk at Chironico Martin Keller warns that disrespectful behaviour may result in closure of the Chrionico bouldering area in Canton Ticino, Switzerland

12/05/2006 - Competitions
Rovereto 2006: male qualification results Male qualification: Fischhuber ahead of Julien, Meyer and the maginficent Calibani and Ghidini.

10/05/2006 - Competitions
ROVERETO BOULDERING WORLD CUP 2006 - day by day The entire program of the Rovereto Bouldering World Cup schduled for 12-14 May 2006 at the Palazzetto dello Sport, Rovereto, Italy.

09/05/2006 - Alpinism
Himalaya: Mondinelli, Enzio, Confortola and Gobbi summit Shisha Pangma At 11.30 Tibetan time Silvio Mondinelli reached the Main summit of Shisha Panga, 8027m. He was joined by Michele Enzio, Marco Confortola, Cristian Gobbi and Julian della Gallizia.

04/05/2006 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2006: final info prior to the blues and bouldering With less than two days to go to the Melloblocco, Jacky Godoffe gives some advice to the 1300 pre-registered...

01/05/2006 - Competitions
Crespi and Eiter win in Puurs On 29/05 Flavio Crespi and Angela Eiter won the first stage of the World Cup Lead in Puurs (BEL). 16 year old David Lama placed 2nd at his debut performance.

12/04/2006 - Competitions
Rovereto Bouldering World Cup From 12 - 14 May world-class bouldering returns to the Italian town of Rovereto with the third stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2006. Three days dedicated to the competition, an open-to-all meeting and a congress entitled Born to climb, which will consider the therapeutic benefits of climbing...

06/04/2006 - Alpinism
Senfter and Moser climb Croda Rossa new route Arnold Senfter and Martin Moser from N. Italy, have made the first ascent of "Clean è Morto" on the North Face of the Croda Rossa pre-summit (3146m) in the Dolomites.
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