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27/12/2002 - Competitions
New IWC routesetters and judges The Frenchman Sebastien Foissac and the Italian Attilio Munari have recently qualified to become international Ice World Cup routesetters. Together with the three new judges Irina Ryzhenkova (RUS), Andrej and Jasna Pacjak (SLO) they completed a four-day course in Italy's Valle di Daone.
25/12/2002 - Events
Fournel Ice Climbing Event and Piolet d'Or 2003 From 8 — 12 January 2002 the French Parc National des Ecrins will host the Fournel Ice Climbing Event for 800 ice climbers. The nominees for the Piolet D'Or 2002 will be presented, as will the winning films of the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
22/12/2002 - Alpinism
Bubu online Italian Mauro Bubu Bole is now online with his personal www.climbubu.com
20/12/2002 - Competitions
Bouldering meet in Bishop for American Access Fund Over 400 climbers gathered in Bishop, California at the start of December in a highly successful three-day event designed to raise funds for the American Access Fund.
17/12/2002 - Climbing
Neil Gresham repeats Equilibrium E10 7a Last week the British climber Neil Gresham made an impressive second ascent of Neil Bentley's gritstone Equilibrium, E10 7a.
10/12/2002 - Competitions
Snowboard Classic, Cortina, the results Marco Huser and Claudia Haesurmann win Snowboardcross, Barbara Sponsale and Andreas Prommegger win the Giant Slalom of the first stage of the Tour della Gazzetta Snowboard Classic.
09/12/2002 - Events
Banff Mountain Festival 2002 winners The Second Step wins the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2002. The Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize was awarded to The Evidence of Things Not Seen, while the Photography Competition was won by James Delano
02/12/2002 - Competitions
Ice World Cup 2003 The Ice World Cup 2003 will be comprised of only three stages, (Pitztal, Val Daone and Saas Fee) while the Ice World Championship 2003 will take place in Kirov in March
28/11/2002 - Events
Fair Play Trophy awarded to Simone Moro On 9/01/2003 Simone Moro will be awarded the "Pierre de Cubertin International Fair Play Trophy" for his 2001 rescue efforts of the 19 year-old British mountaineer Tom Moores
22/11/2002 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
It's snowing in the Alps! Finally the news many have been waiting for: it's snowing! And numerous lifts throughout the Alps have already opened, 10 days earlier than usual.
18/11/2002 - Competitions
Sarkany and Puigblanqué win in Kranj Muriel Sarkany and Ramon Julian Puigblanqué win the final stage of the World Cup Difficulty, held in Kranj (SLO) last weekend.
15/11/2002 - Competitions
Kranj World Cup Difficulty 2002 The final stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2002 gets underway in Kranj, Slovenia today.
14/11/2002 - Competitions
Arctic Team Challenge 2003 Applications for the Arctic Team Challenge 2003 start on 15 November.
13/11/2002 - Climbing
Josune Bereziartu climbs first female 9a Josune Bereciartu climbs Bain de Sang, Switzerland and becomes first woman to climb 9a
09/11/2002 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma for Urubko On 25/10 Denis Urubko, together with Maxut Zhumauev, Vassily Pivtsov and Alexey Raspopov summit Shisha Pangma (8013 m).
06/11/2002 - Climbing
Alessandro Lamberti climbs and repeats Alessandro Jolly Lamberti repeats "Die hard" 8c at Ferentillo and "La cronique de la haine" 8c at Ceuse. At Grotti he makes the first ascent of "Zandalee" 8b+/8c
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