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Günther Messner really did perish during the descent of the Nanga Parbat Diamir Face, as his brother Reinhold has always sustained.

On 8 October the Italian mountaineer Sergio Martini reached the summit of Shisha Pangma Central Peak

In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to everest.

On 16 June Tomaz Humar departs for the immense Rupal Face, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan

Mount everest was first climbed 50 years ago today by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Clebrations are mared by a helicopter crash at Base Camp in Nepal, killing 2 and wounding at least 7.

On 23/05 Manuela Di Centa becomes the first italian women to climb everest, while Jean-Christophe Lafaille climbs Dhaulagiri on 20/05

news from everest base Camp in the 2003 pre-monsson season. Fabio Meraldi in 24 hour summit attempt

At the end of April the Croatian Paklenica National Park, famed for its natural beauty and, amongst climbers, for its compact Verdon-like limestone, will host the fourth edition of the “Big Wall Speed Climbing”.

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

On 25/10 Denis Urubko, together with Maxut Zhumauev, Vassily Pivtsov and Alexey Raspopov summit Shisha Pangma (8013 m).

The mountaineers Thomas Huber and Doug Scott will hold two slideshows at Arco, Italy on Friday 1 November and Saturday 2 November

For more than 10 days the French snowboarder and mountaineer Marco Siffredi has been reported missing from the North Face of everest.

Memorial Fund has been established for Galen Rowell and Barbara Cushman Rowell through the Tides Foundation.

The Nepalese Government has introduced a set of new rules to regulate expeditions on its mountains.

Despite mounting political tension a large number of expeditions have decided to attempt Pakistan's peaks.

Mario Curnis and Simone Moro reach the summit of everest on 24 May