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02/10/2011 - Competitions
Rock Junior, the great love for climbing Sunday 2 October 2011. The 10th Rock Junior, the biggest youth climbing happening, came to an end in Arco today. Organised by the Rock Master Association, the meeting beat all previous records with more than 600 young climbers (5 –...

15/09/2011 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti, thoughts and memories from the world of alpinism The thoughts for Walter Bonatti which PlanetMountain received from the alpinists...

12/09/2011 - Climbing
Vietnam Psicobloc - deep water soloing at Ha Long Bay Steve and Angie Bradshaw provide some hands-on, in-depth information to the Psicobloc bouldering around Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

14/07/2011 - Competitions
IFSC World Championship in Arco a 10 day climbing celebration The IFSC World Championship kicks off in Arco and expectations for this great sport event are simply enormous.

05/07/2011 - Competitions
Sport climbing shortlisted for the 2020 Olympic Games The IOC Executive Board announced yesterday that sport climbing has been shortlisted for the 2020 Olympic Games along with seven other sports. This is a fundamental step towards the main goal set by the IFSC International Federation of Sport Climbing...

23/06/2011 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2011, the official video Online as of today the official video Melloblocco 2011, the world's biggest bouldering meeting which takes place every year in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy.

11/05/2011 - Climbing
Pompa Funebre, new route by Larcher, Giupponi and Sartori on Monte Pellegrino, Palermo On 31/03 and 01/04/2011 Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori completed the first ascent of Pompa Funebre (150m, 8b max, 7a+ obligatory). The route had previously been started by Larcher, Giupponi and Maurizio Oviglia up the NE Face of...

09/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 and the great bouldering tribe Melloblocco, Val di Mello, the bouldering tribe and the biggest bouldering meeting in the world

08/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 – a new bouldering and Val Masino record Great success and absolute record number of participants in Val Masino - Val di Mello (Italy) during the eighth Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world. 2600 registered climbers from 22 different countries took part in...

07/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco day two – it's a record! With 2500 registered climbers on the second day, the eighth Melloblocco has already broken all previous records. The number will increase tomorrow during the final day of the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting.

06/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco day one After yesterday's debut, Melloblocco #8 got underway in Val Masino today, Friday 6 May. More than 1300 registered climbers have already reached the valley to take part in the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting, but the number continues to...

04/05/2011 - Events
The Melloblocco 2011 bouldering areas The Melloblocco 2011 bouldering area, prepared by Simone Pedeferri and introduced by Nicola Noè

03/05/2011 - Alpinism
Hardest of the Alps, the video of Iker and Eneko Pou's climbing quest The video Iker Pou and Eneko Pou and their search for the hardest routes in the Alps and their meetings with some of the main players: Manolo, Alexander Huber and Beat Kammerlander.

29/04/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 - the bouldering game in Val Masino More than 2200 people have pre-registered for the 8th Melloblocco, the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting due to take place in Val Masino, Italy from 5 - 8 may 2011.

27/04/2011 - Events
59th TrentoFilmFestival, select events The 59th Trento Film Festival takes place from 28 April to 8 May to celebrate mountains, society, cinema and literature. Numerous mountaineering personalities gather in Italy's Trento including Messner, Herzog, Bonatti, Mazeaud, Erri De Luca, Mauro Corona, Neri Marcoré, Enrico...

15/04/2011 - Events
Melloblocco 2011 - everyone's bouldering in Val Masino From 5 - 8 May 2011 the 8th edition of the Melloblocco will take place in Val Masino, Sondrio, Italy. The Melloblocco is the biggest and most important bouldering meeting in the world and this year it is dedicated to...
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