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11/06/2004 - Climbing
Caldwell frees Dihedral Wall At the end of May Tommy Caldwell freed the Dihedral Wall, on El Capaitan, America. It is is now considered the hardest big wall free climb in Yosemite
11/06/2004 - Alpinism
North Twin new route climbed by Steve House, Marko Prezel In April Steve House and Marko Prezelj made the coveted third ascent of the 5000 foot North face of North Twin, Canadian Rockies, via a new line.
01/06/2004 - Alpinism
Russians summit Everest by new North Face route At 09.15am on 30/05/2004 three Russian climbers, Pasha Shabalin, Ilyas Tuhvatullin and Andrey Mariev reached the summit of Mt. Everest via a demanding new line up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face.
31/05/2004 - Competitions
Chabot and Eiter win World Cup Difficulty in Imst Alexander Chabot and Angela Eiter won the second stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2004 held in Imst, last weekend.
27/05/2004 - Climbing
Millet repeats Realization! On 24/05 Sylvain Millet made the first repeat of Realization / Biographie 9a/9a+, Ceuse, first climbed by Chris Sharma in 2001.
26/05/2004 - Alpinism
Jannu North Face success Alexandre Ruchkin and Dmitry Pavlenko of the Jannu North Face Expedition Spring 2004 have successfully summited the North Face 7710m
25/05/2004 - Alpinism
Everest 2004, records and storms Last week 5 mountaineers died on Everest, while Sherpa Pemba Dorji climbed from Base Camp to the aummit in just 8 hours 10 minutes
24/05/2004 - Alpinism
Everest summits for Expedition K2-2004 Alex Busca, Claudio Bastrentaz, Karl Unterkircher and Mario Merelli of the Expedition K2-2004 summit Everest without supplementary oxygen on 24/05/2004
24/05/2004 - Climbing
Switzerland's Magic Wood at risk Bernd Zangerl invites all to respect the Magic Wood bouldering area close to Ausserferrera, Switzerland
17/05/2004 - Alpinism
Lhotse ascent for Nives Meroi, Romano Benet and Luca Vuerich On 16/05 Nives Meroi, Romano Benet and Luca Vuerich summite Lhotse (8516m). Nives Meroi is now the most successful living female mountaineer.
14/05/2004 - Events
Val di Mello in danger The campaign against proposed hydroelectric plants in Val di Mello (Italy).
13/05/2004 - Climbing
Bereziartu and Otegi rock Spain Josune Bereziartu repeats “Nowa” 8c, "B12" 8b+ , “Sexibition" 8b and "Psicosis" 8c. Rikar Otegi sends "Nowa" , "B12" and "Desafiando a Tsunami" 8c+/9a.
12/05/2004 - Alpinism
Lhotse, Makalu, Everest, Jannu: work in progress Expeditions: summit time is fast approaching. In the Everest region the second half of May is statistically the most important time of year for successful summit bids.
11/05/2004 - Competitions
Melloblocco: a great success! On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May, over 300 boulderers met up in the Italian Val di Mello and took part in the two-day international Bouldering event, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides.
10/05/2004 - Events
52nd Film Festival di Trento From the 1st to the 9th of May the International Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure will take place in the small town of Trento, Northern Italy.
06/05/2004 - Alpinism
Ciao Patrick, new route on Khali Himal The report by Simone Moro eand details of the new route on the North Face of Khali Himal - Baruntse North (7066m), Nepal.
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