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Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine have once again broken their Speed record on The Nose, el capitan, climbing the route in 2:37:05

Interview with Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama after his recent record speed ascent of The Nose on el capitan, Yosemite, together with Hans Florine.

On 17/07/2008 the Russians Valery Babanov and Victor Afanasiev reached the summit of Broad Peak (8047m) after having climbed a new route up the northwest face of the 12th highest mountain in the world.

Five weeks climbing in Yosemite resulted in, amongst others, a repeat of El Nino (5.13d) on el capitan.

Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama have set a new speed record on the Nose, el capitan, Yosemite, climbing the route in 2:43:33.

On 28 October Tomasz Humar from Slovenia reportedly carried out a solo ascent of the south Face of Annapurna reaching the South Summit at 8026m, located to the east of the 8091m high main summit.

On Monday 9 October Thomas and Alexander Huber set a new speed record on The Nose, el capitan, Yosemite, climbing the route in 2:45:45 and beating the old record by over 3 minutes.

From 15 April to 15 June Martina Cufar travelled to the U.S.A. for her first taste of Indian Creek, Yosemite, Tuolome Meadows and the Needles...

From 21 - 26 January 2007 the Italians Elio Orlandi, Michele Cagol, Fabio Leoni and Rolando Larcher made the first ascent of "Osa ma non troppo", a 700m line up the E Face of Cerro Cota 2000 (Torres del Paine, Patagonia). A beautiful route, great company and a fantastic adventure...

Todd Skinner, one of America's pioneering free climbers, died on October 23 when abseiling from the Leaning Tower in Yosemite.

On 30 August Nicolas Favresse made the first ascent of "Lost in translation" a 400m, 10-pitch free climb (5.12b/c) on the East Face of el capitan together with 30-year-old Ivo Ninov from Bulgaria.

Just two weeks after Caldwell's astounding repeat of the Nose, the young American has pushed things further by phenomenally climbing both the Nose and Freerider on el capitan, Yosemite, in under 24 hours!

Yosemite news roundup. On 17 October Tommy Caldwell made a sub-12 hour ascent of the Nose, just days after his free ascent together with wife Beth Rodden. Nicolas Favresse from Belgium makes first ascent of L'Appât on el capitan (VI 5.12d). Leo Houlding from England onsighted Half Dome's Regular Northwest...

Last July Lynn Hill and Katie Brown made a free ascent of Leaning Tower's West Face (Yosemite, U.S.A.).

At the start of June the Italians Silvestro Stucchi and Elena Davila made a rare repeat of Zenyatta Mondatta A4 in Yosemite.

While the 30 year-old Yosemite Camp 4 restrictions are to come into effect, the Climber Association has organised the first climber volunateer day of the autumn season.