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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.

B.A.T. Basic Absurd Technology, repeated by Anna Torretta and Erika Morandi on the Caporal, Valle dell'Orco, Italy

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

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.

In October 2003 Anna Torretta climbed the Zodica, el capitan, Yosemite in 6 days and 5 nights and met the Huber brothers making the first free ascent.

Yuji Hirayama has repeated the Huber brothers' El Niño, el capitan, Yosemite, America

Thomas and Alexander Huber have freed the Zodiac on el capitan, Yosemite, America

Yuji Hirayama has made the first repeat of Golden Gate 5.13b by the huber brothers in Yosemite, America

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

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”.