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The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2

On 23/05 Juanito Oyarzabal and Ivan Vallejo of the TVE Expedition reached the summit of Everest via the North Face, as did Sergio Mingute and the 15 year old Sherpa Temba Tscheri; Bertrand Roche paraglides off the summit using a tandem paraglider

Mario Vielmo summits Cho Oyu. Blanc, Kuntner and Andres depart for Nanga Parbat. Everest and Lhotse summited, last chance for Moro and Urubko

The Makalu expedition “Aquile di San Martino di Castrozza e Primiero” ahs established Camp 3 at Makalu Lha at 7400m and the weather is stable. The American expedition attempting the West Pillar has abandoned its attempt after having reached 7500m

Bad weather on the North Face of Everest. The Spanish TV Expedition has so far only managed to pitch a tent at Camp II at 7800m

The fifteen year-old Sherpa Temba Tcheri will attempt to become the youngest person to climb Everest. At Makalu the "Aquila" install ABC while various team members are evacuated due to High Altitude Sickness

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001

The spring 2001 himalayan season is about to begin and the majority of expeditions are heading, once again, to Mt. Everest

The peak fees 2001 published by the governments of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Tibet

As in 2000, Helly Hansen and the American Alpine Club will assign the Helly Hansen Mountain Adventure Awards 2001 to three small exploratory expeditions

The Pamir Alay is an immense region wedged between the republics of Kirghistan and Tajikistan , dominated by the giant Pic Communism (7495m) and Pic Lenin (7134m), once the highest mountains in the now defunct Soviet Union. By Marco Borghetti, Roberto Invernizzi and Stefano Righetti.

The successful Italian Cho Oyu expedition “Roma 2000” present a insightful balance of the post-monsoon season of Cho Oyu

The Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000 and Banff Mountain Book Festival take place from 1-5 November and are preceded by the Banff Mountain Summit

On the East Face of La Esfinge (5325m) in the Paron Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Mauro Bole, Silvo Karo and photographer Boris Strmsek have established Cruz del Sur, an 800m big wall climb graded 7c+.

Despite terrible conditions the French Mountain Guide manages to summit Cho Oyu (8201m), sixth highest mountain on earth

Monsoon impedes progress. Cho Oyu most crowded, eleven expeditions on Shisha Pangma, just one mountaineer on Everest