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On 5 May 2013 Russian BASE jumper Valery Rozov leapt off the North Face of Everest from a record height of 7220m.

04/05/2013. 2000 climbers had registered on the penultimate day of Melloblocco and the number is expected to grow even further. Today everyone got some great climbing done beneath a gorgeous blue sky. Many problems were sent. Expectations are high now for tonight's big party which paves the way for tomorrow's...

In Germany's Frankenjura Alexander Megos has made the first ascent of Classified 9a+.

The first things that come into the mind of smily Anna Borella about these first days of Melloblocco #10, currently taking place in Val di Mello - Val Masino.

The American queen of bouldering Alex Puccio has won this year’s ladies-only boulder competition Stockholm, confirming her fitness for the Boulder World Cup. Matilda Söderlund placed second, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk third.

The report by Niccolò Ceria currently getting to grips with the boulders as Västervik in southern Sweden, where he added a sit-down start to Primitive 8A+ and flashed The Hourglass 8B.

On 29 March 2013 German climber Alexander Megos redpointed one of the world's reference 9a+, La Rambla at Siurana in Spain, on his second attempt.

Interview with 19-year-old German climber Alexander Megos after the historic first on-sight of a 9a climb, Estado Critico at Siurana in Spain.

On 24/03/2013 Alexander Megos on-sighted Estado Critico at Siurana in Spain, becoming the first climber in the world to climb a 9a onsight.

The second video of Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven bouldering in Chironico, Cresciano and Brione in Canton Ticino, Switzerland.

At Chironico in Switzerland Katharina Saurwein flashed her first 8A boulder problem. Jorg Verhoeven made the first ascent of the problem flash Flood 8B at Brione while at Cresciano he flashed the famous problem La Proue 8B.

At Oliana in Spain Silvio Reffo has succeeded in flashing 'Mind Control' (8c).

On 27/01/2013 Croatian climber Ivan Lisica-Lija made the third repeat of Il Maratoneta, the legendary route first climbed by Maurizio "Manolo" Zanolla at Paklenica (Croatia).

Interview with John Ellison, the man behind Climbers against Cancer, the campaign which aims to raise awareness and gather funds for cancer research.

On 30/12/2012 Andrea Di Donato, Andrea Di Pascasio and Lorenzo Angelozzi attempted the first winter ascent of Orient Express, but were stopped by Angelozzi's massive fall. Fortunately there were no serious consequences. Andrea Di Pascasio recounts the story.

Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.