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Valerio Folco, Tom McMillan and Bruce Bindner make the third ascent of el capitan's Tempest (A4 R)

The Italian Valerio Folco travels to Yosemite to climb 'Tempest', el capitan

Chris McNamara recommends five super classic rock climbs in Yosemite Valley, California, USA.

On 16/06/01 Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles freed 9 out of 10 pitches of "The West Face" on the Leaning Tower, Yosemite.

Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber free climb Golden Gate in 2000 on el capitan, Yosemite, USA.

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling

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

Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar has made a remarkable solo ascent up the South Face of Dhaulagiri

At the end of July, Dean Potter and Hans Florine made what may go down as one of the biggest achievements in the history of climbing in Yosemite.

On the 26th of October 1998, after fifteen days on el capitan, the 29 year-old Slovenian Tomaz Humar completed Reticent Wall (VI, 5.9, A5 850m). Humar is well-known for his successes in the Himalayas, where in 1997 he ascended Nuptse in alpine style together with Janiz Jeglic, and Ama Dablam...