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30/07/2012 - Alpinism
Scerscen - Bernina traverse Michele Comi reports about a great alpine traverse, the one which crosses the summit of Monte Scerscen and traverses to the summit of Piz Bernina (Western Rhaetian Alps).

29/07/2012 - Alpinism
Legendary Austrian alpinist Sepp Mayerl dies On Saturday 27 July 2012 Jospeh Mayerl, the legendary alpinist from Tyrol, Austria, died aged 75 which climbing in the Lienzer Dolomites.

28/07/2012 - Climbing
Fred Nicole video profile Video profile of Swiss bouldering legend Fred Nicole.

27/07/2012 - Events
Arco Rock Legends, the 2012 nominations The nominations for the VII edition of the Arco Rock Legends, the sport climbing Oscars which will take place on 31 July 2012 during the Rock Master Festival 2012 and award the prestigious Salewa Rock Award and La Sportiva Competition...

27/07/2012 - Alpinism
K7, new route up the East Face by Kennedy, Dempster and Novak Kyle Dempster, Hayden Kennedy and Urban Novak have made the first ascent of a new route up the virgin East Face of K7 (Karakorum, Pakistan).

26/07/2012 - Climbing
Jimmy Chin, the video portrait The video portrait produced by Evan Swinehart about American photographer and alpinist Jimmy Chin.

25/07/2012 - Climbing
The Meltdown, video of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt on the Welsh slate testpiece The video filmed by Alun Hughes of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt during their early attempts on The Meltdown, the super testpiece freed recently by James McHaffie at the Dinorwig slate quarries in Wales.

24/07/2012 - Climbing
Mayan Smith-Gobat repeats Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Dolomites Mayan Smith-Gobat, together with David Falt, has made the third free ascent of Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Civetta, Dolomites. 750m, 8a in a ground-up, in a 32 hour single push with no bivy gear. Falt provides the report.

24/07/2012 - Climbing
Rajceva, new route by Luka Lindic and Andrej Grmovšek on Križevnik in Slovenia On 17/06/2012 Luka Lindic and Andrej Grmovšek completed the first ascent of Rajceva (8a, 250m) up the North Face of Križevnik in Slovenia.

24/07/2012 - Alpinism
Pizzo Badile, first solo of Memento Mori by Rossano Libera On 17 and 18 July Italian alpinist and mountain guide Rossano Libera made the first solo ascent and second repeat of the Direttissima Memento Mori route up the NE Face of Pizzo Badile. A route and ascent which many define...

23/07/2012 - Climbing
The Rocklands post - week 4 The fourth post of video blog from the bouldering area Rocklands in South Africa. The report written and filmed by French boulderer Clement Pedrotti.

20/07/2012 - Climbing
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival - rock climbing in Turkey The report by Maurizio Oviglia about the Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival, the largest outdoor activity meeting in Turkey in an area which has all the makings of an Asian Verdon.

20/07/2012 - Climbing
Regal climbing: Prince Charles starts bouldering! The climber you'd least expect: Prince Charles traversing a climbing wall in England.

19/07/2012 - Alpinism
Revelation mountains, new Slovenian first ascents in Alaska In spring 2012 a Slovenian expedition to the Revelation Mountain range in Alaska resulted in a flurry of first ascents up virgin peaks. The trip report by expedition leader Anze Cokl.

17/07/2012 - Climbing
Brooke Raboutou, 8c at a mere 11 years of age At Rodellar in Spain 11-year-old Brooke Raboutou has repeated Welcome to Tijuana. In doing so she has become the youngest climber in the world to master this grade.

17/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit With regards to last Thursday's tragedy which claimed the lives of 9 climbers on Mont Maudit, we have received the thoughts of Dr. Luigi Festi, director of the International Masters Course in Mountain Medicine at the University of Insubria...
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