The news

The second stage in this year's Ice World Cup will take place in Courchevel from the 23 - 25 January.

François Lombard and Irina Ryzhenkova win first stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2000 in Austria.

The 1999 Piolet d'or was awarded to the Frenchmen Lionel Daudet and Sebastien Foissac for their new route on Burkett Needle, Alaska.

The Italian Mauro Bole Bubu confirms his reputation as one of the best ice climbers in the world by repeating Stevie Haston’s X-Files in Lillaz, Val di Cogne, Italy, as well as Welcome to the Machine M10 in Valsavarenche and then onsighting Lionel Daudet’s Quartier Nors M10.

The first stage in the first ever Ice Climbing World Cup circuit will take place in Pilztal, Austria on the 14 -16 January 2000.

From the 28-30 January 2000 Cortina d'Ampezzo will host, for the second consecutive year, the Ice Bouldering Competition.

The “Rassemblement International des Glaciairistes du Fournel” will celebrate its 10th anniversary from the 3rd to the 9th of January 2000.

After the World Cup in Birmingham many athletes travelled east to Sheffield to compete at the Urban Rock FIBO Boulder Challenge.

Born in 1998 and consolidated in 1999, the Ice World Cup 2000 will take place from January to March 2000 and be held in 7 different venues.

Cristian Brenna, making the most of the two-month break in the competition calendar, spent his holiday in Cuenca, Spain.

The feared climb 'L'avaro' 8c+ at Tetto di Sarre has been repeated twice in an hour.

Pietro dal Prà repeats Beat Kammerlander's mythical Silbergeier 8b+ in the Rätikon in just three goes.

The famous route Eternal Flame, established by the Germans Wolfgang Güllich, Kurt Albert and Co up Nameless Tower (TTrango Towers - Karakorum) has been repeated by a Spanish expedition.