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07/03/2013 - Climbing
Climb for Life and the new T-shirts for 2013 The Climb for Life 2013 T-shirt campaign has just been launched to inform about and promote bone marrow donation. All proceeds will support ADMO, the Italian association of bone marrow donors.

06/03/2013 - Alpinism
Difficult hours for Poles on Broad Peak first winter ascent The situation is currently extremely difficult for the Polish mountaineers who carried out the first winter ascent of Broad Peak yesterday: while Artur Malek and Adam Bielecki spent the night at Camp IV, Maciej Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski bivied at the col at 7900m.

04/03/2013 - Climbing
Difficult boulder problems in Ticino by Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven 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.

04/03/2013 - Alpinism
Torre Egger West Face, first ascent by Della Bordella and Schiera On Saturday 2 March 2013, Matteo della Bordella and Luca Schiera made the first ascent of a new route which, for the first time ever, breaches the West Face of Torre Egger (Cerro Torre massif, Patagonia).

01/03/2013 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer - thoughts about climbing in Patagonia The thoughts about alpinism in Patagonia by Hansjörg Auer who this season, apart from establishing a new route up Aguja Guillaumet with Mario Walder, suddenly had to battle hard against the infamous Patagonian storms.

27/02/2013 - Alpinism
Attraverso Travenanzes, new icefall in Val Travenanzes by Ballico and Gamberini On 16 February 2013 Beppe Ballico and Andrea Gamberini made the first ascent of Attraverso Travenanzes (120m, III, WI5+) a new icefall at the Supermario sector in Val Travenanzes which, once again, confirms itself as being an eldorado for ice climbing not only in the Dolomites but further afield, too....

26/02/2013 - Alpinism
Video: Iceland ice climbing aerial view An aerial view of ice climbing in Iceland with climbers Tim Emmett and Dawn Glanc.

26/02/2013 - Alpinism
Robert Jasper adds difficult mixed climb to Breitwangflue at Kandersteg On 13/02/2013 Robert Jasper made the first free ascent of the ice and mixed climb Ritter der Kokosnuß (M12, WI5, 165m) up the Breitwangflue at Kandersteg in Switzerland.

25/02/2013 - Gear
UIAA press release: Second wave of via ferrata set recalls within six months We have received and published the press release of the UIAA concerning the second recall in the last six months of Rope-friction Via Ferrata sets. We hope that in the near future this official press release will be translated in the languages of other countries concerned. On their websites a...

25/02/2013 - Climbing
Aguglia of Goloritzé, restyling of Sardinia's famous tower Maurizio Oviglia and Gianluca Piras have reequipped the climb Easy Gymopedie and the abseils down the route Sole Incantatore on Aguglia of Goloritzé (Sardinia). The report and video by Maurizio Oviglia about their restyling of one of the most beautiful towers in Italy and further afield. This monolith was climbed...

24/02/2013 - Alpinism
Mojon Rojo, Colin Haley and Sarah Hart climb West Face in Patagonia On 21/02/2013 Colin Haley and Sarah Hart made the first ascent of the West Face of Mojon Rojo via their El Zorro (700m, 5.10, A1).

24/02/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Aiguille Verte and the Aiguille Carrée Couloir Davide Capozzi reports about the recent ski and snowboard descent of the Aiguille Carrée Couloir on Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc, repeated on 21 February 2013 together with Julien Herry and Luca Rolli.

22/02/2013 - Climbing
A day in the life of Team Petzl in Spain The video filmed by Joe Kinder about Dani Andrada, Chris Sharma, Daila Ojeda, Sasha DiGiulian, Nina Caprez climbing at Santa Linya in Spain.

21/02/2013 - Alpinism
Markus Pucher and his solo ascent of the Cerro Torre Via dei Ragni On 14/01/2013 Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher soloed the Via dei Ragni on Cerro Torre in Patagonia in a lightening fast time of 3 hours 15 minutes from his bivouac below the Colle della Speranza... Pucher's story and our interview.

20/02/2013 - Events
Hueco Rock Rodeo 2013 highlights The 20th Hueco Rock Rodeo took place at Hueco Tanks, Texas, USA last weekend, the classic bouldering meeting and competition, won by Paul Robinson and Angie Payne.

19/02/2013 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Elder Statesman at Curbar On 15/02/2013 James Pearson made the third ascent of Elder Statesman HXS 7a at Curbar Edge, England.
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