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The countdown has begun for the most important ski mountaineering competition in the Gotthard mountain range in Switzerland: on 11 March the Vth edition of Tris Rotondo in Val Bedretto.

Everest Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar have won the National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2012.

The XX Piolet d'Or will take place in Courmayeur (Italy) and Chamonix (France) from 21 - 24 March 2012. Here are the 6 nominations for the coveted golden ice axe, while Frenchman Robert Paragot will receive the Lifetime Achievement award.

This summer a female trio of climbers comprised of Marina Kopteva, Anna Yasinskay and Galina Chibitok established "Parallel world" (2580m, VI+, A1/7b, 6B), a new route up the NW Face of Great Trango Tower, Karakorum, Pakistan.

The 36th Banff Film Festival was celebrated in the small Canadian town last week and the winners of the various categories have now been announced.

Kazakh alpinists Denis Urubko and Gennadiy Durov have won the Piolet d'or Asia for the new route they established last August on Pik Pobeda (7439m).

75 athletes are currently battling it out this morning in the 8th stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 in Valence, France.

Applications for 2011 Rowell award nominations are accepted by the American Alpine Club until November 15, 2011.

Last night Walter Bonatti passed away. He was 81 years old and one of the greatest legends of alpinism of all times.

The video by Jeremy Collins of his route Border Country, first ascended in Yosemite along with Mikey Schaefer and Dana Drummond and dedicated to Jonny Copp and Micah Dash

At the end of July Slovene climbers Ales Holc, Peter Juvan and Igor Kremser made the first ascent of on Xuelian North-East (6249m), in the Xuelian Feng range, Tien Shan, China via their route Arête of Trust (ED2, AI5, M5+).

During the VI Arco Rock Legends the Salewa Rock award was given to Adam Ondra. The La Sportiva Competition award went to Ramon Julien Puigblanque.

In the first round of the Women's Qualification the following qualified with flying colours and two tops: Ernst, Kim, Röck and Eiter. The Italian Jenny Lavarda has also qualified for the Semifinal.

The first ParaClimbing Speed World Championship took place in Arco today. 33 athletes from 11 different countries took part in the event.

The IFSC World Championship kicks off in Arco and expectations for this great sport event are simply enormous.

The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 started in Chamonix this morning, along with the Speed event.