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Scottish climber Scott Muir has made an impressive repeat of what is believed to be Europe's hardest continental mixed climb, Game Over M13 at Drylands near Innsbruck, Austria.

On 13/11/2005 Ermanno Salvaterra, Alessandro Beltrami and Rolando Garibotti reached the summit of Cerro Torre vie their new route 'El Arca de los Vientos' (The Arc of Winds), Patagonia.

Stefan Glowacz and Robert Jasper have completed their "Vom Winde verweht" up the North Pillar of Murallón, Patagonia.

Sur le fil des 4000 takes film festival Grand Prize, while the book festival is won by Karsten Heuer for his Being Caribou. The Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize was awarded to Mead Norton for his photo Prayer Offerings on the Shore of Namtso Lake, Tibet.

After establishing Base camp at Cerro Murallón Stefan Glowacz and Robert Jasper are currently waiting for conditions to improve in Patagonia.

Patxi Usobiaga becomes the third person in the world to on-sight an 8c, 'Gaua' at Lezain (N. Spain). Wolfgang Güllich's Action Directe 9a has been repeated by Dai Koyamada and Markus Bock. Martina Cufar on-sights Paieda' 8a+ at Rodellar, Spain and Fred Rouhling makes the first ascent of "La voie...

Tomas Mrazek becomes the second person in the world to onsight an 8c - Pata negra at Rodellar, Spain.

Rock climbing on Kalymnos in Greece is simply a dream come true! Awesome limestone crags, stunning routes, a relaxed holiday atmosphere, the warm Aegean sea to dip into after a hard day on the rocks, legendary Greek hospitality and cuisine...

Tomas Mrazek from the Czech Republic has redpointed Martin Krpan 9a, and onsighted Karisma 8b+ and Bastilija 8b+ at Misja Pec, Slovenia

in February Scott Muir from Scotland managed to make an important first ascent 'Tsunami' M12, at the Mission Impossible cave in Northern Italy.

Evgeny Kryvosheytsev has repeated The Game M13+, Cineplex cave, Canada

A fortnight ago Mauro Bubu Bole revisited Kurt Astner's cave in Valle di Landro and climbed Mister Big Ben M12

On 13/11/2004 at 21.00 Ermanno Salvaterra, Alessandro Beltrami and Giacomo Rossetti reached the top of Cerro Torre via a new direct route up the East Face of Cerro Torre, Patagonia.

At the start of October more than 500 climbers from all over the world gathered in Kalymnos for the second Kalymnos Rock Climbing Festival.

An interview with Yuji Hirayama after the first ever 8c on-sight: White Zombi in the Baltzola cave, Spain.

On 6/10/2004 Yuji Hirayama made the first-ever 8c onsight: White Zombie, Baltzola cave, Spain.