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03/11/2005 - Climbing
Caldwell climbs Nose & Freerider in a day! Just two weeks after Caldwell's astounding repeat of the Nose, the young American has pushed things further by phenomenally climbing both the Nose and Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite, in under 24 hours!
01/06/2005 - Interviews
Ueli Steck - absolute void Ueli Steck and his solo ascents of Cholatse and Tawoche in the Himalaya, in the words of Christine Kopp .
01/04/2005 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses: new route by Gabarrou, Batoux and Dumarest From 17 to 21 March Patrick Gabarrou, Philippe Batoux and Christophe Dumarest made the first ascent of a new route on the North Face of Punta Margherita (4066m) at the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc.
16/03/2005 - Alpinism
Italian spiders rock Chile's Cochamo valley A small Italian Ragni expedition has just returned from a successful 40-day trip to Chile, where it made the most of fantastic weather conditions to climb series of routes in the Azufre and Cochamó valley.
05/11/2004 - Climbing
Jean-François Beaulieu frees La Zébrée, trad 8b+ In mid-October Jean-François Beaulieu from Canada pinkpointed an old aid project, La Zébrée at Mont-King, Val David, Québec, grading it 8b+
07/10/2004 - Interviews
Yuji Hirayama, the White Zombie 8c onsight interview An interview with Yuji Hirayama after the first ever 8c on-sight: White Zombi in the Baltzola Cave, Spain.
07/10/2004 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama completes world's first 8c on-sight! On 6/10/2004 Yuji Hirayama made the first-ever 8c onsight: White Zombie, Baltzola Cave, Spain.
28/09/2004 - Interviews
Yvon Chouinard, Time's up In an open letter Yvon Chouinard, mountaineer, surfer, fly fisherman and founder of "Patagonia", the famous American outdoor clothing company explains how urgent and pressing the envirnmental issue is.
09/07/2004 - Climbing
Barracuda Taghia Gorge, Morocco In June 2004 a small Polish team comprised of David Kaszlikowski, Eliza Kubarska and Borek Szybinski freed the new multi-pitch “Barracuda” (600m, 7c+ max. 7a+ obligatory) on Mount Oujdad (2695m), Taghia Gorge in June 2004
07/07/2004 - Climbing
B.A.T. repeated by Torretta and Morandi B.A.T. Basic Absurd Technology, repeated by Anna Torretta and Erika Morandi on the Caporal, Valle dell'Orco, Italy
11/06/2004 - Climbing
Caldwell frees Dihedral Wall At the end of May Tommy Caldwell freed the Dihedral Wall, on El Capaitan, America. It is is now considered the hardest big wall free climb in Yosemite
11/05/2004 - Competitions
Melloblocco: a great success! On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May, over 300 boulderers met up in the Italian Val di Mello and took part in the two-day international Bouldering event, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides.
17/03/2004 - Alpinism
Russians to attempt North Face of Jannu Alexander Odintsov and his Russian expedition members will attempt to climb the imposing North Face of Jannu 7710m this spring
11/11/2003 - Climbing
Larcher, Oviglia, Paissan rock Morocco From 6 - 27 October 2003 the Italian climbers Rolando Larcher, Michele Paissan and Maurizio Oviglia established Sul filo della notte (7c+ max; 7b obl) in the Taghia gorge, High Atlas, Morocco.
21/10/2003 - Alpinism
Jannu and Nuptse, the Russian expeditions Latest news from the Himalaya. the Russian Jannu expedition has abandoned its attempt, while Valery Babanov and Yury Koshelenko are currently going for their summit push
23/04/2003 - Competitions
big wall Speed Climbing, Paklenica At the end of April the Croatian Paklenica National Park, famed for its natural beauty and, amongst climbers, for its compact Verdon-like limestone, will host the fourth edition of the “big wall Speed Climbing”.
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