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10/01/2010 - Alpinism
Landslide in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan Via Simone Moro and his agency in Pakistan comes the terrible news of a landslide which struck the area close to the village Attabad in the Hunza Valley, causing deaths, destroying land communications and isolating circa 22000 people. Published below is the email by Sultan Khan of the agency Nazir...

08/01/2010 - Alpinism
Cascata di Rochemolles, Val di Susa, Italy A splendid icefall first ascended by M. Bernardi, G.C. Grassia and F. Salino almost 30 years ago at Vallone di Rochemolles (Val di Susa, Piemonte, Italy).

07/01/2010 - Alpinism
Fabio Giacomelli killed by avalanche at Cerro Torre On 01 January 2010 Fabio Giacomelli, the 51 year old mountaineer from Trentino, Italy, died in an avalanche at the base of the East Face of Cerro Torre. After a three day search climbing partner Elio Orlandi managed to locate the lifeless body.

05/01/2010 - Climbing
Roby project 8c/9a? It all took place at Terlago in Valle del Sarca, a stone's throw from Arco, Italy. But the story Manolo tells about this project which no longer exists could perhaps have taken place at any old crag...

04/01/2010 - Events
Krakow Mountain Festival Dorota Dubicka takes a look at the event which took place in Poland at the strat of December and attracted over 5000 visitors.

31/12/2009 - Alpinism
Ice climbing in the Valle di Cogne, Valle d'Aosta, Italy A selection of icefalls in Valle di Cogne, one of the most important valleys not only in Valle d'Aosta but also in Italy

28/12/2009 - Alpinism
7 die in avalanche in Dolomites Two hikers died on 26/12/2009 in Val Lasties (Dolomites), as did four members of the Val di Fassa Mountain Rescue Squad. At Solda a 12 year old boy went missing while skiing off-piste.

24/12/2009 - Climbing
Climbing stories in Val San Nicolò, Italy One day Heinz opened two new routes in Valle San Nicolò (Val di Fassa, Dolomites) and 22 years later he gave the route to Mario, who freed them. This is the story of "Alice e l'imperatore" and "Basic Instinct", told by Heinz Mariacher and Mario Prinoth.

21/12/2009 - Climbing
Santa Linya, Chris Sharma frees Neanderthal 9b On 18/12/2009 Chris Sharma made the first ascent of Neanderthal 9b at Santa Linya, Spain.

18/12/2009 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Christmas at home then ski on your own Paolo Tassi and the joy of skiing: skiing freely between the emotions of art which renews itsself with each snowfall.

16/12/2009 - Climbing
Sandro Neri: 10 years for Emicrania After 10 years of trying the Italian climber Sandro Neri has managed to repeat Emicrania 8b at Ceresera (Belluno).

15/12/2009 - Climbing
Echo Wall, Ben Nevis, by Dave Macleod Dave Macleod analyses his ascent of Echo Wall on Ben Nevis. Climbed in July 2008, this terrifying route represented a new level of trad climbing for the 29 year old Scottish climber.

14/12/2009 - Alpinism
Guy Lacelle British alpinist and journalist Ian Parnell remembers Guy Lacelle from Canada, one of the world's leading ice climbers who died in an avalanche last Thursday in Hyalite Canyon, Montana, Canada.

11/12/2009 - Climbing
The Search, a climbing quest by Mario Prinoth This autumn Italian climber Mario Prinoth discovered, bolted and freed The Search, a 35m line up the smooth limestone face close to Capanna Bill on the Marmolada, Dolomites.

10/12/2009 - Alpinism
Ren Zhong Feng, first ascent in China On 28/11/2009 the Danish climbers Kristoffer Szilas and Martin Ploug reached the summit of the hiterhto unclimbed Ren Zhong Feng (5800m) in the Sichuan range in China via their route Lost to Ice (TD: M4, WI4, 1300m). During that period four Hungarian climbers went missing on the same mountain.

08/12/2009 - Alpinism
Leichtfried and Purner do the Moonwalk, the longest icefall in Austria Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner have carried out the first ascent Moonwalk WI6/M7, at 1000m the longest icefall in Austria.
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