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Since last Thursday three member of an Iranian expedition - Aidin Bozorgi, Pouya Keivan and Mojtaba Jarahi - have been stranded at circa 7700m after having reached the summit of Broad Peak (8047m) in Pakistan.

The first stage of the Lead Climbing World Cup is currently taking place at Briançon in France.

Mauro Franceschini and Fabrizio Recchia have made the first ascent of Fast & Furious (290m, 6a/a+), a new route up the South Face of Aiguille de Chatelet, Mont Blanc.

On 14 July Luca 'Canon' Zardini made the first ascent of Il Falco 8c + at the crag Laboratorio at Laggio di Cadore, Dolomites, Italy.

From 18 - 20 July 20 San Candido (Val Pusteria, Dolomites) will host the first Adventure Days Movie Awards. The program includes the world's 40 best films and documentaries, while special guests include Manolo, Alex Bellini, Danilo Callegari and Michael Wachtler. "A way of being, words by and about Walter...

In June Steve Bate from New Zeland repeated the Zodiac up El Capitan in Yosemite. What makes his ascent noteworthy is that Bate is affected by Retinitis Pigmentosa.

In June Francesco Salvaterra and Nicola Binelli made the first ascent of Via del Guerriero (VI+/VIII-/A2 R3), a new route in the Gola del Limarò close to Arco, Trentino - Alto Adige.

The winners of the fifth Salewa Rockshow will be decided on 18 July 2013 as the best climbers from all 8 participating nations compete at the Salewa Cube in Bolzano. Not only the "Climber of the Tour" title is up for grabs, but also a week of extraordinary climbing and...

Davide Schiantarelli presents the result of 10 days of work for the Salento Vertical project that resulted in a flurry of new climbs in the area between Ponte Ciolo and Santa Maria di Leuca in Southern Italy.

All the results of the 10th European Sport Climbing Championships which took place in Chamonix, France, from 10 - 13 July 2013 with the disciplines Speed, Lead and Paraclimbing.

The Alpine Convention project, at its seventh edition, brings us through the Western region of the Alps to discover new and old issues. The first of three reports of the 20 SuperAlp! edition by our reporter Simonetta Radice.

The Swiss Michael Lerjen-Demjen presents climbing at The Needles in California. A magical place for climbing in the USA.

7 July the 51-year-old great Polish alpinists Artur Hajzer died while falling down the Japanese couloir on Gasherbrum I (8068m).

On 9 July James McHaffie made the fifth ascent of The Indian Face, E9 6c on Cloggy, Wales.

In Alaska's Ruth Gorge the Austrians Alex Bluemel and Gerry Fiegl have made the first ascent of Beauty and the Beast (7a+ 650m A3) on the Gargoyle. Shortly afterwards the two Tyrolean mountaineers made the first repeat of the long Tooth Traverse. Gerry Fiegl provides the report.

The 35th International Outdoor Sport Festival took place from 28 June to 2 July in the small village of Kemaliye in Central-Eastern Turkey, on the banks of the beautiful limestone canyon formed by the river Euphrates.