The news

The international campaign Patagonia sin represas, Patagonia without dams to stop the projected construction of 5 dams in one of the world's last untouched natural habitats.

The latest updates about Tommy Caldwell, currently engaged in his demanding attempt to free the Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

At Chironico in Switzerland Nicolò Ceria has freed Happy Birthday Totò 7C+.

The ninth stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 will be held in Kranj, Slovenia on 19 and 20 November.

On 17/11/2011 at 20:30 CET Planetmountain will live stream the London stage of The North Face Speaker Series with Simone Moro, Cory Richards and Denis Urubko about the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum 8035m.

An interview with British mountaineer Mick Fowler after the first ascent of Gojung (6310m) in Nepal, Himalaya together with Dave Turnbull.

Adam Ondra has established his hardest boudler problem to date, Terranova 8C+ at Moravsky Kras in the Czech Republic.

Italian climber Pietro dal Prà together with Alessandro Rudatis has established two difficult new multi-pitches, In mezzo poco (400m, 8a+) and Gracias a la Vida (270m, 8a+) up Lastia de Gardes in the Italian Dolomites.

On 12 and 13 October 2011 James Pearson made the coveted second ascent of Joy Division (800m, 8b) on the Qualido, Val di Mello, Italy, one of the hardest granite multi-pitches in Europe.

The 2011 "andesimo" season in Patagonia has begun in earnest with a great ascent of the rarely repeated West Face of Cerro Torre at the hands of Michael Lerjen-Demjen from Zermatt and Korra Pesce from Chamonix who chose to ascend the famous Ragni route (1500m, AI5+ M4 MI6 mushroom...

The video of Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall on Century Crack 8c in the Canyonlands, USA.

British climber Jordan Buys has made the first repeat of the gritstone route Loaded E8 7a at Ilkley Quarry, while his wife Naomi Buys made the first female ascent of Snap Decision E7 6c.

After a 6 day ordeal, the lifeless bodies of French alpinists Olivier Sourzac and Charlotte De Metzi were located this morning on the Grandes Jorasses.

Video of Sonnie Trotter making the first ascent of The Path 5.14R, Lake Louise, Canada.

David Lama has made quick repeats of Stoamanndl 8b and Donnervogel 8b, first ascended by Alexander Huber, a few months after making the first repeat of Paciencia 8a on the North Face of the Eiger.

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.