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Encouraging news about Zaila Rakhmetov, the daughter of Guzel and Salavat Rakhmetov who in May 2010 was serioulsy injured at a crag in Turkey.

Encouraging news concerning Zaila Rakhmetov, the daughter of Guzel and Salavat Rakhmetov who in May 2010 was serioulsy injured at a crag in Turkey.

During their third evening entitled 'I am the mountains I have not climbed' the Italian alpinists Nives Meroi and Romano Benet talked about their mountaineering and life story. This was a special evening dedicated to a special story, as Manuel Lugli recounts.

Tommy Caldwell has abandoned his attempt on Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, yet plans to continue next year.

The freeride video on Denali (Mount McKinley), 6192m, Alaska.

Maurizio Manolo Zanolla and his new routes at two small, lost crags, Baule and Bilico high up in the Dolomites, for a climbing which is far removed from the usual perspectives.

Hansjörg Auer has made a free solo of Bayerischer Traum (400m, 7a+) on the Schüsselkarspitze, Wettersteingebirge, Austria.

Sonnie Trotter has made the second ascent of The Prophet (5.13d R) on El Capitan, Yosemite.

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.