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28/03/2009 - Alpinism
Morteratsch East, Bernina first ascent by Maspes, Panizza and Turk On 21 March Luca Maspes, Emanuel Panizza and Christian Turk carried out the first ascent of the ESE Face of Morteratsch (3751m) in the Bernina mountain range.

27/03/2009 - Climbing
Flashback Melloblocco 2008, a day Climbing Luna Nascente This too is what rock Climbing and the Melloblocco is all about: a normal story about a happy day Climbing with Patxi Usobiaga and Curt Marazzi.

26/03/2009 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Paolo Rabbia, first winter ski traverse of the Alps Interview with Paolo Rabbia who from 29/12/2008 to 28/02/2009 carried out the first ski mountaineering traverse of the Alps in winter without the help of mechanical transport.

25/03/2009 - Climbing
Adam Ondra Climbing at Angelone and Cornalba On 20 March 16 year old Adam Ondra made the first ascents of Riti Tribali 8c+ and Nonono 8c at Angelone, while on 21 March at Cornalba he repeated Les Sindacalistes 8c+ second go before onsighting Outsider (8a+). Adam Ondra's full report and thoughts about his Italian holiday.

19/03/2009 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2009 - you know the score The sixth edition of the Melloblocco will take place in Val di Mello (Val Masino, Sondrio, Italy). This annual international bouldering meeting attracts thousands of boulderers and climbers from all over the world.

18/03/2009 - Alpinism
Sottoguda ice Climbing, Marmolada, Dolomites A selection of icefalls at Sottoguda, one of the most important venues in NE Italy.

13/03/2009 - Climbing
Beat Kammerlander believes in Prinzip Hoffnung Beat Kammerlander has made the first ascent of the trad route "Prinzip Hoffnung" (8b/8b+, E9-E10) at the Bürser Platte in Vorarlberg, Austria.

13/03/2009 - Alpinism
Scotland winter Climbing update Andy Turner and Tony Stone have carried out the first winter ascent of Sassenach on Ben Nevis and Ueli Steck has repeated The Secret. Ian Parnell and Andy Turner then carry out the first ascent of Bruised Violet (VIII,7,8,8,8,7) on Beinn Eighe.

12/03/2009 - Climbing
Oman Jebel Misht new routes for Hansjörg Auer and Much Mayr Hansjörg Auer and Much Mayr have carried out the first ascent of "Fata Morgana" (F7c, 800m) up the S Face of Jebel Misht, Oman.

11/03/2009 - Alpinism
The Norwegian Alpine Club and the ethics for Climbing in Norway With reference to the latest ascents by Robert Jasper in Norway, the Norsk Tindeklub (Norwegian Alpine Club) has now published an official statement guidelining Climbing ethics in Norway. The German climber also provides his point of view.

10/03/2009 - Alpinism
Masada Sass Maor, first winter ascent by Larcher and Leoni From 27 - 28 February 2009 Rolando Larcher and Fabio Leoni carried out the first winter ascent of via Masada (1260m, VIII, A0) on the East Face of Sass Maor (Pale di San Martino, Dolomites). The story by Larcher and video of the ascent.

09/03/2009 - Alpinism
Ice Climbing and its history: Repentance 20 years on Repentance was first climbed in Cogne, Valle d'Aosta in 1989 by François Damilano, Fulvio Conta and Giancarlo Grassi and soon became the symbol of a new ice Climbing era in the Alps. Twenty years after the first ascent Damilano and Conta joined forces once again to repeat the route. Elio...

06/03/2009 - Alpinism
Norway ice Climbing first ascents by Robert Jasper, Markus Stofer & Roger Schäli Robert Jasper, Markus Stofer & Roger Schäli travelled to Norway in February and carried out three important first ascents, including Fosslimonster M8+, WI6+, E5, 800m height difference, ca.1000m length at Aurland.

04/03/2009 - Climbing
Łukasz Dudek repeats Martin Krpan 9a at Misja Pec, Slovenia Lukasz Dudek has repeated Martin Krpan 9a at Misja Pec close to the village Osp in Slovenia.

02/03/2009 - Competitions
World Climbing Championship 2011 at Arco On 28 February the Plenary Assembly of the IFSC - International Federation of Sport Climbing elected Arco (Trentino, Italy) as the seat of the World Championship 2011. The town in the Garda Trentino region beat the other two candidates, Paris and Moscow.

02/03/2009 - Climbing
Tyler Landman Fontainebleau bouldering rampage Tyler Landman from England has made a series of hard repeats in Fontainebleau, France, including the second ascent of Satan i Helvete assis, the FB8C.
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