The news

Ueli Steck from Switzerland and Don Bowie from Canada are currently on their way to the South Face Base Camp of Annapurna 8091m (Nepal, Himalaya) where they will attempt to climb one of the most difficult and dangerous faces in the Himalaya.

Jakob Schubert and Jain Kim have won the third stage of the Lead World Cup 2013 at Puurs, Belgium.

British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have both repeated Cobra Crack at Squamish, Canada.

The video of Forrest Coots, Jason Thompson, Jase Hancox and Will Lascelles and their skiing and mountaineering adventure in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

The third stage of the Lead World Cup 2013is currently taking place at Puurs, Belgium.

Interview with Polish alpinist Marek Raganowicz who talks about the new big wall Bushido (VII– A4 VII+), established together with Marcin Tomaszewski up Great Trango Tower, Karakorum, Pakistan.

The video of Slovenian climber Martina Mali sending the boulder problem Rumble in the Jungle at Hueco Tanks, USA.

The video of Fred Nicole and Nalle Hukkataival bouldering at Fontainebleau in France.

Markus Haid and Florian Klingler have made the first ascent of Zeitgeist (300m, 7c+, 7b obligatory) up Roßkopf, Rofangebirge, Austria.

In August 2013 Gianni Tomasoni and Sibilla Bariani made the frist ascent of "I sogni di Baku" (VII 300m), a new rock climb up the SE Face of Corno Gioià in Val Adamé (Lombardy, Italy) dedicated to Rocco Belingheri.

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has launched an appeal calling on all climbers and walkers to help safeguard the future if Stanage Edge, England.

Interview with Slovenian athlete Mina Markovic who won her first Arco Rock Master title on 8 September 2013

In this video made for the National Park Foundation, American rock climber Alex Honnold talks about the climbing in Yosemite Valley, USA.

The report by Marco Spataro about the IV Tor des Geants 2013, the race along the paths at the foot of Mont Blanc and the great Valle d'Aosta peaks (330km and 24.000 elevation gain), won by Iker Karrera and Francesca Canepa.

Interview with Angela Eiter, the queen of climbing competitions who recently bid her official farewell to the world of competitions.

Mobility Week 2013: from big cities to the mountains in search of a possible balance. By Simonetta Radice.