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29/12/2010 - Alpinism
Cascata Per Leo, rare icefall on Sorapiss, Dolomites On 21 December Giuseppe 'Beppe' Ballico and Marco Milanese climbed "Cascata Per Leo" (270m, IV, WI 5+ XR) a beautiful icefall which rarely comes into condition on the SW Face of Croda Marcora (Sorapiss, Dolomites).

28/12/2010 - Alpinism
Night Terror, Lobuche East, Kauffman shares ascent details Joel Kauffman reports about the ascent of Night Terror (VI WI5+ AI4 M7 85°) on Lobuche East, Nepal, carried out with fellow American Jared Vilhauer.

28/12/2010 - Alpinism
New winter desperate in Wales On 26/12/2010 Pete Harrison made the first ascent of the hardest winter route in Wales, Are You Having it about the Woolly Mammoths XI 10 in the Llanberis Pass.

27/12/2010 - Alpinism
Two icefalls in Valle dell'Orco and Piantonetto "La Cascata delle miniere" in Valle dell'Orco and "Ciao TFR" in Vallone di Piantonetto, two icefalls in Northern Italy climbed by Marco Appino, Umberto Bado, Mauro Appino and Renzo Vottero.

26/12/2010 - Alpinism
Wicked Welsh winter conditions A series of new routes in North Wales spearheaded by British alpinist Nick Bullock.

23/12/2010 - Alpinism
Vilhauer and Kauffman establish Night Terror on Lobuche East, Nepal The Americans Joel Kauffman and Jarad Vilhauer have established Night Terror (VI WI5+ AI4 M7 85°), a stunning line up Lobuche East (6119m), Nepal.

22/12/2010 - Alpinism
Lunag II in Nepal by French team At the end of October a four-man French team comprised of Max Belleville, Mathieu Detrie, Mathieu Maynadier, and Seb Ratel carried out the first ascent of Lunag II (6830m) Nepal.

22/12/2010 - Climbing
More hard US trad at the New River Gorge and Shawagunks At the Shawagunks Brian Kim established the trad route Monumental 5.13d, while at the New River Gorge Brett Perkins climbed Proper Soul 5.14a R/X without bolts but with trad gear.

21/12/2010 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni, the fruit of the devil Gabriele Moroni talks about Il frutto del diavolo 8c+/9a, his new route bolted and freed at Bus de Vela close to Arco, Italy.

20/12/2010 - Climbing
Sharma sends super route at Oliana Chris Sharma has added "Power inverter" 9a+ to Oliana, Lleida, Spain.

17/12/2010 - Alpinism
Quo Vadis, new route by Tondini and Irsara on Sass dla Crusc, Dolomites Another new route on Sass dla Crusc (Dolomites) by Nicola Tondini and Ingo Irsara who established Quo Vadis on the massive mountain face, the symbol of the Val Badia.

16/12/2010 - Climbing
Chironico and Cresciano bouldering update Important repeats at Chironico and Cresciano by Dai Koyamada, Adam Ondra, Paul Robinson, Carlo Traversi, Michele Caminati and Nicolo Ceria, including Big Paw, The Dagger, From The Dirt Grows the Flowers and Dreamtime.

15/12/2010 - Alpinism
Winter climbing action in Scotland With the British Isles gripped by cold weather, the winter climbing season in Scotland is now in full swing.

13/12/2010 - Alpinism
Grotta del Lupo, drytooling in the Dolomites Gianmario Meneghin introduces the drytooling crag Grotta del Lupoon LakeCentro di Cadore in the Dolomites.

10/12/2010 - Alpinism
Ice climbing, the season begins The abundant autumn rainfall and sudden drop in temperatures across the Italian Alps has contributed in getting the ice climbing season off to an earlier-than-usual start.

09/12/2010 - Alpinism
Rosso 70, awarded at the Bansko Film Festival Rosso 70, the film directed by Francesco Mansutti and Vinicio Stefanello and which retraces the 70 yera mountaineering history f the Scoiattoli mountaineering club in Cortina, has won the Jury's Special Prize during the Bulgaria's X° International Mountain Film Festival in Bansko
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