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14/01/2005 - Events
Forbes votes PlanetMountain best climbing site PlanetMountain has been voted best climbing site according to Forbes, the world's premier magazine for business and financial news.
24/12/2004 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2004 nominees The six Piolet d'Or 2004 nominees for the most important alpine achievements of the year
02/12/2004 - Events
Ice meetings and competitions Ice meeting for the 2004/2005 season in Arco, Italy, Argentière la Bessée (Fournel), France, st its annual ice-fall meeting:Kandersteg, Switzerland and Festiglace, Quebec, Canada
16/11/2004 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre East Face new route! On 13/11/2004 at 21.00 Ermanno Salvaterra, Alessandro Beltrami and Giacomo Rossetti reached the top of Cerro Torre via a new direct route up the East Face of Cerro Torre, Patagonia.
04/11/2004 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre West Face 30th anniversary Last week the Italian Ragni di Lecco celebrated the 30th anniversary of the first ascent of the emblem of Patagonian mountaineering, the West Face of Cerro Torre.
28/09/2004 - Interviews
Yvon Chouinard, Time's up In an open letter Yvon Chouinard, mountaineer, surfer, fly fisherman and founder of "Patagonia", the famous American outdoor clothing company explains how urgent and pressing the envirnmental issue is.
09/08/2004 - Climbing
Glowacz and Dorfleitner 'Last Exit Titlis' 8b Stefan Glowacz has freed 'Last Exit Titlis' 8b on the isolated Titlis (3020m), Sustenpass, Urner Alps together with Markus Dorfleitner.
15/06/2004 - Alpinism
Fitz Roy new route by Orlandi, Codò and Fava On 7 February 2004 the Italians Elio Orlandi and Luca Fava, and the Argentine Horacio Codò reached the summit of Chalten - Fitz Roy (Patagonia) via the new "Linea di Eleganza" , graded ED+ 6c/A3 90°/M7,
19/02/2004 - Alpinism
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.
28/10/2003 - Alpinism
The Crystal Snake of Nuptse In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to Everest.
18/07/2003 - Trekking
Trekking in Patagonia Trekking in a magical and mysterious land: three magnificent walks around the Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, the stone heart of Patagonia.
29/05/2003 - Climbing
Bubu Bole repeats Strelovod, 8c at Ospo Mauro Bubu Bole repeats Strelovod, 8c at Misja Pec, Ospo
01/04/2003 - Alpinism
Escape from Cerro Torre Mauro Bubu Bole and Riccardo Milani abandon hopes of forging a new line up the South Face of Cerro Torre, Patagonia
04/03/2003 - Alpinism
The new challenge in Patagonia - Terra del Fuego News from the Italian expeditions to Cerro Torre and Cerro Piergiorgio, Patagonia, including Mauro Bubu Bole, RIccardo Milani and Simone Pedeferri
26/02/2003 - Alpinism
Expeditions: Broad Peak, K2, Patagonia Crucial moments for Mondinelli and Filo delo Impossibile attempting Broad Peak, and Denis Urubko, Wielicki and the Winter Polish Expedition attempting the first winter ascent of K2
10/02/2003 - Events
Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden win 12th Piolet d'Or Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have won the Piolet d'Or 2002 with their first ascent of the North Face central couloir of Siguniang, China
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