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22/04/2005 - Competitions
15th Mezzalama On 21/04 the mythical 15° Trofeo Mezzalama ski mountaineering competition takes place on Monte Rosa. The start is Breuil Cervinia and the finish is at Gressoney La Trinité.
25/03/2005 - Events
Swiss glacier plastic wrap vs. global warming The Gurschen glacier (Andermatt, Switzerland) will be wrapped in plastic to prevent it from melting due to global warming.
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.
17/09/2004 - Alpinism
Greenland 2004 At the start of August a four-man team composed of Sergio Dalla Longa, Rosa Morotti, Ennio and Giangi Angeloni travelled to the south of Greenland to explore the immense granite walls that tower above the fjords and glaciers.
02/03/2004 - Climbing
Canada: M12 Musashi must for Bubu Bole Mauro Bubu Bole, Anna Torretta, Israel Blanco and Andrea Gallo are currently on tour in Canada to try some of the hardest drytooling routes. Bole has made a quick repeat of Musashi M12 by Will Gadd at the Cineplex Cave.
30/09/2003 - Alpinism
Renato Casarotto Last August the body of the famous italian mountaineer Renato Casarotto was found in the De Filippi glacier, K2.
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.
17/06/2003 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat success for Urubko and companions On 17/06 Denis Urubko, Dima Chumakov, Maksut Jumaiev and Vassilly Pitsov, members of theInternational Pakistan Expedition 2003, reached the summit of Nanga Parbat 8125m.
19/04/2003 - Alpinism
No Siesta Grandes Jorasses North Face climbed by Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer have repeated the great mixed climb 'No Siesta' up the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif from 17 - 19 March 2003 .
15/04/2003 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc, two ascents Ezio Marlier and Arnaud Clavel repeat Goulotte Nord by Patrik Gabarrou and together with Massimo Farina makes the first ascent of Stop the War at Aiguille de la Brenva, Mont Blanc
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
17/01/2003 - Alpinism
Winter Polish K2 Expedtion An expedition led by Krzysztof Wielicki is currently attempting the first winter ascent of K2
09/12/2002 - Events
Banff Mountain Festival 2002 winners The Second Step wins the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2002. The Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize was awarded to The Evidence of Things Not Seen, while the Photography Competition was won by James Delano
14/11/2002 - Competitions
Arctic Team Challenge 2003 Applications for the Arctic Team Challenge 2003 start on 15 November.
29/03/2002 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: the Queen of all ski mountaineering traverses Chamonix - Zermatt, from France to Switzerland across one of the most fascinating Haute Route ski mountaineering traverses in the Alps, by Italian Mountain Guide Nicolò Berzi.
10/02/2002 - Alpinism
Pakistan Mountaineering Fees cut 50% for 2002 Pakistan cuts mountaineering fees by 50% in an attempt to revitalise the tourism crisis for 2002
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