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Great success at Arco for the sixth edition of the Rock Junior with hundreds of young climbers at this authentic sports climbing festival

On 9 -10 June a record VI edition of the Rock Junior will take place in Arco (Garda - Trentino): more than 500 climbers aged 5 - 13 representing 18 nations are expected at the climbing Stadium for the only Youth climbing Festival in Europe in which children and...

In April a mixed Slovenian – Swiss - German headed to Spitzbergen in Norway where they made numerous mixed first ascents.

In summer 2005 Marco Sterni and Mauro Florit made the first ascents of 'Gente di Mare' (7a, 6c oblig, 350m) on the Lastoni di Formin, Croda da Lago, Dolomites.

On 28/05/2007 Steve McClure freed the extension to Overnite Sensation, a probable 9a+ at Malham Cove, England called Overshadow.

Two new routes solo by Ezio Marlier, Spirito Libero (600m IV/4/M4) on Monte Emilius and Aragon (500m IV/4+/M6/A1) on Granta Parey, plus the solo repeats of some classic climbs on Mont Blanc du Tacul and Grandes Jorasses give some food for thought about climbing "without partners".

In April 2007 Mick Fowler, Paul Ramsden, Steve Burns and Ian Cartwright made the first ascents of Manamcho (6264m) and Point 5935m in the Nyainqentaglha East Range in Tibet.

On 27/05/2007 Angela Eiter redpointed Claudio Caffé 8c+ at Terra Promessa in Arco, Italy.

On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June Flavio Crespi, one of the strongest athletes in the climbing world ranking, will be the special guest of this year's sixth edition of the Rock Junior. This great European Youth climbing Festival is open to all children aged 5 -13 and their families...

On May 12 Jean-Pierre Ouellet redpointed La Zébrée 8b+ at Mont-King, Canada, placing all the gear except the first piece on lead.

At 15.00 on 22/05 Hans Kammerlander and Karl Unterkircher made the first ascent of the south Face of Jasemba (7350m, Nepal).

On 29/04 the Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer carried out the second solo ascent of the legendary Via attraverso il Pesce on the south face of the Marmolada, after Maurizio Giordani's 1990 ascent. This is the first free solo without ropes.

Interview with Nives Meroi from Everest Advanced Base Camp after having reached the summit of her tenth 8000m peak.

On 17/05 Nives Meroi and Romano Benet reached the summit of Everest (8850m) without the use of supplementary oxygen via the north face. After being the first Italian woman to summit K2, Nives Meroi is now the first Italian woman to climb Everest without oxygen and the only women to...

The Spanish mountaineers Ricardo Valencia and Santiago Sagaste died beneath an avalanche yesterday as they waited out a storm in the tent at Camp 2 on Dhaulagiri (8167m).

On 12/05/07 David Lama and Angela Eiter won the first stage of the climbing Worldcup Lead 2007 held in Imst, Austria.