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The Italian Mauro Bubu Bole repeats Hotel Supramonte, together with Mi Sun Go in Sardinia

All seven members of the The Kazakhstan Expedition have successfully reached the summit of Kangchenjunga, including Denis Urubko

At 12.00 (Nepal time) the Italians Franco Nicolini, Mirco Mezzanotte and Simone Moro reached the summit of the sixth highest mountain in the world.

In April Massimo Farina and Patrick Gabarrou opened "Ice for good" and "Fantastica", two new mixed routes on the Aiguille du Tacul, Grandes Jorasses. Together with Ezio Marlier Gabarrou then climbed "Poisson d'Avril" on the Seracco del Col des Hirondelles.

Alexandre Chabot and Muriel Sarkany win the first stage of the climbing World Cup 2002 at Bolzano

The 3rd International Alpinistic Meeting will take place in Paklenica, Croatia from 26-28 April 2002

On 26 March the Italian Silvio Mondinelli left Italy together with his climbing partner Mario Merelli to climb Makalu via the Normal route.

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.

The first ascent of Everest was carried out in 1953. The timeline about the first ski and snowboard descents off the highest mountain in the world.

Interview by Emilio Previtali with 38-year-old Slovenian extreme skier and alpinist Davo Karnicar after his ski down the South Face of Everest.

Robert and Daniela Jasper climb hard ice in Canada and Switzerland

A year after his American tour with Yuji Hirayama, the Frenchman François Legrand is back in the States and on top form, sending Necessary Evil 5.14c/ 8c+ at Virgin River Gorge shortly after his arrival

Jean-Christophe Lafaille makes the first winter solo ascent of Pèlerinagein preparation for his eigthth 8000m peak, Annapurna, Himalaya

Two new crags have been established in Thailand

The 22 year old Belgian Nicolas Favresse has recently freed "Le Clou", an 8c that could stand as the hardest route in the country.