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The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2

After his ascent of Lhotse Denis Urubko is now set to complete the traverse and climb Everest. His partner Simone Moro has descended to Base Camp exhausted after rescuing a young British mountaineer

Mario Vielmo summits Cho Oyu. Blanc, Kuntner and Andres depart for Nanga Parbat. Everest and Lhotse summited, last chance for Moro and Urubko

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001

The spring 2001 himalayan season is about to begin and the majority of expeditions are heading, once again, to Mt. Everest

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

Davo Karnicar's Sherpas assert that the body he discovered when skiing down Everest was of Scott Fisher, the Mountain Guide who died on Everest in 1996

On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the south face of Everest

Bad weather slows progress on K2 and Gasherbrum II

Bad weather affects most Himalayan expeditions

Bad weather results in one of worst seasons in decades

Selection process completed: 79 films accepted.

Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro before his attempt of the Everest - Lhotse Traverse.

The 1999 Piolet d'or was awarded to the Frenchmen Lionel Daudet and Sebastien Foissac for their new route on Burkett Needle, Alaska.

Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar has made a remarkable solo ascent up the south face of Dhaulagiri

In January the Pustertal alpinists Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner scored a real coup by making, in two attempts, the first winter ascent of Via Barbier up the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo. This difficult climb was established in summer 1989 by the Czech brothers Miroslav Coubal and...