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18/10/2011 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama climbs Italian trad During a brief trip to Italy the Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama visited the crags Discoteca, Cadarese, Valle dell'Orco and Balmanolesca in search of Italian trad.

18/10/2011 - Climbing
Kalymnos bolt alert Aris Theodoropoulos warns climbers visiting the Greek island of Kalymnos about defective bolts placed on a series of new routes, listed in this post.

18/10/2011 - Alpinism
An instant, and everything changes For the first time since the accident, Xenia Minder talks to Le Temps about her drama after falling in the mountains and dragging down her life partner, Erhard Loretan.

17/10/2011 - Interviews
Erri De Luca, the mountains, alpinism and life in general Interview with the writer, poet and alpinist Erri di Luca by Manuel Lugli. Nine questions to discuss alpinism, the mountains, friendship and life in general.

16/10/2011 - Climbing
Pietra del Toro - bouldering in Southern Italy The bouldering area Pietra del Toro, just a stone's throw from Campomaggiore, with more that 500 problems from 4C - 8B.

14/10/2011 - Climbing
The Pou Brothers rock Brazil Iker and Eneko Pou have made the first free ascent of two multi-pitches on Corcovado and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

13/10/2011 - Climbing
Lead World Cup 2011 - the Boulder video Video of the sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 which took place in Boulder (USA) last weekend, won by Austrian Jakob Schubert and teammate Johanna Ernst.

13/10/2011 - Climbing
Ramon Julien Puigblanque 8c+ on-sight Spanish climber Ramon Julien Puigblanque has sent his first 8c+ on-sight at Rifle, USA

13/10/2011 - Alpinism
Tofana Di Rozes, new route by Jakofcic and Lindic in the Dolomites At the end of September Slovenian alpinists Tomaz Jakofcic and Luka Lindic established Viki krema (VIII+/IX-, VIII- obl., 800m) up the Tofana Di Rozes, Dolomites.

12/10/2011 - Climbing
Century Crack, the hardest offwidth in the world? British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have carried out the first pinkpoint ascent of Century Crack in the Canyonlands, USA. An analysis including the first-hand account of Steve "Crusher" Bartlett.

11/10/2011 - Environment
Cornwall cliff collapse Footage of part of coast collapsing into the sea in North Cornwall, England.

11/10/2011 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu and the Mountain Kingdom expedition On 5 October the Mountain Kingdom Cho Oyu expedition returned to Kathmandu, unfortunately without having reached the 8201m summit of the Turquoise Goddess. Fabrizio Beozzi managed the first ski descent of the Messner variation from 6900m to 6000m.

11/10/2011 - Alpinism
Chimera verticale, first repeat on Civetta Jakob Schweighofer and Florian Wurm have repeated Chimera verticale, established by Alessandro Baù in 2009 on Monte Civetta, Dolomites.

10/10/2011 - Alpinism
Greenland: 10 new climbs by Swiss-Bavarian expedition to Quvnerit Island In August 2011 a Swiss Bavarian expediton comprised of Caroline Morel, Andres Lietha, Michi Wyser, Tom Holzhauser, Michi Tresch and Toni Lamprecht established 10 new routes on Quvnerit Island in Greenland.

10/10/2011 - Competitions
Lead World Cup: Austria wins in the USA The sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 took place in Boulder (USA) last weekend and was won by Austrian Jakob Schubert and his teammate Johanna Ernst

09/10/2011 - Alpinism
Exploring The Alps final stage, new route on Monte Rosa by Barmasse father and son On 30 September Hervé and Marco Barmasse established a new 800m line up the SE Face of Monte Rosa. This third stage marks the end of Hervé Barmasse's project entitled Exploring The Alps.
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