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On 05/07/2012 a section of the North Face of Petit Dru (Mont Blanc) was affected by rockfall. This collapse follows in the wake of numerous other falls in recent years.

Information and photos of the latest climbing trip by Yuji Hirayama, Daniel Woods, James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini to Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, Malaysia

A via ferrata which starts at Alagna in the Alta Valsesia (VC) close to Monte Rosa, Italy, introduced by mountain guide Carlo Gabasio.

Registration is now online for Rock Junior, the youth climbing festival which will take place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 August 2012 at Arco (Lake Garda - Trentino, Italy) and which introduces the Rock Master Festival, 9 days of events, shows and competitions driven by a great love for...

On 14/05/2012 Christoph Hainz and Simon Kehrer made the first free ascent of Gratta e Vinci (7b, 420m), a new rock climb they established in 2011 up the SW Face of Sas dai Tamersc, Fanis, Dolomites.

The North Face of Grossglockner: Pallavicinirinne and Mayerlrampe introduced by Vittorio Messini, mountain guide Kals am Großglockner.

Yesterday 17 May the Italian alpinist Mario Panzeri reached the summit of Dhaulagiri to compete the tour of the 14 eighthousanders. After Reinhold Messner, Silvio Mondinelli and Abele Blanc he is now the fourth Italian to climb all the highest mountains in the world without supplementary oxygen.

On the island of Telendos opposite Kalymnos in Greece Simon Montmory has equipped the new sector Inspiration.

Eraldo Meraldi presents Sasso Garibaldi near Bagni di Bormio (Italy), recently bolted by the Alta Valtellina Alpine Guides with 7 easy climbs ideal for beginners.

The first ski descent of the North Colouir of Quota 2885m on Pizzo di Coca in the Orobie Alps carried out on 03 May 2012 by Fabio Bonomi and Mario Vannuccini.

On 13/03/2012 Silvestro and Tomas Franchini established Via Fratelli e Cortelli, a new route up Cima Pietragrande in the Brenta Dolomites.

The Piolet d'Or gets underway in Courmayeur and Chamonix today and 2012 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the world's most famous alpinism award. Four days of international alpinism at the foot of Mont Blanc to discuss, watch and celebrate alpinism in all its forms, to pay homage to Walter Bonatti...

The beautiful crag Capo d'Uomo on the Argentario island in Tuscany, recently rebolted by mountain guide Eraldo Meraldi.

The video of the ascent of Chimera verticale by Jakob Schweighofer and Florian Wurm on Mount Civetta, Dolomites.

Everest Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar have won the National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2012.

mountain guide Riccardo Del Fabbro introduces the most recent icefalls at the historic ice climbing area Sappada in NE Italy.