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19/01/2004 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma Winter Expedition: attempt aborted On 17/01 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski aborted their attempt at 7700m of make the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).
16/01/2004 - Climbing
Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b The italian Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b at Grotti
12/01/2004 - Competitions
Brosse and Gignoux win XXI Transcavallo On 10/01/2004 the Frenchmen Stephane Brosse and Pierre Gignoux won the first stage of the ski mountaineering World Cup 2004 at Tambre in the Italian Dolomites.
09/01/2004 - Alpinism
Chile: Stucchi, Davila and Redaelli fly "El Condor" On 24-28/12/2003, Silvestro Stucchi, Elena Davila and Riccardo Redaelli made the first ascent of "EL Condor" (VI, A1), in the Rio Azufre Valley, Torri del Brujo, Chile.
08/01/2004 - Alpinism
Aconcagua south face: new route for Humar and Kozelj At the end of December 2003 the Slovenians Tomaz Humar and Ales Kozelj climbed the south face of Aconcagua (6930 m) via a new route "Mobitel's Swallow - Johan's route" VI+(A2).
02/01/2004 - Alpinism
Anna Torretta dry tooling at Kandersteg Anna Torretta repeats Robert Jasper's "Tomahawk" M10+/M11- at Sulwald, Switzerland
30/12/2003 - Alpinism
Ice Climbing Event 2004, Argentière The 14th international Ice Climbing Event 2004 takes place in Argentière, Fournel from 7-11 January 2004.
23/12/2003 - Climbing
Stefania Daniele So Sexi 8a On17/12 Stefania Daniele repeated So Sexi 8a at the Gabbio (Ferentillo).
17/12/2003 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Snow & Avalanche awareness camps For the fifth year running the Austrian non-profit organisation "Snowboarders for Safety" has organised a series of free snow & avalanche awareness camps throughout the 2003/04 winter season
12/12/2003 - Competitions
Scotland difficulty and bouldering results Sandrine Levet wins both the Difficulty and Bouldering events and wins Bouldering World Cup 2003. Jerome Meyer wins men's event and World Cup. Patxi Usobiaga wins men's Difficulty. World Cup 2003 won by Alexandre Chabot and Muriel Sarkany.in Edinburgh
28/11/2003 - Competitions
Shenzen World Cup results François Auclair and Muriel Sarkany win the ninth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003, but overall victory goes to Alexandre Chabot and Sarkany
20/11/2003 - Climbing
Bereziartu sends Tsunamy 8c+/c At the end of October Josune Bereziartu sent Tsunamy 8c+/c at Alquezar, Huesca, Spain
19/11/2003 - Climbing
Mandela superstar 8a for Stefania Daniele Stefania Daniele has repeated Ruby 7c+ (La curva di Gabbio), Fearstruck 7c (Sezze), Mandela superstar 8a (Gabbio).
18/11/2003 - Competitions
Sarkany and Puigblanque supreme in Slovenia On 16/11 Muriel Sarkany Julian Ramón Puigblanque won the 8th stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Kranj, Slovenia
12/11/2003 - Climbing
Anna Torretta and the Zodiac In October 2003 Anna Torretta climbed the Zodica, El Capitan, Yosemite in 6 days and 5 nights and met the Huber brothers making the first free ascent.
10/11/2003 - Competitions
Italian and German Difficulty Championship 2003 Jenny Lavarda and Flavio Crespi won the Italian Difficulty Championships in Penne last weekend, while Christian Bindhammer and Damaris Knorr won the German Championship in Scheidegg
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