The news

On 16/11 Muriel Sarkany Julian Ramón Puigblanque won the 8th stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Kranj, Slovenia

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.

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

The Other Final Takes Grand Prize at Banff Mountain Film Festival. Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival wins Book Festival, while Fritz Mueller’s Autumn Sunset in the Heart of Tombstone wins Mountain Photography Competition

at the Roaches Ben Heason climbs Final Destination E8 6c, while at Black Rocks Tom Briggs adds The Devil is in the Details E7 7a

The Italian boulderer Martin Moser has sent us a succinct report of his recent ascents in the South Tyrol and across the border in Austria's Maltatal

On 2 November Valery Babanov and Yura Koshelenko successfully summited Nuptse East 7804m

The arrival of the cold weather signals the start of hard gritstone ascents in Britain at the hands of Simon Moore, Sam Whittaker, Pete Hurley, Espen Samuelsen and Tobias Wolf

On 8 October the Italian mountaineer Sergio Martini reached the summit of Shisha Pangma Central Peak

Di Marino and Dimai win the 5th International Mountain Guides’ Climbing Championship held in Meringen, Switzerland

Yuji Hirayama has repeated the Huber brothers' El Niño, El Capitan, Yosemite, America

At the start of October on the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo (2999m) in the Dolomites Mauro Bubu Bole made the first repeat of the 1977 Spanish route, grading it 8a+ with three points of A0 aid.

Latest news from the Himalaya. the Russian Jannu expedition has abandoned its attempt, while Valery Babanov and Yury Koshelenko are currently going for their summit push

On 27/09/2003 Diego Giovannini reached the summit of Cho Oyu (8201m).

Thomas and Alexander Huber have freed the Zodiac on El Capitan, Yosemite, America

Sandrine Levet and Julian Ramón Puigblanque win the sixth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Prague