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19/11/2000 - Competitions
Hirayama and Sansoz win in Kranj and conquer the World Cup Difficulty 2000 Yuji Hirayama and Liv Sansoz win the fifth leg at Kranj and in doing so conquer the World Cup Difficulty 2000

16/11/2000 - Competitions
World Cup Difficulty 2000, final leg at Kranj On 17-18/11 the final leg of the World Cup Difficulty 2000 takes place in Kranj, Slovenia

13/11/2000 - Book-press
ALP Millenium 3 Experimenta Alp Millennium 3 Experimenta celebrates this year's outstanding contemporary mountain photography

10/11/2000 - Climbing
Ben Bransby flashes E9 in Britain British climber Ben Bransby pushes standards by flashing Carmen Picasso E9 6c after seeing toprope ascent

09/11/2000 - Climbing
Pietro Dal Prà climbing Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia Climbing in Sardinia. Pietro dal Pra making the first free ascent of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia.

09/11/2000 - Climbing
Pietro Dal Pra', first free ascent of Hotel Supramonte On 3/11/2000, Pietro Dal Prà freed 'Hotel Supramonte', the route established by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani in the Gole di Gorropu, Sardinia

07/11/2000 - Events
25th Banff Mountain Film Festival, the winners 'Mysterious Mamberamo', directed and produced by Pavol Barabas, wins Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000

04/11/2000 - Competitions
World Cup Difficulty Nantes - Hirayama and Sansoz victorious The Frenchwoman Liv Sansoz and the Japanese Yuji Hirayama win the fourth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2000 at Nantes, France

03/11/2000 - Competitions
World Cup Difficulty Nantes - provisional results The results after the first dayof the World Cup Difficulty at Nantes

02/11/2000 - Competitions
World Cup Difficulty and Speed, Nantes The penultimate stage of the World Cup 2000 takes place in Nantes on 3-4 November in Nantes, France

31/10/2000 - Events
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000 The Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000 and Banff Mountain Book Festival take place from 1-5 November and are preceded by the Banff Mountain Summit

26/10/2000 - Alpinism
Polar Big Wall Expedition 2000 On 23/08/2000 the expedition comprised of S. Glowacz, K. Albert, H. Hember and G. Heidorn established 'Odyssey 2000' on the unclimbed Polar Bear Spire on Canada's Baffin Island

25/10/2000 - Competitions
Ice World Cup, the competition calendar The second Ice World Cup gets underway in Chamonix on 28 December 2000

20/10/2000 - Alpinism
Cruz del Sur, new climb by Mauro Bubu Bole and Silvo Karo on La Esfinge in Peru On the East Face of La Esfinge (5325m) in the Paron Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Mauro Bole, Silvo Karo and photographer Boris Strmsek have established Cruz del Sur, an 800m big wall climb graded 7c+.

16/10/2000 - Competitions
International UIAGM Mountain Guides Championship, Munich Cristoph Hainz wins for sixth year running ahead of Leonardo Di Marino and Massimo Bal

11/10/2000 - Alpinism
Everest South Face, Davo Karnicar's ski descent On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the South Face of Everest
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