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Anna Torretta talks about the icefalls at Kandersteg, Switzerland

Ice meeting for the 2004/2005 season in Arco, Italy, Argentière la Bessée (Fournel), France, st its annual ice-fall meeting:Kandersteg, Switzerland and Festiglace, Quebec, Canada

Tomas Mrazek and Angela Eiter win the the ninth stage in Kranj, Slovenia and therefore climnch the World Cup Difficulty 2004

Angela Eiter and Alexandre Chabot have won the seventh stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2004 in Aprica (Italy)

While the 30 year-old Yosemite Camp 4 restrictions are to come into effect, the Climber Association has organised the first climber volunateer day of the autumn season.

On 23 August Maurizio "Manolo" Zanolla and Riccardo "Sky" Scarian both made the first free ascent of "Cani morti", their 2003 testpiece on the north face of Campanile Basso di Lastei, Pale di San Martino, Dolomites.

Mauro Bubu Bole repeats No limits M12+ and Anna Torretta climbs Vertical Limits M12 at Ueschinen, Switzerland

In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical limit.

On 17/01 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski aborted their attempt at 7700m of make the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).

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

At the end of October Josune Bereziartu sent Tsunamy 8c+/c at Alquezar, Huesca, Spain

In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to Everest.

Last August the body of the famous italian mountaineer Renato Casarotto was found in the De Filippi glacier, K2.

On 28-30 July Matevz Kramer, Matej Mejovsek and Tadej Zorman made the first ascent of Limitless Madness on Mt. Yerupaja, Cordilliera Huayhuash, Peru

Trekking in a magical and mysterious land: three magnificent walks around the Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, the stone heart of Patagonia.

Interview with ground-breaking Scottish climber Alan Mullin - searching for the mixed climbing psychological extreme at Lochnagar in Scotland.