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15/04/2011 - Alpinism

Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is back in the Himalaya, at present in Shisha Pangma base camp, ready for an attempt up the South Face together with Don Bowie

14/04/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, the Chilam Balam interview

Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of Chilam Balam 9b, the route claimed by Bernabé Fernandez in 2003 at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain.

13/04/2011 - Competitions

Milan Climbing 2011, the climbing World Cup kicks off in Milan

The first stage of the Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011 will take place from Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 April in Milan. 166 athletes from all over the world will travel to the enchaning Sempione Park for these four spectacular climbing days.

12/04/2011 - Climbing

Campus board advice from the British Mountaineering Council

The British Mountaineering Council has issued important Campus Board advice aimed primarily at children and teenagers. Interview with Dr. Volker Schöffl

12/04/2011 - Climbing

Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise

Eva Scroccaro repeats "Il Padrone Assoluto" 8a/8a+ at Napoleonica and the video of Tito Traversa climbing "Je est un autre" 8b at Castillon in France, filmed by Andrea Tosi.

12/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Aiguille du Plan north face descents

Two recent descents of the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan (Mont Blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards down a face which has extremely few descents.

11/04/2011 - Events

Adam Ondra, bone marrow donor

Adam Ondra has become a bone marrow donor. Pietro Dal Pra and Giovanni Spitale of Climb for Life explain this important gesture for donors and the climbing community.

11/04/2011 - Environment

Kevin Jorgeson & Transporter Room, repeat two decades on

American climber Kevin Jorgeson has carried out the probable second ascent of Transporter Room, the highball boulder problem on the Grandpa Peabody at the Buttermilks, USA, established by Dale Bard in the late '80's.

08/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Chamonix - Zermatt, new record

On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.

07/04/2011 - Environment

The beauty of time

Time in the mountains, measured through the particular lens of Guido Perrini.

07/04/2011 - Alpinism

Piolet d'Or 2011, the program

The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in the world.

06/04/2011 - Events

The earthquake in Abruzzo, two years on

Published below is an open letter written by Agostino Cittadini, a Mountain Guide from L'Aquila, who invites everyone to not forget the terrible earthquake which shook the Abruzzo region on 6 April two years ago...

06/04/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, Mind Control at Oliana

The video of Adam Ondra on-sighting Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana, Spain

06/04/2011 - Alpinism

Dolasilla, new Fanes mixed route in the Dolomites

Florian Riegler has established Dolasilla (M13-), a new mixed route in Val Travenanzes (Fanes massif, Dolomites). The first free ascent was carried out by Pavol Rajcan from Slovak Republic.