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Valerio Folco, Tom McMillan and Bruce Bindner make the third ascent of El Capitan's Tempest (A4 R)

Chabot and Sarkany win the fourth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chabot secures overall victory one stage ahead of schedule.

At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

Spanish climber Josune Bereciartu, famous for being the first woman to have climbed 8c, has now redpointed Noia, Itay’s most famous 8c+.

The UIAA General Assembly 2001 was held in St. Johann, Austria on 11-14 October 2001.

On Saturday 6 October Andreas Bindhammer finally sends KinematiX in sector Deversè in the Gorges du Loup near Nice, France

The third stage of the World Cup 2001 was won on Saturday by Tomáz Mrazek and Muriel Sarkany.

FREE.RIDER, the magazine dedicated to freeride and all its facets has just hit the shops in Italy.

The first Longoni SBD Day is to be held on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October 2001

The Italians Mondinelli, Blanc, Favre, Busca, Rosset have all successfully summited Dhaulagiri. The Spaniard Pepe Garces dies during the descent.

The Italian Luca Zardini flashes Shalom 8b+ at Covolo, Italy

In October 2001 Josune Bereziartu and her partner Rikardo Otegi both redpoint Noia, Itay’s most famous 8c+,

Leonardo Di Marino wins the International Mountain Guides’ Climbing Championship 2001, held in Lecco last weekend.

The Italian Valerio Folco travels to Yosemite to climb 'Tempest', El Capitan

From 26/07/2001 to 15/08/2001 by Mauro Bubu Bole made the first ascent of Women and chalk up the East Face of Shipton Spire (5850 m), a spectacular granite tower in the Trango valley, Pakistan. The three-man expedition consisted of Mauro Bole, his climbing partner Mario Cortese and the photographer/cameraman Fabio...

Three years of trying, walking up to the crag, putting on climbing shoes, lighting incense, chalking up and setting off for the next attempt. Chris Sharma has now realised his dream called Biographie - Realization.