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01/12/2003 - Climbing
Is not Always Pasqua! Italian hard grit for Brenna On 20 November Cristian Brenna made the first repeat of “Is not always Pasqua”, Italy's hardest trad route, first climbed by Mauro Calibani in October 2002, and graded E9 7a.
07/11/2003 - Climbing
Tom Briggs and Ben Heason add gritstone extremes 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
31/10/2003 - Climbing
Gritstone extremes in England 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
22/10/2003 - Climbing
Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Mauro Bole repeats the Spanish route 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.
24/09/2003 - Climbing
Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Pellisier freed by Bubu Bole Mauro Bubu Bole makes the first free ascent of the Camillotto Pellisier route on the Cima Grande di Lavaredo, grading it F8b
19/09/2003 - Alpinism
Papert and Lochner repeat Symphonie de Liberté On 12.08.03 the Germans Ines Papert and Hans Lochner carried out the first one-day redpoint of one of the hardest routes on the Eiger, Symphonie de Liberté
08/09/2003 - Climbing
Quattro giorni un'estate on Sass Pordoi, Dolomites F. Lasagni and L. Nadali have established "4 giorni una estate" on the Sass Pordoi , Sella, Dolomites
05/09/2003 - Climbing
New route on Tsaranoro Kely, Madagascar In August Silvestro Stucchi, Anna Lazzarini, Elena Davila and Enea Colnago climbed "Linea Bianca" 7a on Tsaranoro Kely, Madagascar
14/02/2003 - Alpinism
21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Kenya by Slovenians At the start of January a young Slovenian expedition established 'Story about dancing dogs', a new 21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Northern Kenya.
17/12/2002 - Climbing
Neil Gresham repeats Equilibrium E10 7a Last week the British climber Neil Gresham made an impressive second ascent of Neil Bentley's gritstone Equilibrium, E10 7a.
09/12/2002 - Events
Banff Mountain Festival 2002 winners The Second Step wins the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2002. The Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize was awarded to The Evidence of Things Not Seen, while the Photography Competition was won by James Delano
01/11/2002 - Interviews
Mauro Calibani makes the first ascent of Is not always Pasqua E9 7a On 15 October Mauro Calibani makes the first ascent of Is not always Pasqua E9 7a at at Collina di Interprete, Mount Sibillines National Park, Central Italy.
05/10/2002 - Alpinism
Rolando Larcher rides "La Grande Onda - Big Wave" On 14/09 Rolando Larcher the Italian Rolando Larcher made the first ascent of the "La Grande Onda - Big Wave"
18/09/2002 - Climbing
Stefano Alippi frees 'Dita d'oro' Stefano Alippi has freed 'Dita d'oro' at the Maddalena, grading it 8c
16/07/2002 - Climbing
Bereziartu and Pou climb multi-pitch "El Pilar del Cantabrico", Picos De Europa Josune Bereziartu and Iker Pou climb the multi-pitch "El Pilar del Cantabrico", El Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos De Europa, Spain, with difficulties up to 8a+
03/06/2002 - Competitions
Alpine SkyRaid 2002 finishes in Cortina The Alpine SkyRaid came to a close last weekend after an intensive eight days across the Alps from Courmayeur to Cortina.
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