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16/04/2014 - Environment
Repairers of the fragile mountain environment The mountains are a harsh and at the same time fragile environment that needs to be treated with care. The wealth and stability of the mountain ecosystems are directly linked to the presence of man and the effects of a...
04/03/2014 - Competitions
Kilian Jornet Burgada and Laetitia Roux win at Les Diablerets On Saturday 1 March at Les Diablerets, Switzerland Kilian Jornet Burgada and Laetitia Roux won the fourth stage of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup. Sunday's Vertical Race was won by Jornet Burgada and Roux, while the overall Vertical...
01/01/2014 - Alpinism
Amidst the stories of alpinism and climbing in 2013 A brief and by no means complete journey through the stories and the climbs of 2013, while waiting for new year.
24/09/2013 - Alpinism
Danilo Callegari attempts Shisha Pangma Italian alpinist Danilo Callegari is currently attempting to ascend Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet.
15/01/2013 - Alpinism
Orient Express on Gran Sasso, the story of the first winter attempt and the strength of a partnership On 30/12/2012 Andrea Di Donato, Andrea Di Pascasio and Lorenzo Angelozzi attempted the first winter ascent of Orient Express, but were stopped by Angelozzi's massive fall. Fortunately there were no serious consequences. Andrea Di Pascasio recounts the story.
07/01/2013 - Alpinism
Alpinism and climbing in 2012 - part 2 Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.
20/12/2012 - Gear
Lab test of carabiners used at belay stations A sample of carabiners and quickdraws have been tested and analised by Emanuele Pellizzari at the Italian Mountaineering Club Gear and Techniques laboratory at Taggì di Sopra, Villafranca Padovana, Padova, Italy.
02/09/2012 - Competitions
Dmitrii Sharafutdinov and Alex Puccio win Rock Master Boulder 2012 2/09/2012. At the Arco Climbing Stadium Alex Pucciogtom America won the Rock Master Boulder 2012, beating Melissa Le Neve (Fra) and Katharina Saurwein (Aut). Russia's Dmitrii Sharafutdinov won the men's event by beating his teammateRustam Gelmanov and Slovenia's Klemen Becan.
17/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit With regards to last Thursday's tragedy which claimed the lives of 9 climbers on Mont Maudit, we have received the thoughts of Dr. Luigi Festi, director of the International Masters Course in Mountain Medicine at the University of Insubria...
30/03/2012 - Climbing
Michele Caminati repeats The New Statesman at Ilkley Yesterday in England's Ilkley Quarry Michele Caminati made a rare repeat of the gritstone route The New Statesman E8 7a.
04/10/2011 - Interviews
Alex Honnold, the Yosemite Heaven and Cosmic Debris solo interview Interview with American climber Alex Honnold after his recent solo ascents of Heaven, Alien and Cosmic Debris in Yosemite, USA
03/10/2011 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer, new route Bruderliebe on the Marmolada, Dolomites Interview with Hansjörg Auer after the first ascent of Bruderliebe (800m/8b/b+) up the South Face of the Marmolada in the Dolomites.
20/09/2011 - Interviews
Arnaud Petit spills the beans about Black Bean, Ceuse Interview with French climber Arnaud Petit after his greenpoint, ie trad ascent, of the 8b sport climb Black Bean at Ceuse in France.
01/07/2011 - Book-press
No way down. The book by Graham Bowley about the 2008 tragedy on K2 No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley has now been published in Italy by Mondadori. The book retraces the 2008 tragedy on K2 which cost the lives of 11 alpinists and only Italian mountaineer Marco Confortola...
09/05/2011 - Events
Summer Pasture wins at the TrentoFilmfestival 2011 The 59th TrentoFilmfestival was won by “Summer Pasture”, directed by American filmmakers Lynn True and Nelson Walker
25/05/2010 - Alpinism
Himalayan helicopter rescues Interview with Gerold Biner, operations manager of Air Zermatt, after the recent helicopter rescue missions in the Himalaya.
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