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Otchinnikov and Sarkany win Rock Master 2000; Duel Final decisive

Italian Dino Lagni and French Stéphanie Bodet win first event of World Cup Difficulty 2000.

Selection process completed: 79 films accepted.

François Lombard and Isabelle Carrier win at Are. Will Gadd and Kim Csizmazia overall winners of the Ice World Cup 2000.

The 1999 Piolet d'or was awarded to the Frenchmen Lionel Daudet and Sebastien Foissac for their new route on Burkett Needle, Alaska.

The Italian Mauro Bole becomes the first to onsight M9, by climbing Stevie Haston's 'Welcome to the machine', in Valsavarenche, Valle d'Aosta, Italy.

Sansoz and Ovtchinnikov victorious, but World Cup Ranking won by others

Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar has made a remarkable solo ascent up the South Face of Dhaulagiri

Interview with Yuji Hirayama, by Vinicio Stefanello, Nicoletta Costi and Nicola Noè after the 1999 Arco Rock Master.

On the 26th of October 1998, after fifteen days on El Capitan, the 29 year-old Slovenian Tomaz Humar completed Reticent Wall (VI, 5.9, A5 850m). Humar is well-known for his successes in the Himalayas, where in 1997 he ascended Nuptse in alpine style together with Janiz Jeglic, and Ama Dablam...

Aldo Michelini, Erik Svab, Laura Ortolani, Mauro Florit and Paolo Codia ahve made the first ascent of TRY (Just a little bit harder) at Ospo in slovenia.