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05/01/2007 - Alpinism
Charlie Fowler found dead on Mount Genyen, China On 27 December the body of Charlie Fowler was found at circa 5300m on the slopes of Mount Genyen, Sichuan, China.

01/12/2006 - Alpinism
Jasper and Schäli repeat Bocconi amari on Monte Emilius On 7 November Robert Jasper from Germany and Roger Schäli from Switzerland carried out the first repeat of "Bocconi amari". This difficult mixed route was first ascended by Rossano Libera and Ezio Marlier on 26 October up the north face of the Triangolo nero on Monte Emilius, the prime mountain...

29/11/2006 - Interviews
Leo Houlding interview Climber, mountaineer, but also keen snowboarder, surfer, skydiver, base jumper and nature lover, Leo Houlding is one of the most famous rock climbers and mountaineers in the world.

22/11/2006 - Events
Zakopane Film Festival 2006 At the end of October the small Polish town Zakopan celebrated its second Mountain Film Festival. The winner of the Sportkania z Filmen Gorskim was L'Abisso by Alessandro Anderloni, whilst the spectators award went to Premeny Tatier by Pavel Barabasz.

13/11/2006 - Alpinism
Asia Piolet d'or awarded to Urubko and Samilov for new route on Manaslu On 10/11/2006 the Kazak mountaineers Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov won the first edition of the Piolet d'or Asia, the award created by Men and Mountain, Montagnes Magazine and Grivel for the best mountaineering achievement carried out by Asian mountaineers.

13/10/2006 - Alpinism
Annapurna summit for Mondinelli, Camandona and Confortola On 12/10 the Italians Marco Confortola, Marco Camandona and Silvio Mondinelli reached the summit of Annapurna 8091m

14/09/2006 - Climbing
Guvercinlik Valley, Turkey: new routes for Sterni, Florit, Larcher and Oviglia During the first half of August 2006 the Italians Mauro Florit, Marco Sterni, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia traveled to Turkey's Guvercinlik Valley in the Ala Daglar massif where they established four new routes.

27/07/2006 - Alpinism
To The Edge: Mont Blanc summit to fight leukemia This weekend a group of children and teenagers struck by leukemia will be based in Courmayeur with their sights keenly set on climbing Mont Blanc. They will be accompanied in this adventure by a group of mountain guides and mountaineers including the likes of Hajo Friederich, Daniel Bartsch, Hans Lochner...

26/07/2006 - Alpinism
Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summit K2 On 26/07/2006 Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summited K2 8611m (Himalaya, Karakorum).

25/07/2006 - Alpinism
Panzeri, Merelli and Quesada summit Ghaserbrum II On 24 July at 13.20 local time the Italian Ragni di Lecco mountaineers Mario Panzeri and Mario Merelli reached the 8035m high summit of Gasherbrum II, together with Lina Quesada from Spain.

09/06/2006 - Alpinism
Himalaya: Urubko and Samoilov summit Manaslu via new route On 8 May Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov summited Manaslu via new route up the NE Face.

25/05/2006 - Alpinism
Himalaya: multiple Makalu summits for Italian mountaineers Giovanetti, Benedetti, Vielmo, Panzeri and Bernasconi all summit Makalu.

17/05/2006 - Alpinism
Romano Benet and Nives Meroi summit Dhaulagiri! Nives Meroi and Romano Benet from Italy summited Dhaulagiri at 14.30 yesterday. The Italians climbed without supplementary oxygen and without high altitude porters

02/05/2006 - Alpinism
Himalaya: first summits despite monsoon A six-man Nepali-Tibetan team has summited Everest, while the Spaniards Inaki Ochoa de Olza and Jorge Echoeaga reached the summit of Manaslu (8.163m) on 29 April.

04/04/2006 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses, Batoux and Daudet climb new route up East Face From 14 - 23 March Philippe Batoux and Lionel Daudet made the first ascent of “Little Big Men” (A3, 6a, M5), on the wild and grandiose East Face of the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc.

27/03/2006 - Trekking
Nepal: four Polish trekkers kidnapped The BBC has reported that four Polish trekkers have been kidnapped in Nepal by Maoist rebels.
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