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All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001

Mauro Bole discusses his special relationship with 'Mission impossible', the latest dry tooling climb established by the Italian climber at Valtournanche, Cogne, Italy.

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

In the Thien Shan mountain range, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Maksut Jumayev ascended Mramornayestina (6400m). A second group of alpinists from Kazakistan, Kirghistan and Uzbekistan led by Rinat Khaibullin successully completed the Karli Tau - Marble Wa

"Patagonia by water", Marcello Cominetti and Lorenzo Nadali's traverse across Patagonia, comes to a close

The Italian boulderer Mauro Calibani climbs "La Boule" 8a at a Cresciano sale, "La scelta" 8a at Cubo and, together with C. Brenna, a 7c+ traverse and “Decksandrumsandrockandroll” 7c

On 11/02 Mauro ‘Bubu’ Bole freed Gravity Games (M9) in Val Brutta

The longest and "highest" sleddog race in Europe, the "Trans Alpes Paul Emile Victor" gets underway

The Italian mountaineer Simone Moro plans to a six-month winter tour to climb mountains in the Tien Shan, Everest and Lhotse, and in doing so hopes to become the first Italian Snow Leopard

In January 2001 Christian Bindhammer makes the third ascent of "The Big Mother" (8c+) at Erto and climbs "Coxa Distorta" 8b+ FBtr in the Frankenjura

Patrick Bérhault has almost finished his Alpine traverse from Slovenia to France

The French duo Stephane Husson and Liv Sansoz win the second stage of IWC in Valle di Daone

Preparations are underway for the second stage of the Ice World Cup 2001

Nadia Dimai wins second ever competition, Erik Svab and Alfred Dvorak joint first

Yuji Hirayama wins first edition of "Xsport Corextreme Summer Games" at Tokyo. François Legrand places second, Cristian Brenna third

Details of the successful ascent