The news

29/07/2005 - Climbing
New route on Lastoni di Formin Love my dogs (7a, 300m), new route on Lastoni di Formin (Dolomites) by Mario Dibona and Gretchen Alexander.

27/07/2005 - Alpinism
Lowe Trapecio line completed In mid-July a team of four climbers completed a line first ascended by Jeff Lowe in 1985 on Trapecio (5644m), Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru.

26/07/2005 - Alpinism
Urubko and Samoilov summit Broad Peak via new route At 11.30 on 25/07/2005 Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov reached the summit of Broad Peak (8.048m Himalaya, Karakorum) via a new route up the SW Face.

25/07/2005 - Competitions
Usobiaga & Eiter win World Games Patxi Usobiaga and Angela Eiter win the World Games 2005 held in Duisburg, Germany on 22-23 July

20/07/2005 - Alpinism
Mondinelli Nanga Parbat summit On 20/07/2005 Silvio Mondinelli from Italy, Edurne Pasabán and Iván Vallejo from Spain and the Baltì porter Hassán Jan reached the summit of Nanga Parbat, 8125m They were joined by Josu Bereciartúa, Ester Sabadell and Marianne Chapuissa, all members of the expedition “Al Filo de lo impossibile.”

20/07/2005 - Climbing
Pederiva & Prinoth repeat Marmolada's Larcher& Vigiani On Sunday 17 July Bruno Pederiva and Mario Prinoth made the first repeat of the 'LarcherVigiani' on the south face of the Marmolada.

11/07/2005 - Alpinism
Up & Down freed by Brenna on Chogolisa On 10 July Cristian Brenna and Giovanni Ongaro freed "Up & Down", the route on the Chogolisa's Central Pillar (5300m circa - S-SE) first ascended by Hervé Barmasse, Luca Maspes, Francesca Chenal and Brenna himself at the end of June.

11/07/2005 - Alpinism
Moro and Ogwyn summit Batokschi, but abandon Batura II After having reached the summit of Batokschi (6050m) via a new route Simone Moro and Joby Ogwyn's adventure on Batura II (7762m Pakistan - Karakorum), the highest still unclimbed peak in the world, has come to an abrupt end.

08/07/2005 - Alpinism
Dru West Face rockfall On 29 June the West Face of Mont Blanc's Petit Dru suffered a new and important rockfall. The collapse occured above the previous 1997 rockfall.

06/07/2005 - Competitions
Rakhmetov and Shalagina Bouldering World Champions Salavat Rakhmetov and Olha Shalagina win the Bouldering World Championships 2005 in Munich.

05/07/2005 - Competitions
Bouldering World Championships - the finalists The finalists for the Bouldering World Championships 2005 held in Munich Germany

04/07/2005 - Competitions
Tomas Mrazek and Angela Eiter World Champions On 02/06/05 Tomas Mrazek from the Czech Republic and and Angela Eiter from Austria won the World Championships Lead 2005 held in Munich, Germany.

01/07/2005 - Competitions
8th Climbing World Championships The 8th Climbing World Championships are currently underway in Munich. Over 500 athletes representing 55 countries have signed up for the event.

29/06/2005 - Climbing
Croda di Pomagagnon collapse in the Dolomites A large quantity of rock has broken free from the central wall of Monte Pomagagnon, creating an enormous cloud of dust.

28/06/2005 - Competitions
Sweet Swiss victory for Lachat and Eiter Angela Eiter and Cedric Lachat win the fourth stage of the Lead Worldcup 2005 in Zurich, Switzerland.

22/06/2005 - Alpinism
Fast And Furious, new route Trip One Karakorum 2005 Fabio Salini, Ezio Marlier and Hervè Barmasse of the Up project expedition, currently climbing in the Chogolisa Glacier area (Baltoro – Pakistan), climbs Fast And Furious.
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