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The Tour du Rutor Extrême 2014 took place from 28 - 30 March in Valle d'Aosta, Italy and was won by the Italians Matteo Eydallin & Damiano Lenzi, and by the French - Swiss team Laetitia Roux & Maude Mathy.

The presentation by Erri De Luca of Ueli Steck's ascent of the South Face of Annapurna, 8091m, in October 2013.

From 26 - 29 March the international meeting with the alpinism "Oscar" returns to Chamonix and Courmayeur on the two sides of Mont Blanc: a great jury will select the best climb in 2013, while American alpinist John Roskelley will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Numerous events, including the meeting...

In mid-February at Madesimo, Italy, the media was invited to an event aimed at educating journalists about how to promote the right mountain safety message in order to shape a mountain culture that is instrumental in preventing and reducing avalanche victims.

interview with Erri De Luca about his particular way of observing the mountains, from climbing to alpinism. By Marco Ferrario.

interview with Barbara Zangerl, the Austrian climber who repeated Prinzip Hoffnung at the Bürser Platte, Austria, yesterday.

Fred Nicole from Switzerland and Toni Lamprecht from Germany have climbed a series of new boulder problems at El Chalten in Patagonia, including Larten 8B.

interview with Americans Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold who from 12 - 16 February 2014 carried out the coveted first traverse of the major ridge line of Fitz Roy in Patagonia.

The complete video of American climber Alex Honnold and his solo ascent of El Sendero Luminoso (7b+, 500m) on El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico on 14 January 2014.

In this video Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck talks about his 2013, marked by his Everest traverse attempt and the ascent of the South Face of Annapurna.

interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of First Round First Minute, the 9b sport climb freed by Chris Sharma at Margalef, Spain.

Using the Courmayeur stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face as a pretext, Giulio Caresio explores the freeride world by interviewing Nicolas Hale-Woods.

Climbers against Cancer, the charity initiated by John Ellison aimed at raising awareness and gathering funds for cancer research, celebrates its first year of activity.

interview with American rock climber Alex Honnold who on 14 January soloed El Sendero Luminoso (7b+, 500m) up El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico.

interview with James Pearson after the first ground-up repeat of Is not always Pasqua E9 at Collina di Interprete (Monti Sibillini, Marche, Italy) and the first ascent of Pazienza E8 7a.

American climber Paige Claassen has repeated Ganesh 8b+ at Badami, the most difficult sport climb in India.