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12/02/2014 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter: attempt #2 Simone Moro from Italy, David Göttler from Germany and the Poles Tomek Mackiewicz and Pawel Dunaj have set off on their second attempt to reach the summit of Nanga Parbat in winter.

07/02/2014 - Competitions
Pitturina Ski Race live - Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2014 live streaming from Val Comelico (Dolomites) of Pitturina Ski Race, the third stage of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2014.

06/02/2014 - Environment
Deer seek shelter in a barn in Cortina, the video by Diego Gaspari Bandion Photographer Diego Gaspari Bandion has documented a herd of deer, exhausted after the recent exceptional snowfall, that has found shelter in a barn in Cortina, Dolomites, Italy.

04/02/2014 - Alpinism
In defence of alpinism, the speech by Bernard Amy to the Italian Academic Alpine Club The speech by well known French mountaineer and writer Bernard Amy, on the occasion of his appointment as an honorary member of the Italian Academic Alpine Club, Turin, 26 October 2013.

01/02/2014 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 Champagny en Vanoise live Watch the fourth stage Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 unfold live at Champagny en Vanoise in France.

24/01/2014 - Alpinism
The Piolets d’Or 2014 international Jury announced: George Lowe president George Lowe, Erri De Luca, Catherine Destivelle, Denis Urubko, Lin Sung Muk and Karin Steinbach are the members of the highly expertPiolets d'Or 2014 Jury, with complementary approaches, endowed with a mountain spirit transcending the framework and limits of the discipline

24/01/2014 - Alpinism
Video: Patagonia, Torre Egger West Face The video of the first ascent attempt up the West Face of Torre Egger in Patagonia carried out in November 2013 by the Italian alpinists Ermanno Salvaterra, Tomas Franchini, Paolo Grisa and Francesco Salvaterra.

22/01/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Freeride World Tour 2014: Sammy Luebke and Loïc Collomb-Patton triumph in Courmayeur The first competition of the most world's important freeride circuit, the prestigious Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2014 got off to a splendid start today. America's Sammy Luebke won the snowboarding event, while France's Loïc Collomb-Patton left all other skiers in his wake.

18/01/2014 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 Busteni - live Watch the second stage Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 unfold live Busteni, Romania.

17/01/2014 - Competitions
Courmayeur heralds start of Freeride World Tour 2014 today The first stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2014 kicks off at 10:30am this morning at Courmayeur, Italy. The six-stage freeride competition will take place on a new race course and can be followed in live streaming.

14/01/2014 - Alpinism
Il Grande Salto, the discovery of Valle Inferno in Italy's Maiella On 7 December 2013 Cristiano Iurisci, Massimo Zulli and Antonio Di Martino made the first ascent of Il Grande Salto (TD+, 55/65°, 75°, M3+) in the remote, inhospitable, isolated and wild Valle Inferno in Italy's Majella National Park. The story by Cristiano Iurisci of what is likely to be the...

07/01/2014 - Alpinism
B&B - Azione indecente, new dry tooling crag at Cogne Enrico Bonino introduces B & B - Azione indecente, a new dry tooling area Cogne (Aosta), Italy.

04/01/2014 - Alpinism
Ben Nevis winter climbing: Point Five Gully and Tower Ridge Quintessential winter climbing in Scotland: Ben Nevis and the classic routes Point Five Gully and Tower Ridge introduced by the Mountain Guide Mike Pescod.

28/12/2013 - Climbing
Climbing in Sardinia (Isili and Lanaitto) / December 2013 by Maurizio Oviglia Maurizio Oviglia provides another climbing news update from Sardinia. In this report: Isili and Lanaitto (Oliena).

20/12/2013 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014: John Roskelley to receive Lifetime Achievement Award From 26 - 29 March 2014 Courmayeur and Chamonix will host the 22nd edition of the Piolets d’Or, the Oscars of mountaineering. American alpinist John Roskelley will receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière.

17/12/2013 - Events
Sardinia Bloc Scouting, the full Gallura bouldering report Photos, sensations and emotions from the first Sardinia Bloc Scouting tour to discover the unexplored boulders of Gallura in NE Sardinia.The report directly from the pen and the heart of his creator: Pietro Dal Prà.
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