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10/06/2011 - Alpinism
Shark's Tooth, first ascent in Greenland by Ruchkin and Mikhaylov At the start of May Alexander Ruchkin and Mikhail Mikhaylov carried out the first ascent of the Shark's Tooth (1555m) in Greenland via their route 'Dance on Tiptoes' (1210m, VII A2, 6c).

02/06/2011 - Trekking
Adamello Haute Route The "Alta Via dell’Adamello", or Adamello High Trail No. 1, is a spectacular 70km hike through the beautiful Adamello mountain range in the Italian Alps.

24/05/2011 - Events
2011 Kalymnos Climbing Festival: a brief report A brief report about the Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2011 by Aris Theodoropoulos

23/05/2011 - Alpinism
Mount Hunter: new British route up Moonflower Buttress Over a 6 day period in May a small British team comprised of Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey established The Cartwright Connection, a new route up Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter in the Denali National Park, Alaska.

16/05/2011 - Book-press
Everest and Dolomites in 3D Explore Mount Everest and the Dolomites with a 3D application.

29/04/2011 - Alpinism
Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks and the second to do so...

27/04/2011 - Events
59th TrentoFilmFestival, select events The 59th Trento Film Festival takes place from 28 April to 8 May to celebrate mountains, society, cinema and literature. Numerous mountaineering personalities gather in Italy's Trento including Messner, Herzog, Bonatti, Mazeaud, Erri De Luca, Mauro Corona, Neri Marcoré, Enrico Brizzi and Mario Brunello.

26/04/2011 - Alpinism
Abele Blanc summits Annapurna and all 8000ers At 13.40 Nepalese time Italian mountain Guide Abele Blanc reached the summit of Annapurna (8091m, Nepal, Himalaya). In doing so he has now ascended all 14 8000ers, and is the third Italian to do so without supplementary oxygen.

22/04/2011 - Alpinism
Eiger speed record by Dani Arnold On 20/04/2011 Dani Arnold from Switzerland climbed the Heckmair route up the north face of the EIger in 2 hours 28 minutes, setting a new speed record up this historic line.

22/04/2011 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, the new Matterhorn route and the exploration of the Alps On 9 April, after 4 days on the wall and three bivvies, Hervé Barmasse reached the summit of Picco Muzio via a new 700m route up the great pillar located on the South Face. This is the first stage in a trilogy to explore the Alps during which Barmasse plans...

16/04/2011 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2011: Mount Logan and Greenland Big Walls the winners Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto.

15/04/2011 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck in the Himalaya Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is back in the Himalaya, at present in Shisha Pangma base camp, ready for an attempt up the South Face together with Don Bowie

12/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Aiguille du Plan north face descents Two recent descents of the north face of the Aiguille du Plan (Mont Blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards down a face which has extremely few descents.

31/03/2011 - Alpinism
Goodbye Doug Lang Scottish climber Doug Lang died in avalanche in Corrie Fee on 18/03/2011 aged 69. Simon Richardson remembers the man who played a leading role in the Scottish mountainering for over 50 years.

14/03/2011 - Alpinism
Pressknödel, first winter ascent by Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli ahve carried out the first winter ascent of Pressknödel (7c, 400m) on Cima Ovest, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

04/03/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Extreme skiing, when falling is simply not an option Italian extreme skier Davide Capozzi talks about this sport, with particular reference to the Mont Blanc mountain range, from the classic descents to those who have left their mark in the white gold.
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