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On 02/02/2008 Gabriele Moroni from Italy repeated Dreamtime (Cresciano, Switzerland), one of the most beautiful and famous boulder problems in the world.

The 17th edition of the Piolet d'or scheduled for 15 February 2008 in Valle d'Aosta will not take place, as stated by organisers of the prestigious recognition which should have been awarded to the best mountaineering achievements in 2007.

The 5th Krakow Mountain Festival will take place on 5 - 9 December and will star Steph Davis, Mick Fowler and Dean Potter.

Psyche by Alastair Lee has recently won two awards at the annual British Kendal Mountain film Festival.

Fred Gentet, Nicolas Kalisz, Stéphanie Bodet and Arnaud Petit have made the first ascent of Babel (7c+, 800m) in Morocco's Taghia Gorge

On the eve of the 21st Rock Master it's definitely worth repeating: you simply cannot miss the world's most famous climbing weekend on 8 and 9 September...

The nominations for the II edition of the Arco Rock Legends 2007, the climbing oscars: the Salewa Rock Award and the La Sportiva Competition Award, schduled for Friday 7 September 2007.

On Tuesday 5th June Dave Birkett made the second ascent of The Brothers Karamazov E9 6c at St Govan’s Head in Pembroke, Wales.

On 29/04 the Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer carried out the second solo ascent of the legendary Via attraverso il Pesce on the south face of the Marmolada, after Maurizio Giordani's 1990 ascent. This is the first free solo without ropes.

Interview with Nives Meroi from Everest Advanced Base Camp after having reached the summit of her tenth 8000m peak.

On 02/05/07 British climber Dave Birkett made the first ascent of the multi-pitch trad line "Skye Wall", E7/8 6b on the remote Skye Wall, Loch Coruisk, Scotland

This spring a team of Sherpas will attempt to beat the Everest speed record and the total number of individual ascents. The group, led by 16 times summiter Apa Sherpa and speed record holder Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, aims to promoted the Sherpa culture and raise funds for Sherpa children.

At the end of February Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler, Ines Papert and Audrey Gariepy travelled to Iceland to explore its potential in memory of their friend Harald Berger who died tragically in December 2006.

At the end of October the small Polish town Zakopan celebrated its second Mountain film Festival. The winner of the Sportkania z Filmen Gorskim was L'Abisso by Alessandro Anderloni, whilst the spectators award went to Premeny Tatier by Pavel Barabasz.

Chris Sharma has freed his Deep Water Soloing project in Mallorca, calling it Es Pontas and comparing it to his Realization at Ceuse.

Two million cubic meters of the Eiger's East Face are poised to crash down into the valley hundreds of meters below due to a 300m horizontal fissure.