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The Italian boulderer Mauro Calibani climbs "La Boule" 8a at a Cresciano sale, "La scelta" 8a at Cubo and, together with C. Brenna, a 7c+ traverse and “Decksandrumsandrockandroll” 7c

The Italian Cristian Brenna climbs "C'era una volta in America" 8c at Cornalba

On 11/02 Mauro ‘Bubu’ Bole freed Gravity Games (M9) in Val Brutta

The Paragliding Club Gherdeina has organised the International Paragliding Masquerade in Val Gardena on 18 February

In January Cristian Brenna visited Buoux and flashed 'Chouca' (8a+) and, in just two attempts, climbed ‘La rose et le vampire’ 8b and a new 8b+ by Antoine le Mènestrel

The 3rd Lanzada Speed Master took place on 11 February and counted as the second and final stage of the Italian Ice Cup 2001

The peak fees 2001 published by the governments of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Tibet

As in 2000, Helly Hansen and the American Alpine Club will assign the Helly Hansen Mountain Adventure Awards 2001 to three small exploratory expeditions

The longest and "highest" sleddog race in Europe, the "Trans Alpes Paul Emile Victor" gets underway

Stephane Husson and Liv Sansoz win fourth stage of IWC 2001 in Chamonix

The Italian mountaineer Simone Moro plans to a six-month winter tour to climb mountains in the Tien Shan, Everest and Lhotse, and in doing so hopes to become the first Italian Snow Leopard

In January 2001 Christian Bindhammer makes the third ascent of "The Big Mother" (8c+) at Erto and climbs "Coxa Distorta" 8b+ FBtr in the Frankenjura

The second round of the Italian Audi-O'neill Snowboard Classic has been postponed to the end of February

The Ukrainian Euvgeni Krivosheitsev and the German Ines Papert win third stage of IXC 2001 in Switzerland

Patrick Bérhault has almost finished his Alpine traverse from Slovenia to France

The Pamir Alay is an immense region wedged between the republics of Kirghistan and Tajikistan , dominated by the giant Pic Communism (7495m) and Pic Lenin (7134m), once the highest mountains in the now defunct Soviet Union. By Marco Borghetti, Roberto Invernizzi and Stefano Righetti.