The news

Italian expedition summits Pumori and collects snow samples for scientific research

From November to December 2000 the British mountaineer Paul Pritchard will raise funds for people with head injuries on his website www.paulpritchard.com

Cristoph Hainz wins for sixth year running ahead of Leonardo Di Marino and Massimo Bal

Four new routes on Ciarforin, Gran Paradiso, Italy.

On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the South Face of Everest

Despite terrible conditions the French Mountain Guide manages to summit Cho Oyu (8201m), sixth highest mountain on earth

French Alexandre Chabot and German Katrin Sedlmayer crowned European Champions in Munich Sunday afternoon

The 5th European Championship in Munich. Sarkany defends title, Vickers resigned from competition circuit

The Italian climbs two 8c's third go between one competition and the next

The Belgian Muriel Sarkany and the Russian Evgueni Ovtchinnikov win third stage of World Cup Difficulty in Courmayeur

French Alexandre Chabot and Liv Sansoz win the second stage at Lecco in front of enthusiastic crowd

multi-pitch sport climbing in the Gennargentu area of Sardinia: Biddiriscottai, Aguglia di Goloritzè, Regno dei Cieli, Punta Giradili.

Monsoon impedes progress. Cho Oyu most crowded, eleven expeditions on Shisha Pangma, just one mountaineer on Everest

On Mount Nalumasortoq above the Tasermiut Fjord in Southern Greenland Jerome Arpin, Mario Manica and Francesco Vaudo made the first ascent of Non c'è due senza tre, a new big wall climb up the mountain's Third Pillar. Report by Antonella Cicogna.

Hirayama redpoints seventh 8c+ at Massone, Italy

Rakhmetov and Levet win final stage at Rovereto. Pons and Levet winners 2000