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At Easter Florian and Martin Riegler carried out two noteworthy ascents in the Dolomites. On 7 April the South Tyrolean brothers made the first on-sight of "Karies" on Sassolungo while on 11 April they repeated Zauberlehrling on Cima Scotoni, all free and in a single day

In January Kurt Astner and Emanuele Ciulli made the first ascent of Leben ist jetzt (200m, IV/M7+/ice 80/90°), a modern 5 pitch mixed route in Val di Tures (Riva di Tures, Dolomites).

The first stage of the Ice World Cup Difficulty and Speed takes place in Valle di Daone from 18 - 20 January 2008.

On 04/07/2007 Mauro 'Bubu' Bole and Gabriele Gorobey carried out the first free ascent of Donnafugata (750m; max 8a), first ascended by Christoph Hainz and Roger Schäli in 2004 on the S Face of Torre Trieste, Civetta, Dolomites.

On 21 February Ueli Steck from Switzerland climbed the North Face of the Eiger in a record time of 3.54.

Erik Svab flashes the dry tooling route "Mix isch fix" M10+ at the Grotta di Landro, Dolomites.

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.

On 17 March Nicola Tondini and Nicola Sartori carried out the third ascent (and first winter ascent) of “Moulin Rouge” on the red-faced Roda di Vael in the Dolomites, first climbed in June 2002 by Oswald Celva and Christof Hainz.

A fortnight ago Mauro Bubu Bole revisited Kurt Astner's cave in Valle di Landro and climbed Mister Big Ben M12

Di Marino and Dimai win the 5th International Mountain Guides’ Climbing Championship held in Meringen, Switzerland

The fourth Mountaineering - Grignetta d’Oro Awards Ceremony gets underway in Lecco, Italy this weekend. The two-day meeting marks the start of the highly anticipated, week-long mountaineering festival, which includes the World Cup Difficulty, Speed and Bouldering competitions.

Christoph Hainz talks about his speed ascent up the North Face of the Eiger in 4 hours and 30 minutes.

The Italian ice climbing competition circuit 2003, entitled Alpin Cup, came to a close last Sunday and was won by Orietta Bonaldo and Diego Mabboni.

From 10-13 October the Italian mountain village Sesto will host an international Forum entitled "The art of climbing in 2002 - a reflection".

The 49° Film Festival di Trento takes place in Trento from 27 April - 5 May 2001

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling