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The race towards the highest mountain on earth: a multitude of summits, long queues and, like every year, too many deaths. By Vinicio Stefanello.

From 25 - 27 January 2012 Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Fabio Leoni carried out the first winter ascent (and first on-sight) of Via Cembridge (550m, 7b+ (6c obligatory) up Cima Margherita, Brenta Dolomites, Italy.

The thoughts of American alpinist Jim Bridwell about the bolt chopping on the Compressor Route, Cerro Torre, Patagonia

In summer 2011 Gerhard Schaar and Ines Peschel visited the Miyar Valley (India) where they established a series of new routes.

Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein have sent numerous boulder problems at Hueco (USA), including Slashface V13 (8B) for Verhoeven and two 8A and one 8A+ in a single day for Saurwein.

British climber Jordan Buys has made the first repeat of the gritstone route loaded E8 7a at Ilkley Quarry, while his wife Naomi Buys made the first female ascent of Snap Decision E7 6c.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces three new crags in Southern Sardinia: Cave of dreams, Villasimius e Broadway

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).

The update for all the new routes established on Kalymnos in 2010 and the latest climbs created by Claude and Yves Remy.

The charismatic Slovenian climber who became one of the world's leading mountaineers, remembered by British journalist Ed Douglas.

Michele Caminati talks about the broken hold on Dreamtime, the legendary boulder problem established by Fred Nicole in 2000 at Cresciano, Switzerland.

On 24/08/2009 Maurizio Manolo Zanolla made the first ascent of "Eternit", the extension to "O ce l’hai… o ne hai bisogno" at Baule. The grade put forward is 9a but above all Manolo believes this route has taken his vertical...

Last summer Ales Holc, Matej Smrkolj e Tadej Kriselj carried out the first ascent of Slovenian birthday party (TD+, 1000m) on the North Face of Pik Parashutny 5360m. Tine Marence and Andrej Magajne carried out the probabile first repeat of...

The new version of the Via Alpina website is online, with a community area

400 climbers have already pre-registered for the seventh Rock Junior European Youth Climbing Days due to take place from 7 - 8 June 2008 at the Climbing Stadium in Arco, Italy.

Entries for the Zakopane 2008 Fourth Mountain Film Competition and the Second International Mountain Photography ‘Space of Life’ are accepted until 30 June 2008