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Magnus Kastengren dies in fall from Mount Cook
04/11/2013 - Alpinism
Magnus Kastengren dies in fall from Mount Cook
32-year-old Swedish extreme skier Magnus Kastengren has lost his life in a fall from Mount Cook in New Zealand.
Dolomites: large rockfall on Cadin del Laudo, Sorapiss group, Dolomites
01/10/2013 - Environment
Dolomites: large rockfall on Cadin del Laudo, Sorapiss group, Dolomites
Last night at around 23:00 a large rockfall affected the Cadin del Laudo, Sorapiss group, Dolomites.
King of Dolomites at San Martino di Castrozza
19/02/2013 - Events
King of Dolomites at San Martino di Castrozza
From 23- 24 February 2013 San Martino di Castrozza hosts King of Dolomites, the two-day photo contest to shoot the most beautiful freeride photo of the Dolomites.
Bafomet, first M14 in Poland
14/02/2013 - Alpinism
Bafomet, first M14 in Poland
On 17/02/2013 Michal Król and Marcin Gasienica-Kotelnicki both climbed Bafomet to establish Poland's first-ever drytooling route graded M14.
Freeride Challenge Punta Nera 2013 at Cortina
08/02/2013 - Competitions
Freeride Challenge Punta Nera 2013 at Cortina
From 4 - 6 April 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo, the pearl of the Dolomites, will host the Freeride Challenge Punta Nera 2013, a three day event dedicated to freeride skiing, ski mountaineering and climbing with the special boulder contest.
International congress: New Advances in Mountain Medicine and Emergency – second edition
07/02/2013 - Alpinism
International congress: New Advances in Mountain Medicine and Emergency – second edition
The second international congress entitled “New Advances in Mountain Medicine and Emergency” will be held at the Atahotel in Varese on April 18th and 19th, 2013, organised by the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria in collaboration with the Institute of Mountain...
La Legrima, Adam Holzknecht and Hubert Moroder make first ascent of the icefall on Sassolungo North Face
18/01/2013 - Alpinism
La Legrima, Adam Holzknecht and Hubert Moroder make first ascent of the icefall on Sassolungo North Face
On 7 and 8 January 2013 the Catores Mountain Guides Adam Holzknecht and Hubert Moroder made the first ascent of "La Legrima" (WI6 M6 V+, two sections of A0), the great ice and mixed line up the North Face of...
Search continues for the three missing Italian climbers in the Ecrins Massif
01/12/2012 - Alpinism
Search continues for the three missing Italian climbers in the Ecrins Massif
The search continues today for Francesco Cantù, Damiano Barabino and Luca Gaggianese, the three Italian alpinists missing in the Ecrins massif since last Monday.
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit
17/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit
With regards to last Thursday's tragedy which claimed the lives of 9 climbers on Mont Maudit, we have received the thoughts of Dr. Luigi Festi, director of the International Masters Course in Mountain Medicine at the University of Insubria...
Mont Blanc - Mont Maudit avalanche: rescue updates
12/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc - Mont Maudit avalanche: rescue updates
An update by Alessandro Cortinovis, director of the Valle D'Aosta mountain rescue Service about the avalanche on Mont Maudit which at 5:30 this morning killed 9 alpinists and injured 14 others.
Avalanche on Mont Blanc: 9 deaths on Mont Maudit
12/07/2012 - Alpinism
Avalanche on Mont Blanc: 9 deaths on Mont Maudit
This morning an avalanche on Mount Maudit (Mont Blanc) killed 9 alpinists. 9 others have been injured, and unfortunately this toll is still only provisional.
Rwenzori and Margherita Peak, the third highest mountain in Africa
19/04/2012 - Alpinism
Rwenzori and Margherita Peak, the third highest mountain in Africa
David Orlandi introduces the Central Circuit Trail in the Rwenzori mountain range in Uganda and the ascent of Margherita Peak 5109m, the third highest mountain in Africa.
For Lorenzo Castaldi 'Enzolino'
30/03/2012 - Alpinism
For Lorenzo Castaldi 'Enzolino'
Today, Friday 30 March 2012 at 11:30 at Mater Ecclesiae in Sassari, the final farewell to Lorenzo Castaldi “Enzolino”, for the numerous alpinists and climbers who met him at the crags, in the mountains and the alpine forums for which...
Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, fatal accident in Norway
14/02/2012 - Alpinism
Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, fatal accident in Norway
Tragedy in Norway, where last week the alpinists Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal died while attempting a new ice climb up the Kjerag rock face.
Piz Cengalo, NNE Face rockfall
02/01/2012 - Alpinism
Piz Cengalo, NNE Face rockfall
After the rockfall last summer, on 27/12/2012 a new rockfall ocurrred on the North-north-east face of Pizzo Cengalo (3369m, Bregaglia) in Val Bondasca on the Swiss - Italian border. The report by Marcello Negrini.
Mountain safety, the video
Mountain safety, the video
An unusual video for accident prevention and safety in the mountains.