The news

The Ice World Championships 2004 will be held in Saas Fee, Switzerland, from 23-25/01/2004

The Austrian Ice Climbing Championship and 4th International Carinthian and East Tyrolean Championship took place in Kotschach at the start of January.

On 10/01/2004 the Frenchmen Stephane Brosse and Pierre Gignoux won the first stage of the ski mountaineering World Cup 2004 at Tambre in the Italian Dolomites.

Sandrine Levet wins both the Difficulty and Bouldering events and wins Bouldering World Cup 2003. Jerome Meyer wins men's event and World Cup. Patxi Usobiaga wins men's Difficulty. World Cup 2003 won by Alexandre Chabot and Muriel Sarkany.in Edinburgh

François Auclair and Muriel Sarkany win the ninth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003, but overall victory goes to Alexandre Chabot and Sarkany

On 16/11 Muriel Sarkany Julian Ramón Puigblanque won the 8th stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Kranj, Slovenia

Jenny Lavarda and Flavio Crespi won the Italian Difficulty Championships in Penne last weekend, while Christian Bindhammer and Damaris Knorr won the German Championship in Scheidegg

Alexandre Chabot and Angela Eiter win the seventh stage of the World Cup Difficulty in Valence

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

Sandrine Levet and Julian Ramón Puigblanque win the sixth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Prague

The fifth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 was won by Ramón Julian Puigblanque and Angela Eiter

Angela Eiter and Alexandre Chabot win the Rock Master 2003. Mauro Calibani and Olga Bibik win the Sint Roc bouldering event

On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September the annual Rock Master will take place in Arco.

Salavat Rakhmetov and Sandrine Levet win the fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2003 in Rovereto

On 31/08 the Nepalese Sherpa Daichhiri won the 150 km Mont Blanc marathon.

The fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2003 gets underway in Rovereto tomorrow.