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08/08/2007 - Climbing
Alexander Huber frees Pan Aroma 8c on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Dolomites On 26/07/2007 Alexander Huber made the first ascent of 'Pan Aroma' 8c through the great roof up the North Face of Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

13/07/2007 - Alpinism
The day after: Silvio Mondinelli, Broad Peak and all 14 8000m summits 13/07 interview with Silvio Mondinelli after the summit of his 14th 8000m peak without supplementary oxygen.

08/07/2007 - Climbing
Scalatabel Climbing Festival France - Steve McClure 8b flash On 16-17 June the third and final Scalatabel Festival took place at the Grotte des Demoiselles, le Thaurac, France.

08/06/2007 - Climbing
Rock Junior 2007 increasingly international On 9 -10 June a record VI edition of the Rock Junior will take place in Arco (Garda - Trentino): more than 500 climbers aged 5 - 13 representing 18 nations are expected at the Climbing Stadium for the...

07/06/2007 - Alpinism
Spitzbergen climbing Expedition to the Atomfjella mountains In April a mixed Slovenian – Swiss - German headed to Spitzbergen in Norway where they made numerous mixed first ascents.

04/06/2007 - Alpinism
Mixed solo climbs by Ezio Marlier in Alps Two new routes solo by Ezio Marlier, Spirito Libero (600m IV/4/M4) on Monte Emilius and Aragon (500m IV/4+/M6/A1) on Granta Parey, plus the solo repeats of some classic climbs on Mont Blanc du Tacul and Grandes Jorasses give some food...

17/05/2007 - Alpinism
Anthamatten and Berthod in Patagonia sweepstake In February 2007 Cyrille Berthod and Simon Anthamatten travelled to Patagonia for their first time ever and climbed 8 major peaks in the Fitz Roy massif - De L’S, Saint Exupery, St.Raphael, Poincenot, Fitz Roy, Mermoz, Guillaumet and Cerro Torre.

07/05/2007 - Climbing
Miracle Melloblocco Melloblocco continues to be a great success. On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 May more than 1000 boulderers gathered in Val di Mello for the 4th edition of the Melloblocco, the international bouldering meet organised by the Val Masino town...

23/04/2007 - Alpinism
Miha Valic and the 82 4000m peaks in the Alps in 102 days From 27/12/2006 to 7/04/2007 the Slovenian Mountain Guide Miha Valic climbed all 82 peaks over 4000m high catalogued in the UIAA list.

23/04/2007 - Alpinism
Everest Super Sherpas Expedition This spring a team of Sherpas will attempt to beat the Everest speed record and the total number of individual ascents. The group, led by 16 times summiter Apa Sherpa and speed record holder Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, aims to promoted...

28/03/2007 - Alpinism
Iceland ice climbing expedition report At the end of February Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler, Ines Papert and Audrey Gariepy travelled to Iceland to explore its potential in memory of their friend Harald Berger who died tragically in December 2006.

08/03/2007 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2007 facts and figures On Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of May 2007, Val di Mello will host the fourth edition of Melloblocco, the international outdoors bouldering meeting in Northern Italy

21/02/2007 - Alpinism
'Osa, ma non troppo', Cerro Cota 2000 (Paine, Patagonia) From 21 - 26 January 2007 the Italians Elio Orlandi, Michele Cagol, Fabio Leoni and Rolando Larcher made the first ascent of "Osa ma non troppo", a 700m line up the E Face of Cerro Cota 2000 (Torres del Paine,...

10/01/2007 - Competitions
Ice Master World Cup Daone From Friday 19 January to Sunday 21 January the most famous international ice climbing competition in the world, the Ice Master World Cup, will take place in Italy's Valle di Daone.

28/12/2006 - Alpinism
Baffin 2006, the island at the edge of the world Polar bears, icebergs, a sailing boat, whales and a plethora of unclimbed rock and thousands of new routes to be climbed...In mid August 2006 the Italian Mountain Guides Michele Maggioni and Marco Zaninetti set off with Cristina, Giovanni and the...

21/12/2006 - Alpinism
Harald Berger At 14.15 on 20 December Harald Berger, the three times Ice Climbing World Champion, winner of numerous competitions and extremely talented rock climber, died beneath an immense quantity of ice which collapsed while he was climbing on the overhanging Eiskapelle...
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