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25/01/2008 - Interviews
Gerard Pailheiret, ice climbing interview Interview by Elio Bonfanti with the French mountain guide Gerard Pailheiret who has always carried out been a tireless promoter of ice climbing.
18/01/2008 - Competitions
Ice Master Daone 2008, the Ice Climbing World Cup 2008 gets underway The first stage of the Ice World Cup Difficulty and Speed takes place in Valle di Daone from 18 - 20 January 2008.
14/12/2007 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or in Valle d’Aosta The next edition of the world's most important mountaineering award will take place in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, and is organised by the Italian Region in collaboration with "Montagnes Magazine” and “Groupe Haute Montagne”.
07/12/2007 - Events
Krakow Mountain Festival 2007 The 5th Krakow Mountain Festival will take place on 5 - 9 December and will star Steph Davis, Mick Fowler and Dean Potter.
29/11/2007 - Alpinism
Mount Vinson Italian military expedition An Italian military corps from Courmayeur sets off on an eco-sustainable expedition to Mount Vinson (Antarctic), by traversing 300km to the base of the mountain via a new itinerary.
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.
05/01/2007 - Alpinism
Charlie Fowler found dead on Mount Genyen, China On 27 December the body of Charlie Fowler was found at circa 5300m on the slopes of Mount Genyen, Sichuan, China.
10/02/2006 - Interviews
Ueli Steck - Khumbu Express - Piolet d'Or 2005 Interview with Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck, nominated for Piolet d'or 2005 for his solo ascents of Cholatse (6440m), Tawoche (6505m) and Ama Dablam (up to 5900m).
01/04/2005 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses: new route by Gabarrou, Batoux and Dumarest From 17 to 21 March Patrick Gabarrou, Philippe Batoux and Christophe Dumarest made the first ascent of a new route on the North Face of Punta Margherita (4066m) at the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc.
10/02/2005 - Alpinism
Piolet d'or 2004, the six candidates The jury, headed by Krzysztof Wielicki, and the six candidates for the Piolet d'Or 2004 promoted by Montagnes Magazine
25/07/2002 - Alpinism
Pakistan expeditions 2002 Despite mounting political tension a large number of expeditions have decided to attempt Pakistan's peaks.
07/12/2001 - Events
Fournel Ice Meet and Piolet d'Or 2002 The 12th "Rassemblement International des Glacieristes du Fournel" and 11th Piolet d'Or will take place in Argentière - La Bessée from 9-13 January 2002
22/11/2001 - Book-press
‘Above the clouds’, Anatoli Boukreev's diary A new posthumous collection of Anatoli Boukreev’s writings entitled “Above the clouds - The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer” has recently been published.
01/11/2001 - Alpinism
Matterhorn Freedom by Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).
05/09/2001 - Alpinism
Casimiro Ferrari The Gruppo Ragni di Lecco is in mourning for the death of Casimiro Ferrari, the world famous alpinist and club member who passed away during the night in the hospital
25/07/2001 - Alpinism
Ogre, second ascent On 21/07 Urs Stoecker, Iwan Wolf and Thomas Huber made the second ascent of Ogre (7285m), Pakistan, 24 years after the historic first ascent at the hands of Chris Bonington and Doug Scott
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