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28 September marks the 10th anniversary of Roberto Bassi's death. To remember the Italian climber but also share his masterpieces with those climbers who do not know about him, the Italian Alpin Club Sezione CAI SAT di Mattarello (TN) and Bassi's friends have organised an evening at the hall at...

On 11 June 2004, Mauro Florit, Massimo Sacchi and Marco Sterni reached the previously unclimbed summit of Amahuagaychu 5134m, in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, via their new route (500m, VII, A2).

Last week 5 mountaineers died on Everest, while Sherpa Pemba Dorji climbed from Base Camp to the aummit in just 8 hours 10 minutes

On 15/05 Kristian Kuntner (ITA) and Norbert Joos (SUI) reached the summit of Lhotse without the use of supplementary oxygen. This is the 13th annd 1th 800m peak respectively. On 19/05 Daniele Nardi reached the summit of Everest from the north. The Scoiattoli di Cortina Expedition is preparing for its...

In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.

In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to Everest.

On 18/07 Denis Urubko, member of the International Pakistan Expedition 2003, summited Broad Peak after helping to rescue Jean-Christophe Lafaille.

On 15/07/2003 Simone Moro, Inaki Ochoa, Jean-Christophe Lafaille, Ed Viesturs of the International Pakistan Expedition 2003 reached the summit of Broad Peak (8047m).

news from Everest base Camp in the 2003 pre-monsson season. Fabio Meraldi in 24 hour summit attempt

Christoph Hainz talks about his speed ascent up the North Face of the Eiger in 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer have repeated the great mixed climb 'No Siesta' up the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif from 17 - 19 March 2003 .

The Winter Polish K2 Expedition has been called off without a successful summit but with all members, including Denis Urubko, Marcin Kaczkan and Krzysztof Wielicki, are safely back in Base Camp.

On 25.01.03 Robert Jasper redpointed what he believes to be his hardest creation ever, "Vertical limits", M12 E2 in the drytooling hotspot Ueschenen in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland.

At the start of January a young Slovenian expedition established 'Story about dancing dogs', a new 21 pitch 7c+ on Mount Poi, Northern Kenya.

Interview with Lynn Hill, a world-class sport climbing symbol. Her legendary one-day free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in 1994 Yosemite and her entire vertical world as seen by Lynn herself

Silvio Mondinelli, Abele Blanc, Mario Merelli, Kristian Kuntner, Kobi Reichen and Carlos Pauner head for Annapurna's East Ridge