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Gerome Pouvreau and Olga Bibik have won the third stage of the Bouldering Worldcup 2005 at Fiera di Primiero, Italy

In May 2005 Eliza Kubarska, Przemek Klimek and David Kaszlikowski made the first ascent of one of the longest free climbs in the Atlas mountain range (Taghia), Fantasia 7b+/c, 700m on Tagouimmt N’Tsouiannt, Morocco.

On 23 May Heinz Zak from Austria made the audacious second solo ascent of one of Yosemite valley’s finest routes, Separate Reality 5.11d.

Ueli Steck and his solo ascents of Cholatse and Tawoche in the Himalaya, in the words of Christine Kopp .

The Lead Worldcup 2005 started in Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo last weekend and was won by Italian Flavio Crespi and Austrian Angela Eiter.

On 15 March Luca Parisse repeated Karma 8a+ at Fontainebleau, Paris, France.

On 8 december Andrea Poli sent "Talk is cheap" 8c, on 12 December "Missing Link" 8b+ at Misja Pec, Slovenia.

An interview with Yuji Hirayama after the first ever 8c on-sight: White Zombi in the Baltzola Cave, Spain.

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...

In an open letter Yvon Chouinard, mountaineer, surfer, fly fisherman and founder of "Patagonia", the famous American outdoor clothing company explains how urgent and pressing the envirnmental issue is.

B.A.T. Basic Absurd Technology, repeated by Anna Torretta and Erika Morandi on the Caporal, Valle dell'Orco, Italy

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

Expeditions: summit time is fast approaching. In the Everest region the second half of May is statistically the most important time of year for successful summit bids.

Alessandro Jolly Lamberti has repeated Bain de Sang 9a at Saint Loup, Switzerland.

Cristian Brenna talks about his recent bouldering trip to Hueco, America

Israel Blanco and Mauro Bubu Bole make the first and second repeat of The Game M13 at the Cineplex Cave in Canada, while Anna Torretta repeats Musashi M12.