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On 23 May the Frenchman Marco Siffredi, snowboarded down the Norton Couloir on the 8850m north face of Everest, 8850m

On 23/05 Juanito Oyarzabal and Ivan Vallejo of the TVE Expedition reached the summit of Everest via the north face, as did Sergio Mingute and the 15 year old Sherpa Temba Tscheri; Bertrand Roche paraglides off the summit using a tandem paraglider

Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli reached the summit of Everest and have descended to Base Camp. Denis Urubko and Simone Moro have descended to BC. Spanish expedition success via Everest north face. Lhotse Middleclimbed by a Russian expedition.

After his ascent of Lhotse Denis Urubko is now set to complete the traverse and climb Everest. His partner Simone Moro has descended to Base Camp exhausted after rescuing a young British mountaineer

Giampaolo Corona of the the expedition Aquile di San Martino di Castrozza e Primiero reached the summit of Makalu on 14/05

Bad weather on the north face of Everest. The Spanish TV Expedition has so far only managed to pitch a tent at Camp II at 7800m

S. Moro and D. Urubko attempting the Lhotse (8516m) - Everest (8850m) traverese have finished acclimatising by climbing to the South Col. Conditions on Lhotse are not good yet

The "Aquile" Mountain Guides expedition has reached Base Camp and is beginning preparations for the ascent of Makalu (8475m)

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001

The first edition of the Annapurna Mandala Trail took place on 13-26 March 2001

The two-month 'Pig Brothers Tour' of America by François Legrand and Yuji Hirayama gets underway to climb the hardest routes in the States

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

The "Aquile" Mountain Guides officially present their expedition Makalu 2001 on17 March 2001 at the Auditorium di Primiero

A group of Mountain Guides from S. Martino di Castrozza will depart for Makalu on 1/04/2001

The Italian mountaineer Simone Moro plans to a six-month winter tour to climb mountains in the Tien Shan, Everest and Lhotse, and in doing so hopes to become the first Italian Snow Leopard

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling