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A record number of athletes have signed up for most important ski mountaineering competition in the Gothard mountain range in Switzerland, scheduled to take place on Sunday 11 March in Val Bedretto.

The South Tyrolean climbers Simon Gietl, Daniel Tavernini and Klaus Gruber have carried out the first winter ascents of ISO2000 (Tre Cime di Lavaredo) and Zauberlehrling (Cima Scotoni) in the Dolomites.

The countdown has begun for the most important ski mountaineering competition in the Gotthard mountain range in Switzerland: on 11 March the Vth edition of Tris Rotondo in Val Bedretto.

The crag Alta Val Aupa, 21 routes from 6c - 8a+ close to Tolmezzo (Udine) in NE Italy, introduced by local climber Andrea Polo.

Simone Moro and Denis Urubko have announced their decision today to abandon their attempt of the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) via the Diamir Face due to the prohibitive weather conditions.

11/02/2012. At Busteni in Romania the 4th stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup was won by Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia. The Speed event was won by Maria Tolokonina once again, along with her team-mate Kirill Kolchegoshev. Maxim Tomilov has already won the 2012 World...

In October 2011 Mike Rolf established 7a, a Deep Water Solo climb up the famous Faraglioni seastacks at Capri.

Natalija Gros has officially retired from climbing competitions. During her career the Slovenian climber stepped onto the World Cup podium 23 times and one of the highlights includes winning the European Bouldering and Combined Championship in Paris in 2008.

Michele Caminati talks about the first ascent of his latest creation, Ultimo dei Moicani 8B+ freed on 19 January at Amiata in Tuscany.

Yesterday 22/01/2012 David Lama made the first free ascent of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia. The news has been confirmed by David Lama's team. There are no further details but this update will certainly add fuel to the controversy which has followed the bolt chopping carried out recently...

On 12/01/2012 Simone Moro and Denis Urubko acclimatised at 5400m on the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat. Their attempt at the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat will be via the line attempted by Messner and Eisendle in 2000, and not via the Kinshofer route.

The crag Pandora close to Modica (Ragusa) in Sicily, with 41 routes from 5a - 8b, introduced by Gabriele Puccia.

Severino "Seve" Scassa and Lorenzo De Bonis have freed an old route at the crag Coup di Rore in Val Varaita (Piemonte, Italy). Established with the use of aid during the 1970's, the route breaches the large roof and remained a project until autumn 2011. A story of past and...

The Frenchman Enzo Oddo has repeated Estado Critico 9a at Siurana, Spain.

Planetmountain.com goes online today with its Gallery, the zone dedicated to mountain photography, climbing, alpinism, trekking, and skiing, with currently more than 10,000 photos.

After the rockfall last summer, on 27/12/2012 a new rockfall ocurrred on the North-north-east face of Pizzo Cengalo (3369m, Bregaglia) in Val Bondasca on the Swiss - Italian border. The report by Marcello Negrini.