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The prize for the best climb of 2012 was awarded at the end of an exciting ceremony in Courmayeur last night to all six nominated ascents. The Piolet d'Or Walter Bonatti Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Austria's Kurt Diemberger.

In September 2012 Alexander Huber made the first ascent of the multi-pitch Nirwana 8c+ on Sonnwand, Loferer Alm, Austria.

Video of Philipp Angelo, Andreas Tonelli, Thomas Gianola and Klaus Baumgartner climbing their L'Onda di Hokusai, Molignon di Dentro, Rosengarten, Dolomites.

Interview and video about the 2012 attempt carried out by Michi Wohlleben, Arne Bergau and Hannes Jähn to ascend Jirishanca (6094m) in Peru.

Andreas Tonelli reports about L'Onda di Hokusai (750m, WI5+, 60°, M3), the new route he forged together with Philipp Angelo up the NE Face of Molignon di Dentro, Rosengarten, Dolomites.

The video of the march 2013 attempt by Andy Kirkpatrick, Ross Kain and Neil Chelton to repeat the Russian route up the North Face of the Eiger.

In February 2013 Matthias Scherer and Tanja Schmitt repeated Kjerrskredkvelven, the enormous ice climb in Gudvangen, Norway.

On 16 and 17 March 2013 the highly experienced Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Peter Ortner made the first winter ascent of the Sagwand via the route Schiefer Riss first climbed by Mathias Rebitsch and Roland Berger in 1947.

Austrian Felix Baumgartner was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year for his historic free fall from space on 14 October 2012.

The video clip of some of the recent works of American alpinist and filmmaker Renan Ozturk.

In Patagonia the Belgian alpinists Stephane Hanssens, Merlin Didier and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll made the first free ascents of the East Face of Cerro Catedral (1000 m, 7c+) and the East Face of Cerro Cota 2000 (500m, 7c+) while on Fitz Roy they climbed 900m of virgin ground up the...

The Mont Blanc timelapse by Italian photographer and alpinist Davide Necchi.

On 3 March 2013 British alpinist Jon Griffith soloed the three North Faces in the Argentière basin in the Mont Blanc massif: Aiguille Verte, Les Droites and Les Courtes.

Video of 18-year-old Val Gardena alpinists Martin Dejori, Aaron Moroder and Alex Walpoth repeating Goulotte Holzknecht, the route up the SW Face of the Langkofeleck (Spallone del Sassolungo) in the Dolomites first ascended by Adam Holzknecht 300m WI5+ M5.

They come from France, Britain, Russia, the United States and Japan and all made beautiful and difficult climb up highest mountains in the world: the candidates for the 21st edition of the Piolet d'Or, the most prestigious international mountaineering award which will take place from 3 to 6 April 2013...

The thoughts of Simone Moro about high-altitude winter mountaineering on the world's Eight-thousanders and about the events which have taken place and are currently unfolding on Broad Peak.