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With regards to the bolt chopping on Cerro Torre's Compressor route, we have received and published the views of Stefano Lovison, shared by numerous Italian alpinists.

The video of Dave Graham during the first ascent of his boulder problem Memory is Parallax 8B+ ar Elkland (usa)

Two videos documenting Adam Ondra's first bouldering trip to Fontainebleau, France.

Video by Andy Bardon of Mayan Smith-Gobat climbing The Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite.

In Andorra history repeated itself yesterday. The first stage of the Ski mountaineering World Cup 2012 was won once again by Kilian Jornet Burgada and Laetitia Roux.

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...

A short interview with Alex Honnold after his first ascent of the boulder Too Big To Flail at the Buttermilks, Bishop, usa.

Video of American climber on Red Bull and Vodka at Vail, Colorado, usa.

18/01/2012. Mario Merelli died this morning at 8:00am while climbing up Pizzo Redorta (Val Seriana, Bergamo, Italy). Merelli was one of the most famous Italian alpinists and Himalayan mountaineers and one of the driving forces of the Bergamo mountaineering scene.

Another video of Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein bouldering at the Buttermilks, Bishop, usa, where they climbed Evilution Direct and Saigon direct.

At the Buttermilks in Bishop (usa) Alex Honnold has freed Too Big to Flail, a super highball up the immense Luminance Block.

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

In the Rocky Mountain National Park (usa) Daniel Woods has freed Mirror Reality 8B+, while at Toyota in Japan Dai Koyamada has freed Shanbara 8C, a sit start to his Agartha.

Dave Graham has freed the boulder problem Memory is Parallax 8B+ at Elkland (usa).

Video of Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein bouldering at the Buttermilks, Bishop, usa, where they sent Ambrosia V11 and This Side of Paradise V10.

In December 2011 the Norwegians Bjørn-Eivind Aartun and Ole Lied established a new route up the south face of Torre Egger 2850m, Patagonia.