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From tomorrow evening and for 10 days it will be possible to watch the latest Hot Aches Productions film for free: Odyssey staring Hansjörg Auer, Caroline Ciavaldini, Hazel Findlay and James Pearson.

On 28/10/2012 New Zealand's Mayan Smith-Gobat succeeded in the first female ascent of Punks in the Gym (32/8b+) at Arapiles, Australia.

At Red River Gorge (USA) Adam Ondra has flashed Southern Smoke Direct 9a, while young Ashima Shiraishi has repeated the 8c+ climbs Southern smoke and Lucifer.

Simone Pedeferri has freed Dream of love 8c at Grotta del Ferro, Val di Mello, Italy.

Interview with Japanese climber Tomoko Ogawa who made the first female ascent of an 8B+ boulder problem, Catharsis at Shiobara in Japan.

Jain Kim and Hyunbin Min win the 7th stage of the Lead World Cup 2012 held in Mokpo, South Korea.

On 17-18/10/2012 Julien Desecures, Jon Griffith, Corrado Pesce, Jeff Mercier made the first ascent of Full love... for dry and ice (V, 5+,M6 R, 500m) up Aiguille du Peigne, Mont Blanc range.

Two new rock climbs up the fascinating Cima Cason de Formin in the Dolomites: Buon compleanno Nat (6c+, 215m Massimo Da Pozzo, Marco Alberti, Danilo Serafini) and La beffa (7a+/7b Massimo Da Pozzo, Pier Francesco Smaltini).

The sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2012 took place in Xining, China on 12-13/10/2012 and was won by Johanna Ernst from Austria and Sean McColl from Canada. Stefano Ghisolfi placed third, putting Italy back on the podium after many years absence.

German climber Stefan Glowacz has freed his project, the multi-pitch Golden Shower (8b+, 150m) in the Verdon Gorge, france.

The 4th stage of the Lead World Cup 2012 was won last weekend by Jain Kim from Korea and Ramon Julian Puigblanque from Spain. Reigning World Champion Jacob Schubert was disqualified for having used a means of communication while in isolation.

Anna Vollenweyder and Michael Schreiber, the winners of the Salewa RockShow 2012, were invited as VIP guests to Rockmaster 2012.

On 18 September Spanish ski mountaineer and sky runner Kilian Jornet Burgada ascended from Courmayeur to the summit of Mont Blanc via the famous Innominata Ridge (1000m, D+, V+, 60º) in 6 hours and 17 minutes. The Spaniard then raced down to Chamonix in a total time of 8 hours...

The 12th World Climbing Championship took place in Paris last week. Lead was won by the Austrians Jakob Schubert and - for a record breaking fourth time - Angela Eiter. Boulder was won by Mélanie Sandoz from france and - for the third time - Dmitry Sharafudtinov from Russia. Yuliya...

The Tor des Geants 2012 was won by Oscar Perèz (Spain) and Francesca Canepa (Italy). The race along the Valle d'Aosta paths at the foot of Mont Blanc (330km and 24.000 elevation gain) was completed by 392 athletes.

On 12/09/2012 the Gorges du Loup in france Matteo Gambaro has climbed his first 9a, Abyss.