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On 20 July Ines Papert from Germany made an impressive first female ascent of Camillotto Pellesier on the North Face of cima grande, Dolomites. The old aid route, first ascended in 1967 by E. Mauro and M. Minuzzo, had been freed in 2004 by Mauro Bubu Bole at F8b.

At the start of October on the North Face of cima grande di Lavaredo (2999m) in the Dolomites Mauro Bubu Bole made the first repeat of the 1977 Spanish route, grading it 8a+ with three points of A0 aid.

Mauro Bubu Bole makes the first free ascent of the Camillotto Pellisier route on the cima grande di Lavaredo, grading it F8b

French alpinist Catherine Destivelle has made a solitary repeat of the Hasse - Brandler route up cima grande, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

In January the Pustertal alpinists Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner scored a real coup by making, in two attempts, the first winter ascent of Via Barbier up the North Face of cima grande di Lavaredo. This difficult climb was established in summer 1989 by the Czech brothers Miroslav Coubal and...