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On 25.01.03 Robert Jasper redpointed what he believes to be his hardest creation ever, "Vertical limits", M12 E2 in the drytooling hotspot Ueschenen in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland.

Brief news roundup of Fitz Roy Patagonia ascents 2002 by Luca Maspes

Over 400 climbers gathered in Bishop, California at the start of December in a highly successful three-day event designed to raise funds for the American Access Fund.

Tommy Caldwell becomes the first person to free climb the Salathé, Yoesemite, in a day

Lisa Rands wins the Bouldering World Cup at Lecco, ahead of Theroux and Levet.

At the start of June Rikardo Otegi freed "Iñi Ameriketan”, one of Spain's hardest, tentatively grading it 9a.

Simone Moro and an italian expedition are preparing for Cho Oyu, before moving on to attempt Everest

A year after his American tour with Yuji Hirayama, the Frenchman François Legrand is back in the States and on top form, sending Necessary Evil 5.14c/ 8c+ at Virgin River Gorge shortly after his arrival

The winners of the APEX Award 2002 were presented at Munich’s ispo a fortnight ago.

A new posthumous collection of Anatoli Boukreev’s writings entitled “Above the clouds - The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer” has recently been published.

Yellowstone — america's Sacred Wilderness takes Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2001

The German Alexander Huber finds and frees El Corazon 5.13b on El Capitan, Yosemite, america

Valerio Folco, Tom McMillan and Bruce Bindner make the third ascent of El Capitan's Tempest (A4 R)

The UIAA General Assembly 2001 was held in St. Johann, Austria on 11-14 October 2001.

The Italian Valerio Folco travels to Yosemite to climb 'Tempest', El Capitan

From 26/07/2001 to 15/08/2001 by Mauro Bubu Bole made the first ascent of Women and chalk up the East Face of Shipton Spire (5850 m), a spectacular granite tower in the Trango valley, Pakistan. The three-man expedition consisted of Mauro Bole, his climbing partner Mario Cortese and the photographer/cameraman Fabio...