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Alexandre Ruchkin and Dmitry Pavlenko of the Jannu North Face Expedition Spring 2004 have successfully summited the North Face 7710m

On 15/05 Kristian Kuntner (ITA) and Norbert Joos (SUI) reached the summit of Lhotse without the use of supplementary oxygen. This is the 13th annd 1th 800m peak respectively. On 19/05 Daniele Nardi reached the summit of Everest from the north. The Scoiattoli di Cortina Expedition is preparing for its...

On 16/05 Nives Meroi, Romano Benet and Luca Vuerich summite Lhotse (8516m). Nives Meroi is now the most successful living female mountaineer.

The report by Simone Moro eand details of the new route on the North Face of Khali Himal - Baruntse North (7066m), Nepal.

On 15-16/02/2004 Rolando Larcher made a solitary winter ascent of Akut on the impervious north face of the Cima Ovest di Lavaredo

At the end of February an 20-stong Russian expedition set off from Moscow for the Himalayas, where it aims to forge a technical new route up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face

Valeri Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko won the prestigous Piolet d'Or for their ascent of Nuptse East South Pillar in November 2003.

Günther Messner really did perish during the descent of the Nanga Parbat Diamir Face, as his brother Reinhold has always sustained.

On 17/01 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski aborted their attempt at 7700m of make the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).

Alexandre Chabot and Angela Eiter win the seventh stage of the World Cup Difficulty in Valence

In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to Everest.

Sandrine Levet and Julian Ramón Puigblanque win the sixth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Prague

On 19/09/2003 the Austrian Markus Schwaiger has freed Incubator Fb8b in the Zillertal, Austria

On 28-30 July Matevz Kramer, Matej Mejovsek and Tadej Zorman made the first ascent of Limitless Madness on Mt. Yerupaja, Cordilliera Huayhuash, Peru

Romano Benet, Nives Meroi, Luca Verich have successfully climbed both Gasherbrum I and II

On 15/07/2003 Simone Moro, Inaki Ochoa, Jean-Christophe Lafaille, Ed Viesturs of the International Pakistan Expedition 2003 reached the summit of Broad Peak (8047m).