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Walking is part of everyday life but it is also a way of thinking and our freest and deepest thoughts come to us as we walk. By Teddy Soppelsa for Good For Alps, magazine AKU trekking & outdoor footwear.

In June 2014 the three young Italian alpinists Tito Arosio, Saro Costa and Luca Vallata visited the Cordillera Huayhuash in Perù where they made the first ascent of "El malefico Sefkow", a new route up the West Face of Monte Quesillio (5600m). Furthermore, the three attempted climbs on Tsacra Grande,...

Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Sean Villanueva are about to set off on a 2 - 3 month sailing and climbing trip to explore the coastline of Greenland and Baffin Island.

Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Peter Ortner are currently in the Karakorum in Pakistan attempting to scale the unclimbed NE Face of Masherbrum (7821m).

American climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Speed Intégrale 9a at Voralpsee, Switzerland.

Interview with Patrick Matros, the trainer of Alexander Megos and author of the sport climbing training book Gimme Kraft.

Austrian climber Beat Kammerlander has made the first ascent of Drei Siebe at the Bürser Platte, Vorarlberg, Austria.

The 8th The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail will take place above Cortina, Italy from 27 - 28 June 2014. The race will be run along the original route. Thanks to the work of the volunteers the paths of the Dolomites near Cortina d'Ampezzo are ready for the 2000 competitors.

Ang Tshering Sherpa, President Nepal Mountaineering Association, reports about recent meetings and decisions regarding climbing Everest and Nepal's mountains in general.

Finnish boulderer Nalle Hukkataival has repeated Silbergeier (8b/8b+, 240m) in the Rätikon, Switzerland.

The video of Iker Pou and his brother Eneko and their attempt at establishing a new route up Baghirathi II in India.

At the start of June the alpinists Marco Erbetta, Enrico Rosso and Father Antonio Zavattarelli made un unsuccessful attempt of the stunning West Ridge of Illimani, Cordillera Real, Andes.

Authorities of the Huascaran National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, are attempting to impose rules that oblige trekkers and climbers to hire local guides.

From 4 -8 June 2014 German climber Alexander Megos teamed up with Roger Schäli, Frank Kretschmann and David Hefti to make the first free ascent of Fly (8c, 550m) on Staldeflue, Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland.

German climber Markus Bock has made the first ascent of Becoming 9a+ in the Frankenjura.

German climber Alexander Megos has added two new routes to the Frankenjura, Modified 9a+ and Nice Freshly Baked 9a.