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On Sunday 13 May Mirco Mezzanotte and Carlo Battel won the 15th ski mountaineering competition Sci Alpinistica Lagorai Cima d’Asta.

The jury, headed by Krzysztof Wielicki, and the six candidates for the Piolet d'Or 2004 promoted by Montagnes Magazine

Despite mounting political tension a large number of expeditions have decided to attempt Pakistan's peaks.

The 3rd International Alpinistic Meeting will take place in Paklenica, Croatia from 26-28 April 2002

Interview by Emilio Previtali with 38-year-old Slovenian extreme skier and alpinist Davo Karnicar after his ski down the South Face of Everest.

The 12th "Rassemblement International des Glacieristes du Fournel" and 11th Piolet d'Or will take place in Argentière - La Bessée from 9-13 January 2002

The 19th International Festival of Mountain Films "Vila de Torelló" came to a close last Saturday with the Grand Prize being awarded to 'Salathe'.

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

At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

The Gruppo Ragni di Lecco is in mourning for the death of Casimiro Ferrari, the world famous alpinist and club member who passed away during the night in the hospital

The IVth Cervino International Filmfestival gets underway in Cervinia today

On 21/07 Urs Stoecker, Iwan Wolf and Thomas Huber made the second ascent of Ogre (7285m), Pakistan, 24 years after the historic first ascent at the hands of Chris Bonington and Doug Scott

Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Hans Kammerlander summit K2 on 22 July 2001 via the Cesen route

The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2

The Makalu expedition “Aquile di San Martino di Castrozza e Primiero” ahs established Camp 3 at Makalu Lha at 7400m and the weather is stable. The American expedition attempting the West Pillar has abandoned its attempt after having reached 7500m

Antarctica.org by Michel De Wouters and Annick Pippelart won the 49th International Mountain Film Festival at Trento, Italy