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29/12/2013 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat, four expeditions aim for first winter ascent Simone Moro, Emilio Previtali and David Göttler landed in Islamabad yesterday and in a few days time will reach Rupal Base Camp beneath Nanga Parbat (8125m), while a few days ago Ralf Dujmovits and Dariusz "Darek" Zaluski reached Base Camp on the Diamir Face. Tomasz Mackiewicz, Marek Klonowski, Jacek Teler...

25/12/2013 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Is not always Pasqua at Interprete, Italy At the Italian crag Collina di Interprete James Pearson has made the first ground-up repeat of Is not always Pasqua, the E9 trad climb freed in 2002 by Mauro Calibani and repeated only by Cristian Brenna. Furthermore, two days previously the British rock climber freed a route at the same...

22/12/2013 - Climbing
Paige Claassen repeats India's hardest sport climb American climber Paige Claassen has repeated Ganesh 8b+ at Badami, the most difficult sport climb in India.

20/12/2013 - Alpinism
Dolomites ice climb: Langkofel Schulter Goulotte Raggio di sole and Cascata dello Spallone, a classic combination that leads to the summit the Langkofel Schulter. The route information provided by Giuseppe Ballico.

18/12/2013 - Alpinism
Greg Boswell makes first winter ascent of The Demon in Scotland On 7 December Greg Boswell made the first winter ascent of The Demon (IX, 9) at Coire an Lochain in the Northern Corries, Scotland.

14/12/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Canalone Sant'Anna, Pale di San Martino Eric Girardini introduces Canalone Sant'Anna, a beautiful a little known ski mountaineering and freeride tour in the Pale di San Martino group, Dolomites.

06/12/2013 - Interviews
Adam Ondra and Vasil Vasil, the third 9b+ interview Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra after his first ascent of Vasil Vasil 9b+ at Sloup in the Czech Republic. This is Ondra's third 9b+ after Change and La Dura Dura.

04/12/2013 - Climbing
Video: Paige Claassen in Japan The video of American climber Paige Claassen and her Japanese stage of the lead Now Tour.

29/11/2013 - Competitions
Black Diamond Drytool Cup Brno 2013 The Black Diamond Drytoolcup 2013 takes place on 7/12/2013 at Brno, Czech Republic.

28/11/2013 - Climbing
Luca Zardini sends 8c+ at Misja Pec Luca Zardini's report of his 25 November redpoint of Histerija 8c+ at Misja Pec, Slovenia.

25/11/2013 - Alpinism
Bask, new rock climb up Mur Pisciadù in the Dolomites Simon Kehrer and Roman Valentini have made the first ascent of Bask (225m, 7a+ max, 6c obligatory), a new route up the Mur Pisciadù (Sella, Dolomites). The report by Simon Kehrer.

24/11/2013 - Competitions
Sachi Amma and Jain Kim win the lead World Cup 2013 Jain Kim from Korea and Sachi Amma from Japan won the overall lead World Cup which concluded in Kranj, Slovenia on 17 November 2013. The final stage was won by Jakob Schubert and Momoka Oda.

22/11/2013 - Climbing
Muriel Sarkany climbs 9a at the Gorges du Loup Belgian rock climber Muriel Sarkany has climbed her first 9a, Punt-X at the Gorges du Loup in France.

21/11/2013 - Alpinism
Stéphane Benoist: the south face of Annapurna and the importance of a climbing partnership Interview with French alpinist Stéphane Benoist after the recent, epic ascent of the South Face of Annapurna carried out together with Yannick Graziani.

18/11/2013 - Alpinism
Wilder Kaiser, another free climb by Roland Hemetzberger On the Fleishbank sector of the Wilder Kaiser in Austria Roland Hemetzberger has made the first free ascent of Scheffler - Siegert route, established in 1960 by Peter Siegert and Wulf Scheffler and now freed with difficulties up to UIAA 10.

16/11/2013 - Competitions
lead Climbing World Cup Kranj - Live On 16 and 17 Novembre Kranj in Slovenia will host the final stage of the lead Climbing World Cup 2013. Qualifications and Semi-finals today, the Finals on Sunday at 17:00.
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