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This spring Roland Hemetzberger from Germany made the first free ascent of Golden Secret (8b+, 100m) Zillertal, Austria.

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

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.

Not only hiking but also many cultural events between Cadore and Ampezzo

At Massone in Arco (Italy), Austrian climber Angela Eiter and South Korea's Jain Kim have both repeated Reini's Vibes 8c/+.

The Italian Youthy squad competing in the European Youth Climbing Championship at Edinburgh came away with one gold for Giorgio Bendazzoli, silver for Asja Gollo, Alessandro Santoni and Paolo Martignene, and bronze for Gian Luca Zodda and Giulia Fossali.

On 03/06/2014 French Mountain Guide Julien Herry made the first snowboard descent of the Éperon Jumeaux on Aiguille du Midi, along with his friend Raph Bonnet who made only the second ski descent after Jean-Marc Boivin in 1986

Two new rock climbs on Parete del Cabanaira above Limone in Piemonte, Italy, established by Daniele Macagno and Enrico Turnaturi: Welcome to Cabanaira (7b max, 6c+ oblig) and NoWork Team (7a+ max, 6c oblig). The report by Enrico Turnaturi.

Following the Australian pioneers Glenn Singleman and Nic Feteris: the story of the Great Trango Tower BASE jump carried out by Andrey Lebedev and Vladimir Murzaev on 10 August 2013.

In June 2013 the South African climbers Duncan Fraser, Leonard le Roux and Benjamin de Charmoy made the first ascent of Dancing with the World (350m, 6c+).

Discover the Nuragic village of Tiscali in the Supramonte di Oliena, one of the most popular walks in Sardinia, Italy. By Corrado Conca.

Federico Tosi introduces the great crag Cantobre in France, with circa 80 routes from 5c to 9a a great alternative to nearby Gorges du Tarn.

The Italian Youth Championship will take place at Arco: from 31 My to 2 June the categories Under 14 , 12 and 10, while from 6 – 8 June the categories Under 20 , 18, 16.

From 1 - 4 May 2014 Ryan Jennings and Kevin Cooper made the first ascent of Stairway to Heaven up the North Face of Mt. Johnson, Ruth Gorge, Alaska

The fourth edition of the San Vito Climbing Festival took place at San Vito Lo Capo in Sicily from 15 to 18 May 2014. The report and portfolio of this international climbing meeting by official photographer Roberto Zampino.

The summit of Kangchenjunga reached by Denis Urubko via the NW Face reveals a great chapter in alpinism and a great team effort which included the great mountaineers Alex Txikon, Dmitri Sinev, Artem Braun and Adam Bielecki.