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04/05/2004 - Alpinism
Camos, Urubko and Moro summit Baruntse North At 7.00am (CET) Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Bruno Tassi reached the summit of Khali Himal (7041m) or Baruntse North.
28/10/2003 - Alpinism
The Crystal Snake of Nuptse 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.
18/07/2003 - Alpinism
Denis Urubko summits Broad Peak On 18/07 Denis Urubko, member of the International Pakistan Expedition 2003, summited Broad Peak after helping to rescue Jean-Christophe Lafaille.
21/05/2003 - Alpinism
Everest 2003, from the base Camp of the Golden jubilee news from Everest base Camp in the 2003 pre-monsson season. Fabio Meraldi in 24 hour summit attempt
28/11/2002 - Events
Fair Play Trophy awarded to Simone Moro On 9/01/2003 Simone Moro will be awarded the "Pierre de Cubertin International Fair Play Trophy" for his 2001 rescue efforts of the 19 year-old British mountaineer Tom Moores
09/11/2002 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma for Urubko On 25/10 Denis Urubko, together with Maxut Zhumauev, Vassily Pivtsov and Alexey Raspopov summit Shisha Pangma (8013 m).
15/05/2002 - Alpinism
Kangchenjunga top All seven members of the The Kazakhstan Expedition have successfully reached the summit of Kangchenjunga, including Denis Urubko
24/04/2002 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu, news from the Italian expedition Simone Moro and an italian expedition are preparing for Cho Oyu, before moving on to attempt Everest
14/01/2002 - Events
Valery Babanov wins Piolet d’or 2002 The Russian mountaineer was awarded the prestigious prize for his solo first-ascent of the north face of Meru Central Peak (6310m), located in India’s Garwhal.
07/12/2001 - Events
Fournel Ice Meet and Piolet d'Or 2002 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
06/08/2001 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum I success for Mondinelli The Italian Silvio Mondinelli climbs his third 8000m peak this season by summiting Gasherbrum I
07/06/2001 - Alpinism
Jean-Christophe Lafaille and K2 The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2
26/05/2001 - Alpinism
Everest North Face, records and ascents On 23/05 Juanito Oyarzabal and Ivan Vallejo of the TVE Expedition reached the summit of Everest via the North Face, as did Sergio Mingute and the 15 year old Sherpa Temba Tscheri; Bertrand Roche paraglides off the summit using a tandem paraglider
25/05/2001 - Alpinism
Everest success for Mondinelli and Merelli, plus other news Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli reached the summit of Everest and have descended to Base Camp. Denis Urubko and Simone Moro have descended to BC. Spanish expedition success via Everest North Face. lhotse Middleclimbed by a Russian expedition.
24/05/2001 - Alpinism
lhotse-Everest traverse After his ascent of lhotse Denis Urubko is now set to complete the traverse and climb Everest. His partner Simone Moro has descended to Base Camp exhausted after rescuing a young British mountaineer
21/05/2001 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat, Makalu and Everest Mario Vielmo summits Cho Oyu. Blanc, Kuntner and Andres depart for Nanga Parbat. Everest and lhotse summited, last chance for Moro and Urubko
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