World Championship Birmingham - Bernardino Lagni and Liv Sansoz victorious
The 1999 World Championship, held in Birmingham, was won by the Italian Bernardino Lagni and the French Liv Sansoz.
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Yuji Hirayama first to onsight 8c!
Yuji Hirayama is the first person in the world to onsight the mythical 8c. The route is called Mortal Kombat and is situated at Castillon, France.
Kranj World Cup 1999
Sansoz and Ovtchinnikov victorious, but World Cup Ranking won by others
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
The 1999 Banff Mountain Film Festival was won by "Vision Man"
Tomaz Humar's odessey on the South Face of Dhaulagiri
Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar has made a remarkable solo ascent up the South Face of Dhaulagiri
8b onsight for Cristian Brenna
Cristian Brenna, making the most of the two-month break in the competition calendar, spent his holiday in Cuenca, Spain.
Dean Potter & Hans Florine - good climbing news from Yosemite Valley
At the end of July, Dean Potter and Hans Florine made what may go down as one of the biggest achievements in the history of climbing in Yosemite.
Arco - Rock Master 1999
Evgueni Ovtchinnikov and Muriel Sarkany win this year's Rock Master. Read about the competition and see photos and videos in our full report.
Cristian Core and Stèphanie Bodet win the 1999 Bouldering Worldcup
Cristian Core’s excellent second place in the final competition at Grenoble confirmed not only his near unbeatable form but also his ranking as Bouldering World Cup Champion 1999
Bouldering World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo
The 5th stage of this year’s Bouldering World Cup was held in Cortina
The Northwest Face of the Great Trango Tower - climbed by the North Face Team
The Northwest Face of the Great Trango Tower, Pakistan has been climbed by Alex Lowe, Mark Synnott and Jared Ogden
Serre Chevalier - International Master
Serre Chevalier celebrated its tenth anniversary this year with a magnificent victory by Cristian Brenna
UIAA World Cup Bouldering
Val d'Isère and Chamonix UIAA World Cup Bouldering
Gnerro, an 8c+ twice in an hour
The feared climb 'L'avaro' 8c+ at Tetto di Sarre has been repeated twice in an hour.
Rätikon - 3rd repeat of Silbergeier
Pietro dal Prà repeats Beat Kammerlander's mythical Silbergeier 8b+ in the Rätikon in just three goes.
Catherine Destivelle makes solo repeat of Hasse - Brandler at Cima Grande di Lavaredo, Dolomites
French alpinist Catherine Destivelle has made a solitary repeat of the Hasse - Brandler route up Cima Grande, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites.
First winter ascent of Via Barbier by Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner
In January the Pustertal alpinists Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner scored a real coup by making, in two attempts, the first winter ascent of Via Barbier up the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo. This difficult climb was established in summer 1989 by the Czech brothers Miroslav Coubal and Michal Coubal.
New multi-pitch climb at Ospo
Aldo Michelini, Erik Svab, Laura Ortolani, Mauro Florit and Paolo Codia ahve made the first ascent of TRY (Just a little bit harder) at Ospo in Slovenia.
Madagascar 1998 climbing expedition
Never the same, a new rock climb up the granite Tsaranoro Be in Madagascar.
Eternal Flame repeated on the Trango Towers
The famous route Eternal Flame, established by the Germans Wolfgang Güllich, Kurt Albert and Co up Nameless Tower (TTrango Towers - Karakorum) has been repeated by a Spanish expedition.
