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09/04/2012 - Alpinism
Presolana, first winter ascents of Via Paco and Via Bosio On 16/03/2012 Daniele Natali and Tito Arosio made the first winter ascent of Via Paco (7b (6c+ obligatory), 400m), while a day later Maurizio Panseri and Fulvio Zanetti made the first winter ascent of Via Bosio (7a+ (6°+ obligatory) 430m)...
05/04/2012 - Environment
Val Rosandra and the contested riverbed cleaning On 24 and 25 March the riverbed in Val Rosandra was cleaned, and highly contested, by environmentalists.
03/04/2012 - Alpinism
Gran Sasso, Di Donato and Lemaire and the winter ascent of Il nagual e la farfalla From 14 to 16 March 2012 the Italian climbers Andrea Di Donato and Bertrand Lemaire made the second winter ascent of the route Il nagual e la farfalla up Gran Sasso, Central italy. The report about this outstanding ascent by...
02/04/2012 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2012, all the stages The Bouldering World Cup 2012 begins in April with the first stage in Chongqing (China), followed by Log-Dragomer (SLO), Vienna (AUT), Innsbruck (AUT), Vail (USA) and Munich (GER).
02/04/2012 - Climbing
Climbing at Pian Bernardo The great crag Pian Bernardo, with almost 90 routes from 6b - 8c+ high up in Val Tanaro, Piemonte, italy, introduced by Matteo Pino and Anna Gonzalez.
30/03/2012 - Climbing
Tito Traversa, Sarsifal 8b+ at Tetto di Sarre On 29/03/2012 at the Tetto di Sarre (Valle d'Aosta, italy) Tito Traversa sent Sarsifal, his first 8b+.
30/03/2012 - Events
Salewa Rockshow, the 2012 tour begins April heralds the start of Rockshow 2012, the tour promoted by Salewa and open to everyone. This journey across nine European cuontries aims to discover the climber with the "vertical X-factor" and will culminate in July with the final at...
25/03/2012 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2012: K7 West and Saser Kangri II The Piolet d'Or 2012 was awarded to two ascents, K7 West in Pakistan climbed by the Slovenians Nejc Marcic and Luka Strazar, and Saser Kangri II in India climbed by the Americans Mark Richey, Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson. The...
22/03/2012 - Alpinism
Via Cembridge, first winter ascent by Giupponi, Larcher and Leoni From 25 - 27 January 2012 Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Fabio Leoni carried out the first winter ascent (and first on-sight) of Via Cembridge (550m, 7b+ (6c obligatory) up Cima Margherita, Brenta Dolomites, italy.
21/03/2012 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2012, the international alpinism festival starts today The Piolet d'Or gets underway in Courmayeur and Chamonix today and 2012 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the world's most famous alpinism award. Four days of international alpinism at the foot of Mont Blanc to discuss, watch and celebrate alpinism...
20/03/2012 - Climbing
Capo d'Uomo Argentario, rock climbing in Tuscany The beautiful crag Capo d'Uomo on the Argentario island in Tuscany, recently rebolted by Mountain Guide Eraldo Meraldi.
16/03/2012 - Competitions
Tris Rotondo, a great success in Valle Bedretto, Switzerland The fith Tris Rotondo took place on 11 March in Valle Bredetto (San Gothard, Switzerland). The Super Tris event was won by Cédric Brodard, Vincent Mabboux and Nicolas Philipona, while the Main Tris (which also counted for the Swiss Championship)...
15/03/2012 - Alpinism
Illuminati and Law and Order, repeats by Hrozova and Matejec In February the Czech climber Lucie Hrozovà repeated Illuminati (Dolomites, italy) together with Mirek Matejc and Palo Rajcan, while in March Mirek Matejc repeated Law and Order (Diebsöfen, Austria).
15/03/2012 - Alpinism
Presolana via Direttissima, first winter ascent by Panseri, Natali and Ceribelli On 2-3 March 2012 Maurizio Panseri, Daniele Natali and Alessandro Ceribelli carried out the first winter ascent of via Direttissima up the North Face of Presolana, italy. The report by Maurizio Panseri.
12/03/2012 - Competitions
Ice climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxim Tomilov win in Russia The last stage of the Ice climbing World Cup took pace in Kirov, Russia last weekend and was won by Angelika Rainer from italy and Maxim Tomilov. Both these athletes win the overall ranking 2012.
24/02/2012 - Alpinism
Sappada, new icefalls in NE italy Mountain Guide Riccardo Del Fabbro introduces the most recent icefalls at the historic ice climbing area Sappada in NE italy.
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