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![Eternal Flame, Nameless Tower, first free ascent by Huber brothers on Trango Towers](/uploads/img/3/3831.jpg)
01/10/2009 - Alpinism
Eternal Flame, Nameless Tower, first free ascent by Huber brothers on Trango Towers Between 11 and 14 August 2009 the German brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber carried out the first redpoint ascent of Eternal Flame, the legendary route up the S Buttress of Nameless Tower, Trango, Karakorum, Pakistan. The route had been established...
![New route on K7 for Larcher, Leoni, Cagol and Orlandi](/uploads/img/3/3682.jpg)
21/09/2009 - Alpinism
New route on K7 for Larcher, Leoni, Cagol and Orlandi On 10 August the Italian expedition Karakorum 2009 comprised of Rolando Larcher, Fabio Leoni, Michele Cagol and Elio Orlandi completed their new route The Children of Hushe (1100m, 7b A2) up the West Pillar of K7 (Charakusa Valley, Pakistan). On...
![PlanetmountainTV goes online with the Arco Rock Master videos](/uploads/img/3/3747.jpg)
10/09/2009 - Climbing
PlanetmountainTV goes online with the Arco Rock Master videos Planetmountain publishes its new WebTV section with videos of the Rock Master in Arco, won by Ramon Puigblanque and Angela Eiter.
![Greenland climbing – new routes by Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski](/uploads/img/3/3712.jpg)
31/08/2009 - Climbing
Greenland climbing – new routes by Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski In August Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski from Poland climbed a virgin peak and established two big new routes in remote area of Torsukattak fjord in southern Greenland.
![Manfred Stuffer solo climbing on the Sella, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/3662.jpg)
25/08/2009 - Climbing
Manfred Stuffer solo climbing on the Sella, Dolomites On 14/07/2009 Manfred Stuffer soloed the routes Geo, Regenbogen, Quo Vadis, Brusin and Brugger Walde on the Sella, Dolomites, in a mere 3.5 hours.
![Goodbye Riccardo Cassin](/uploads/img/3/3652.jpg)
07/08/2009 - Alpinism
Goodbye Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin passed away last night at his home in Resinelli at the foot of his beloved Grigna mountain. Cassin was one of the world's all time absolute mountaineering legends. He had celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 January this...
![Oh Eun-Sun summits Gasherbrum I, her 13th 8000er](/uploads/img/3/3621.jpg)
04/08/2009 - Alpinism
Oh Eun-Sun summits Gasherbrum I, her 13th 8000er Yesterday the South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-Sun summited Gasherbrum I (8068m), her 13th 8000m peak.
![Pale di San Martino routes re-equipped](/uploads/img/3/3505.jpg)
03/08/2009 - Alpinism
Pale di San Martino routes re-equipped At the start of July the belays of three classic Dolomites climbs were re-equipped during a mountain rescue training session. The routes in question are Frisch Corradini and Franceschini-Esposito on Pala del Rifugio and Simon-Wiessner-Kess on nearby Cima del Coro...
![Greenland climbing expedition success for Ragni di Lecco](/uploads/img/3/3566.jpg)
29/07/2009 - Alpinism
Greenland climbing expedition success for Ragni di Lecco Simone Pedeferri, Matteo Della Bordella, Lorenzo "Pala" Lanfranchi and Richard Felderer have just returned from a successful expedition to the relatively unexplored eastern Greenland where there carried out 5 first ascents. Simone Pedeferri talks about the expedition.
![New route on the North Face of the Matterhorn](/uploads/img/3/3561.jpg)
28/07/2009 - Alpinism
New route on the North Face of the Matterhorn Swiss mountaineer Jean Troillet and the Frenchmen Martial Dumas and Jean-Yves Fredriksen have made the first ascent of "Sébastien Gay" (600m ABO), a new difficult route up the North Face of the Matterhorn.
![Veikka Gustafson summits all 14 8000ers](/uploads/img/3/3548.jpg)
27/07/2009 - Alpinism
Veikka Gustafson summits all 14 8000ers On 26/07/2009 Veikka Gustafson reached the summit of Gasherbrum I together with Japanese climber Kazuya Hiraide and four Bulgarians. For the mountaineer from Finland this seals his bid to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks without supplementary oxygen.
![For Cristina Castagna](/uploads/img/3/3528.jpg)
20/07/2009 - Alpinism
For Cristina Castagna On 18 July 2009 the 31 year old Italian mountaineer Cristina Castagna died as a result of a fall into a crevasse at 7000m during her descent from Broad Peak (Karakorum, Pakistan). Confirmation came from her climbing partner Giampaolo Casarotto.
![Stephan Siegrist frees Magic Mushroom on the Eiger North Face](/uploads/img/3/3439.jpg)
26/06/2009 - Climbing
Stephan Siegrist frees Magic Mushroom on the Eiger North Face Swiss climber Stephan Siegrist has made the first successful redpoint ascent of "Magic Mushroom" up the North Face of the Eiger. The route had been established in 2007 by Roger Schäli and Christoph Hainz and leads up the 3219 metres...
![In memory of Michele Fait](/uploads/img/3/3437.jpg)
24/06/2009 - Climbing
In memory of Michele Fait On 23 June the Italian mountaineer Michele Fait lost his life skiing from Camp 2 on the Cesen route on K2.
![Picos de Europa, Naranjo de Bulnes, rock climbing in Spain's secretive mountain paradise](/uploads/img/3/3405.jpg)
15/06/2009 - Climbing
Picos de Europa, Naranjo de Bulnes, rock climbing in Spain's secretive mountain paradise The mysterious place that everyone seems to have heard about, but where not many have dared venture! Under-rated and often overlooked, the Picos de Europa is Northern Spain's hidden secret! Consisting of a huge area of wild limestone peaks, it...
![In memory of Giuliano De Marchi](/uploads/img/3/3358.jpg)
09/06/2009 - Alpinism
In memory of Giuliano De Marchi On 5 June Giuliano De Marchi, a doctor and strong mountaineer from Belluno, died on Monte Antelao, Dolomites. Michel Barbiero, his companion in Alaska 2007, remembers him.
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