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07/01/2009 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck speed solo climb on Grandes jorasses Colton Macintyre On 28 December 2008 Ueli Steck from Switzerland climbed the classic Colton - Macintyre route up the North Face of the Grandes jorasses in in a mere 2 hours and 21 minutes, setting a new record for the wall and...
06/11/2008 - Alpinism
New route on Nuptse by Benoist and Glairon-Rappaz On 28 October the French mountaineers Stephane Benoist and Patrice Glairon-Rappaz reached the summit of Nuptse (7861m, Khumbu, Himalaya) via a new route up the grandiose South Face.
27/07/2008 - Alpinism
Broad Peak new route by Valery Babanov and Victor Afanasiev On 17/07/2008 the Russians Valery Babanov and Victor Afanasiev reached the summit of Broad Peak (8047m) after having climbed a new route up the northwest face of the 12th highest mountain in the world.
11/03/2008 - Events
Saint Vincent Award for Mountain Professionals – the award ceremony
On the 7th, of March Valery Babanov, Hervé Barmasse, Ettore Taufer, Giovanni Amort, Elio Sganga and Marco Farina (Alpine Training Centre), Christophe Profit and Pemba Doma Sherpa all received their Saint Vincent Awards for Mountain Professionals in front of a...
04/06/2007 - Alpinism
Mixed solo climbs by Ezio Marlier in Alps Two new routes solo by Ezio Marlier, Spirito Libero (600m IV/4/M4) on Monte Emilius and Aragon (500m IV/4+/M6/A1) on Granta Parey, plus the solo repeats of some classic climbs on Mont Blanc du Tacul and Grandes jorasses give some food...
23/04/2007 - Alpinism
Miha Valic and the 82 4000m peaks in the Alps in 102 days From 27/12/2006 to 7/04/2007 the Slovenian Mountain Guide Miha Valic climbed all 82 peaks over 4000m high catalogued in the UIAA list.
16/04/2007 - Alpinism
Christophe Profit 10 times the Eiger North Face as mountain guide On 09/04/07 Christophe Profit, one of the most important mountaineers of all times, climbed the North Face of the Eiger for the tenth time with a client.
03/08/2006 - Alpinism
Uli Biaho new route by Kopold and Cmarik Dodo Kopold and Gabo Cmarik have made the f.a. of the NW Face of Uli Biaho 6417m, Karakorum, Pakistan. They also climbed a route up Hainabrakk East Tower (5800m) to 5375m.
04/04/2006 - Alpinism
Grandes jorasses, Batoux and Daudet climb new route up East Face From 14 - 23 March Philippe Batoux and Lionel Daudet made the first ascent of “Little Big Men” (A3, 6a, M5), on the wild and grandiose East Face of the Grandes jorasses, Mont Blanc.
03/10/2005 - Alpinism
Le nez, P.ta Croz, Grandes jorasses. New route for Bole and Cortese From the end of July to 4 Spetember Mauro 'Bubu' Bole and Mario Cortese made the first ascent of Le nez (1300m, max 7c), on the north face of P.ta Croz, Grandes jorasses, Mont Blanc.
01/04/2005 - Alpinism
Grandes jorasses: new route by Gabarrou, Batoux and Dumarest From 17 to 21 March Patrick Gabarrou, Philippe Batoux and Christophe Dumarest made the first ascent of a new route on the North Face of Punta Margherita (4066m) at the Grandes jorasses, Mont Blanc.
19/04/2003 - Alpinism
No Siesta Grandes jorasses North Face climbed by Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer have repeated the great mixed climb 'No Siesta' up the North Face of the Grandes jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif from 17 - 19 March 2003 .
07/05/2002 - Alpinism
New routes on Aiguille du Tacul, Grandes jorasses In April Massimo Farina and Patrick Gabarrou opened "Ice for good" and "Fantastica", two new mixed routes on the Aiguille du Tacul, Grandes jorasses. Together with Ezio Marlier Gabarrou then climbed "Poisson d'Avril" on the Seracco del Col des Hirondelles.
01/11/2001 - Alpinism
Matterhorn Freedom by Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).
27/03/2001 - Alpinism
Mauro Bubu Bole climbs Mission impossible at Valsavaranche Mauro Bole discusses his special relationship with 'Mission impossible', the latest dry tooling climb established by the Italian climber at Valtournanche, Cogne, Italy.
19/03/2001 - Alpinism
Jean-Christophe Lafaille, interview after new route solo on West face Drus, Mont Blanc Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc
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