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The 8th The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail will take place above Cortina, Italy from 27 - 28 June 2014. The race will be run along the original route. Thanks to the work of the volunteers the paths of the...

Ang Tshering Sherpa, President Nepal Mountaineering Association, reports about recent meetings and decisions regarding climbing Everest and Nepal's mountains in general.

The video of Iker Pou and his brother Eneko and their attempt at establishing a new route up Baghirathi II in India.

The video of Tad McCrea's last year of climbing in the mountains throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Not only hiking but also many cultural events between Cadore and Ampezzo

Authorities of the Huascaran National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, are attempting to impose rules that oblige trekkers and climbers to hire local guides.

On 1 June, Mauro Dell'Antonia, the talented climber from Venice, Italy, climbed 'Mai più colla' at Punta della Croce, Rocca Pendice (Euganean Hills, Padua, Italy) for the first time without the hold that snapped off a few years ago. The...

On 7 June Switzerland's Géraldine Fasnacht and Julien Meyer made the first wingsuit flight off the Matterhorn, 4478m.

German climber Alexander Megos has added two new routes to the Frankenjura, Modified 9a+ and Nice Freshly Baked 9a.

Beautiful Val Mora, on the border between Italys' Valtellina and Switzerland's Engadin and the story of the first ascent of two rock climbs, Gli svizzeri di qua and Mutandenbaum, by Martino Quintavalla

On Monte Monaco at San Vito Lo Capo in Sicily Tommy Caldwell, Sonnie Trotter and Josh Wharton have made the first ascent of the new climb You Cannoli Die Once (7c/+, 6 pitches).

Farming in the mountains has taken on a new role, promoting the local economy and having positive effects on the environment and society. Three great stories of farmers capable of combining tradition with innovation

Following the Australian pioneers Glenn Singleman and Nic Feteris: the story of the Great Trango Tower BASE jump carried out by Andrey Lebedev and Vladimir Murzaev on 10 August 2013.

German climbers Tobias Wolf and Thomas Hering have made rare repeats of two difficult routes on El Capitan in Yosemite: The Shaft (Muir Wall free variation) and El Nino.

In June 2013 the South African climbers Duncan Fraser, Leonard le Roux and Benjamin de Charmoy made the first ascent of Dancing with the World (350m, 6c+).

Federico Tosi introduces the great crag Cantobre in France, with circa 80 routes from 5c to 9a a great alternative to nearby Gorges du Tarn.