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10/01/2013 - Alpinism
Valeria, important new ice climb in the Brenta Dolomites On 6-7 January 2013 Gianni Canale and Aldo Mazzotti made the first ascent of Via Valeria (270m, VI ice, M4+, VI+ rock) up the west face of Crozzon di Brenta, Dolomites. The route has been dedicated to Valeria Brunelli.

10/01/2013 - Alpinism
Wolverine and the first WI 11 in the history of ice climbing A brief analysis of the new grade WI 11, put forward for the first time in February 2012 by Klemen Premrl and Tim Emmett after having freed the single pitch ice climb Wolverine at the Helmcken Falls (Canada).

09/01/2013 - Alpinism
New icefall in Val Budria On 05/01/2013 Cristian Candiotto and Ezio Lualdi made the probable first ascent of the icefall Illusion (90m, 5/5+) in Val Budria (Italy).

09/01/2013 - Alpinism
Corrado Pesce and his climbs in Patagonia 'How could I define the time spent in Patagonia. Expedition? Holiday? Journey? The right term is none of these' The trip report by Corrado Korra Pesce who has just spent a month in Patagonia which resulted in a series of...

08/01/2013 - Climbing
Jernej Kruder repeats The story of two worlds 8C at Cresciano, Switzerland At Cresciano in Switzerland Jernej Kruder has repeated the 8C boulder problem The story of two worlds.

08/01/2013 - Climbing
Adam Ondra and his message for 2013 Adam Ondra's message to all climbers for the upcoming year.

07/01/2013 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni & Silvio Reffo and the Siurana video The video of Gabriele Moroni and Silvio Reffo climbing at Siurana in Spain.

07/01/2013 - Alpinism
Ötztal, difficult new Austrian icefalls by Auer, Wilhelm and Nössig Hansjörg Auer, Heiko Wilhelm and Mathias Nössig have made the first ascent of three difficult new icefalls in the Ötztal, Austria, including Rätselburg (WI7+, 80m).

07/01/2013 - Alpinism
Alpinism and climbing in 2012 - part 2 Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.

07/01/2013 - Climbing
Daniel Woods repeats Witness the Fitness 8C Daniel Woods has repeated the famous boulder problem Witness the Fitness 8C at Ozark Mountains, USA.

06/01/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Aiguille du Chardonnet, first ski descent by Capozzi, Herry and Rolli On 04/01/2013 Davide Capozzi, Julien Herry and Luca Rolli made what is likely to be the first ski and snowboard descent of the Face Sud Est dell'Aiguille du Chardonnet (Mont Blanc).

05/01/2013 - Alpinism
New climbs in the Brenta Dolomites Two difficult new routes in the Brenta Dolomites: the mixed climb 'Brothers' up Cima Grostè and the rock climb 'Ladri' up Campanile Basso.

04/01/2013 - Alpinism
Ice climbing in Canada, the video by Scherer and Schmitt The video of Rainbow Serpent, Shooting Star and Whiteman Falls, three ice falls repeated by Tanja Schmitt and Matthias Scherer in Canada.

04/01/2013 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre, the Ragni Route and an increasingly popular Patagonia News from Patagonia: 48 alpinists summited Cerro Torre via the Ragni Route, while a variation finish was added called Directa Huarpe. The Cerro Pollone group was traversed by Japanese climbers Jumbo Jokoyama e Ryo Masumoto.

03/01/2013 - Alpinism
Schwarzer Engel, extreme new Maltatal icefall On 15/12/2012 Markus Pucher and Alois Krenn made the first ascent of the extremely difficult new icefall Schwarzer Engel (WI7+, M7, E6, 160m) in the Maltatal, Austria.

03/01/2013 - Climbing
Toru Nakajima repeats Tokoyo 8C at Kasagi in Japan Japanese climber Toru Nakajima had repeated the boulder problem Tokoyo 8C at Kasagi in Japan.
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