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The Trento Film Festival launches the 57th edition with its traditional call for entries for both films and books, presented in the MontagnaLibri section and due to take place in Trento, Italy from 21 April to 3 May 2009.

The third edition of the Piolet d'Or Asia will take place in Seoul at 20.00 this evening. This imporant meeting and award has become a classic event to analyse the state of Asian mountaineering.

Exclusive interview with James Pearson after his first ascent of The Walk of Life E12 7a at Dyer's Lookout, North Devon, England.

On 11 June Iganzio Piuzzi died in Gemona aged 73. He was one of the greatest mountaineers in the period 1950 – 1970. His climbing companion Roberto Sorgato remembers him in the following interview.

From 22 April to 04 May 2008 the 56th International Film Festival di Trento of Mountains, exploration and Adventure will take place in Northern Italy. The programme is richer than ever before, with films, events and conferences which will be...

Interview by Elio Bonfanti with the French mountain guide Gerard Pailheiret who has always carried out been a tireless promoter of ice climbing.

The American Alpine Journal is available online as of today.

On Friday 16 January 2007 the five teams nominated for the award will present their ascent to the public and the (desired and prestigious) golden ice axe will be awarded to the "ascent of the year".

At the end of October the small Polish town Zakopan celebrated its second Mountain Film Festival. The winner of the Sportkania z Filmen Gorskim was L'Abisso by Alessandro Anderloni, whilst the spectators award went to Premeny Tatier by Pavel Barabasz.

Luca Maspes & Co climb 11 new routes in Valtellina during summer 2006.

On 12 July the Italian Ragni di Lecco Simone Pedeferri, Fabio Palma and Andrea Pavan made the first ascent of "Qui io vado ancora" 7c max, 7a oblig with two pitches of A1 in Peru's Quebrada Rurec valley.

In January 2006 Speleoresearch & Films and the Team la Venta started a three year exploration campain to discover the Naica cave, Chihuahua, Messico.

Stories, facts and adventures directly from the third edition of the Melloblocco, the largest international bouldering meeting which took place in Valle di Mello on 6 - 7 May, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides. Special gallery by Giulio Malfer.

On 11 June 2004, Mauro Florit, Massimo Sacchi and Marco Sterni reached the previously unclimbed summit of Amahuagaychu 5134m, in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, via their new route (500m, VII, A2).

From the 1st to the 9th of May the International Festival of Mountains, exploration and Adventure will take place in the small town of Trento, Northern Italy.

Jacques Perrin’s Le Peuple Migrateur has won the 50th International Festival of Mountains, exploration and Adventure “Città di Trento”.