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On Saturday March 8, 2014 Philipp Angelo and Simon Gietl made the first ascent of Edle Mischung (M7 WI6 60°, 340m), a new ice and mixed climb up Ciampanil Mufreit, Sella, Dolomites. The report by Philipp Angelo.

On February 28 Olov Isaksson from Sweden and Karin Zgraggen from Switzerland made the first ascent of Eggäschpili (IX,9) on Stob Coire nan Lochan in Glen Coe, Scotland.

The report by Simon Gietl about his fast ascent of Fitz Roy in Patagonia via the Supercanaleta route together with Gerhard Fiegl.

Russia's Maxim Tomilov and Maria Tolokonina won the final stage of the ice Climbing World Cup 2014 at Ufa in Russia last weekend. In doing so, they won both the European Championship and the overall World Cup. Silver went to Angelika Rainer and Park Heeyong, bronze to Shin WoonSeon and...

At the Ospo cave in Slovenia Klemen Becan has freed Water World 9a.

Pizzinini of the Corvara (Dolomites) stage of Progetto Icaro that took place on Saturday 1 March 2014.

From 22 January to 19 February 2014 Paolo Rabbia skied across the Pyrenees. A great solitary adventure and an unforgettable journey.

The video by Pavol Rjacan and his repeat of the ice climb Zweite Geige in Vallunga, Dolomites.

English climber Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl from Slovenia have made the first repeat of Overhead Hazard, the new route put up by Will Gadd at Helmcken Falls, Canada.

From the most remote mountains in Nepal and Pakistan to the frozen lands of Alaska, via the imposing Masherbrum massif and symbollic Annapurna. Five ascents, carried out by some of the world's most talented alpinists, are in the running for Piolets d'Or 2014, the most important mountaineering award that will...

The report by Helmut Gargitter about the 2013 climbing trip to the Lofoten islands in Norway, together with Simon Kehrer, Federico Pisani, Ivan Calderon and Fernando Gonzales Rubio.

Interview with Americans Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold who from 12 - 16 February 2014 carried out the coveted first traverse of the major ridge line of Fitz Roy in Patagonia.

At Varazze in Italy today Nalle Hukkataival repeated Gioia, the 8C+ boulder problem freed in 2008 by Christian Core.

Czech ice climber Lucie Hrozova has repeated the drytooling route Bafomet M14 at Zakopan in Poland.

The photos, taken by Christian Pondella, of Canadian ice climber Will Gadd on his new route Overhead Hazard at Helmcken Falls, Canada.

At the end of January and the start of February 2014 Rolando Larcher, Maurizio Oviglia and Luca Giupponi made the first ascent, and first free ascent, of Escalador Selvatico (7c+ max, 7a+ oblig, 630m) up the North Face of Akopan Tepui in Venezuela.