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22 photos of Rock Junior 2013 and its young protagonists taken by Giulio Malfer.

Over 200 young climbers competed in first day of Rock Junior Under 14 Cup at Arco, Italy.

A party has been organised on 22 August at Sass Dlacia, San Cassiano, Dolomites in honour of Corrado "Icaro" De Monte who died tragically on 12/08/2013 while reaching the base of Torre Iolanda, Moiazza (Dolomites). For those who cannot participate in person, Icaro's world party spans the globe.

The 15 athletes taking part in the The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2013 have been confirmed. This festival is open to all and takes place on 10 - 13 October 2013 on the island of Kalymnos in Greece.

The nominations for the VIII edition of Arco Rock Legends that will take place on Friday 6 September 2013 during the Rock Master Festival to assign both the Salewa Rock Award and the La Sportiva Competition Award. In the running for the sport climbing Oscars are Steve McClure, Alexander Megos,...

From 18 - 20 July 20 San Candido (Val Pusteria, Dolomites) will host the first Adventure Days Movie Awards. The program includes the world's 40 best films and documentaries, while special guests include Manolo, Alex Bellini, Danilo Callegari and Michael Wachtler. "A way of being, words by and about Walter...

Pre-registration is online for the second The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2013 which will take place from 10-13 October 2013. The program is alos online for this great event on the Greek island of Kalymnos.

On Saturday 8 June the fifth edition of the Salewa Rockshow 2013 Calling stage came to an end at the Topo Pazzo Climbing House in Verres. The numbers speak for themselves: 130 participants, 200 people at the party. A great result!

The video documenting the incredible rope jumping off Shaan-Kaya, one of the highest rope jumps in the world.

Giancarlo Maritano talks about the climbing and climBrave Festival which took place last April on the beautiful beach called Molpa di Palinuro in Campania, Southern Italy.

The first Chamonix Mountain Festival will be held at Chamonix in France from 1 - 8 June 2013.

5/05/2013. The last day of the 10th Melloblocco. 10 days of climbing and bouldering to reaffirm the indissoluble bond between Val Masino - Val di Mello and the Melloblockers. All 2,000 climbers have promised to return next year.

While over 1300 Melloblockers have already registered and many more are expected, sunny Val Masino welcomed the initiative Climbing without limits promoted by the region of Lombardy, CIP, FASI, ERSAF which aims at a different form of taking to the mountains, for everyone. Paraclimbing athletes Silvia Parente, Simone Salvagnin and...

Sun, climbing and the best of the best during the seventh day of the 10th Melloblocco. More than 1100 climbers have now gathered in Val Masino - Val di Mello for the world's largest international climbing and bouldering meeting and many more are due to arrive this weekend. Expectations are...

On Saturday 4 May at Melloblocco 2013 it will be possible to take the test to become a bone marrow donor. The all explained by Pietro Dal Pra and John Spitale Climb for Life.

While the bouldering continues, expectations are high for this evening's show dedicated to Val di Mello and its climbing. The evening kicks off with Patabang, the film by Andrea Frigerio and continues with the presentation of MitoMello, the guidebook written by Jacopo Merizzi. Guest speakers also include Paolo Masa and...