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30/05/2013 - Alpinism
Ghost Face, new Hubshorn climb by Zanoli, Pagnoncelli, Gallian On 26 May 2013, Paolo Zanoli, Giovanni Pagnoncelli and Davide Gallian made the first ascent of Ghost Face (TD+, 850m length, 550m height) up the North East Face of Hubshorn (3192m, Pennine Alps). The peak is located on the border between Italy's Piedmont and Switzerland's Canton of Valais and the...

29/05/2013 - Climbing
Gole di Gorroppu, Sardinia: new route climbed by Corrado Pibiri and Fabio Erriu In May 2013 Corrado Pibiri and Fabio Erriu made the first ascent of (475m, 6a) in Sardinia's Gole di Gorroppu.

29/05/2013 - Alpinism
Everest 60 years between legend and business On May 29, 60 years ago Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary stood on top of the world for the first time ever. Since then Everest has continued to be a symbol, hovering somewhere between a legend and "consumerism". By Erminio Ferrari.

27/05/2013 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse frees his crack project in Norway On 22 May 2013 Belgian rock climber Nicolas Favresse freed his project in Norway, The recovery drink on Profile wall at Jossingfjord.

24/05/2013 - Climbing
Raptor: Sardinia's Right Wall climbed by Maurizio Oviglia Maurizio Oviglia talks about the first ascent of Raptor at Jurassic Park in Sardinia. A 25m high 7b trad climb reminiscent of the famous Right Wall, first climbed by Pete Livesey on Dinas Cromlech in Wales.

24/05/2013 - Climbing
Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson repeat The ice Knife Video of the first and second repeat of The ice Knife V15 at Guanella Pass, Colorado, USA carried out in mid-May by Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson.

22/05/2013 - Alpinism
Tragedy on Kangchenjunga Five mountaineers have lost their loves on Kangchenjunga in the Himalaya: the Hungarians Zsolt Eross and Péter Kiss, Park Nam Su from Korea and two Sherpa, Phurba Sherpa and Bibach Sherpa.

22/05/2013 - Events
Palinuro, climbing above the sea and the climBrave Festival 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.

22/05/2013 - Trekking
A short walk to the waterfall Crap de Scegn in Valdidentro Mountain Guide Eraldo Meraldi describes the short walk to the spectacular waterfall Cascata al Crap de Scegn, located above the village Isolaccia in Valdidentro, Alta Valtellina, Italy.

21/05/2013 - Events
Chamonix Mountain Festival 2013 The first Chamonix Mountain Festival will be held at Chamonix in France from 1 - 8 June 2013.

21/05/2013 - Alpinism
Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse by Kenton Cool and Dorje Gylgen Sherpa Astounding triple in the Himalaya for Kenton Cool and Dorje Gylgen Sherpa: between 18 - 20 May they climbed Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse in rapid succession.

20/05/2013 - Interviews
Colonne d'Ercole, Civetta Punta Tissi, interview with Alessandro Baù Interview with Alessandro Bau about the massive new route first ascended and then freed up Punta Tissi (NW face of Civetta, Dolomites) together with Alessandro Beber and Nicola Tondini.

18/05/2013 - Alpinism
Alexey Bolotov dies on Everest On 15 May Russian alpinist Alexey Bolotov died above the Khumbu Icefall on the South Face of Everest.

17/05/2013 - Climbing
Luce di Primo Mattino, Larcher makes first free ascent on Piccolo Dain On 18/04/2013 Rolando Larcher made the first free ascent of Luce di Primo Mattino (435m, max 8a obl. A0), the route established by A. Andreotti, B. Menestrina e M. Furlani in 1991 on Piccolo Dain (Sarca Valley, Italy).

15/05/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Monte Forato, NNE Face ski descent in Julian Alps Using the recent first repeat of the NNE Face of Monte Forato, here is the first descent story by Slovenia's Marko Kern, followed by a report by Marco Milanese, his descent carried out on 7 April together with Enrico Mosetti and Andrea Fusari. Until 2011, this face was regarded as...

14/05/2013 - Climbing
Free solo and Base jump in Crimea The video documenting Andrey Nefedov on Morcheka in Crimea: a free solo which concluded with a Base jump off the summit.
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