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14/01/2008 - Alpinism
Makalu winter attempt, the adventure begins The team comprised of the Italians Nives Meroi, Romano Benet, Luca Vuerich and the Kazakh mountaineers Denis Urubko, Serguey Samoilov, Eugeny Shutov and Gennady Durov has now reached Hillary Base Camp and all is set for their winter attempt of...
27/12/2007 - Interviews
Fred Rouhling, Salamandre and climbing extreme Interview with Fred Rouhling after the first ascent of Salamandre at Saint-Pierre en Faucigny, which the French climber has graded 9?
19/12/2007 - Climbing
Madagascar rock climbing paradise! In October and November 2007 Albert Leichtfried traveled to Madagscar and discovered the island climbing paradise. In addition he added a further five routes in his new sector Honeymoon.
17/12/2007 - Alpinism
Ben Nevis reveals The Secret X 10 Andy Turner, Steve Ashworth and Viv Scott have made an on-sight first ascent of "The Secret" X 10 on Ben Nevis.
13/12/2007 - Climbing
Paxti Usobiaga show: Bizi euskara first 8c+ on-sight Patxi Usobiaga, on tour and on firing form, proposes the world's first 8c+ on-sight, Bizi euskara at Etxauri, Spain.
12/12/2007 - Climbing
Aleksandra Taistra and Geminis 8b+ Aleksandra Taistra redpoints Geminis 8b+ at Rodellar, Spain.
07/12/2007 - Events
Krakow Mountain Festival 2007 The 5th Krakow Mountain Festival will take place on 5 - 9 December and will star Steph Davis, Mick Fowler and Dean Potter.
07/12/2007 - Alpinism
Freissinieres - ice climbing in the Ecrins, France A selection of 10 fantastic icefalls in the world famous Ecrins National Park, France by Mountain Guide Mario Sertori.
05/12/2007 - Book-press
Equilibrium, Harald Berger – A Photo Collection Hermann Erber and Kirsten Buchmann pay homage to Harald Berger with their picture book "Equilibrium". All proceeds will go to the Salzburg Mountain Guides Association which administers a fund to deal with similar emergency situations.
04/12/2007 - Interviews
Patxi Usobiaga strolls La Rambla and more On Tuesday 27 November Patxi Usobiaga redpointed La Rambla 9a+ in Siurana, one of the reference routes for this incredible grade.
20/11/2007 - Climbing
Dryland mixed climbing above Innsbruck Over the last two years Albert Leichtfried, one of Austria's leading mixed climbers, has almost single handedly developed the mixed-crag Dryland. The result is one of the hardest coldspots in Europe, with 10 routes weighing in from M5 to M13-...
19/11/2007 - Alpinism
Annapurna: Tomasz Humar south face report Tomaz Humar reveals details of his solo adventure to the East Summit of Annapurna (8047m) via a new line up the South Face.
30/10/2007 - Climbing
Kalymnos: Nicolas Favresse greets Inshallah 8c/8c+ Nicolas Favresse has made the first ascent of Inshallah 8c/8c+ in the North Cape sector, Kalymnos, Greece.
29/10/2007 - Climbing
Babel Taghia Gorge, Morocco Fred Gentet, Nicolas Kalisz, Stéphanie Bodet and Arnaud Petit have made the first ascent of Babel (7c+, 800m) in Morocco's Taghia Gorge
25/10/2007 - Climbing
Markus Bock frees Matador 9a, Frankenjura On 20/10/2007 Markus Bock made the first ascent of Matador 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany.
04/10/2007 - Alpinism
Back to the future in 333 moves On 16/09/2007 the South Tyroleans Martin and Florian Riegler made the first free ascent of Zurück in die Zukunft - Ritorno al futuro (X-), the route they had first ascended on 18 August 2007 on the north face of Torre...
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