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![Everest and Dolomites in 3D](/uploads/img/3/8082.jpg)
16/05/2011 - Book-press
everest and Dolomites in 3D Explore Mount everest and the Dolomites with a 3D application.
![Tweet from the roof of the world](/uploads/img/3/8009.jpg)
10/05/2011 - Alpinism
Tweet from the roof of the world News from the summit of everest: the other day British mountaineer Kenton Cool sent the first tweet from the roof of the world.
![Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist](/uploads/img/3/7736.jpg)
29/04/2011 - Alpinism
Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed...
![Abele Blanc summits Annapurna and all 8000ers](/uploads/img/3/7711.jpg)
26/04/2011 - Alpinism
Abele Blanc summits Annapurna and all 8000ers At 13.40 Nepalese time Italian mountain Guide Abele Blanc reached the summit of Annapurna (8091m, Nepal, Himalaya). In doing so he has now ascended all 14 8000ers, and is the third Italian to do so without supplementary oxygen.
![Broad Peak and GI, winter ascents abandoned](/uploads/img/3/7329.jpg)
21/03/2011 - Alpinism
Broad Peak and GI, winter ascents abandoned Neither the Polish mountaineers engaged on Broad Peak nor the international expedition on G1 have managed to climb these giant mountains during the coldest season, and both expedition have now abandoned their attempts.
![Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings](/uploads/img/3/7319.jpg)
21/03/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings The IXX Piolet d'Or will take place from 13 - 16 April 2011 at Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc). Six ascents are in the running for the golden ice axe, while the great British mountaineer Doug Scott will receive the...
![Malta climbing competition, Stevie Haston reports](/uploads/img/3/7152.jpg)
04/03/2011 - Climbing
Malta climbing competition, Stevie Haston reports A climbing report by Stevie Haston about the first bouldering competition on Malta
![Extreme skiing, when falling is simply not an option](/uploads/img/3/7112.jpg)
04/03/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Extreme skiing, when falling is simply not an option Italian extreme skier Davide Capozzi talks about this sport, with particular reference to the Mont Blanc mountain range, from the classic descents to those who have left their mark in the white gold.
![Gasherbrum II, historic first winter ascent: summit for Moro, Urubko and Richards!](/uploads/img/3/6711.jpg)
02/02/2011 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum II, historic first winter ascent: summit for Moro, Urubko and Richards! At 11:28 local time Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards reached the summit of Gasherbrum II. This is the first winter ascent of the 13th highest mountain in the world, a historic climb which is also the first winter...
![Night Terror, Lobuche East, Kauffman shares ascent details](/uploads/img/3/6585.jpg)
28/12/2010 - Alpinism
Night Terror, Lobuche East, Kauffman shares ascent details Joel Kauffman reports about the ascent of Night Terror (VI WI5+ AI4 M7 85°) on Lobuche East, Nepal, carried out with fellow American Jared Vilhauer.
![Simone Moro, mountaineering, life, fears and doubts before GII this winter](/uploads/img/3/6188.jpg)
25/11/2010 - Interviews
Simone Moro, mountaineering, life, fears and doubts before GII this winter Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro, two months prior to his next expedition to attempt the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (Karakorum, Pakistan) together with Denis Urubko.
![Piolet d'or Asia won by Okada and Katsutake. Hasegawa wins lifetime achievement award.](/uploads/img/3/6244.jpg)
09/11/2010 - Alpinism
Piolet d'or Asia won by Okada and Katsutake. Hasegawa wins lifetime achievement award. On 22/10/2010 in Korea's capital Seoul the Japanese alpinists Yasushi Okada and Katsutake Yokoyama won the fifth edition of the Piolet d'or Asia, while the lifetime achievement award went to their fellow countryman Tsuneo Hasegawa.
![Fourteen times Edurne Pasaban](/uploads/img/3/5847.jpg)
07/11/2010 - Interviews
Fourteen times Edurne Pasaban Interview with Edurne Pasaban, the Basque alpinist who has climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks. Interview by Erminio Ferrari and Ellade Ossola.
![Sherpa Chhewang Nima, unsuccessful search on Baruntse abandoned](/uploads/img/3/6160.jpg)
27/10/2010 - Alpinism
Sherpa Chhewang Nima, unsuccessful search on Baruntse abandoned Two days ago the unsuccessful search for Chhewang Nima Sherpa was called off after he was hit swept away by an avalanche on Baruntse (7129m) on 23 October. He was considered one of the most experienced Himalayan mountaineers.
![Christian Stangl confesses: his K2 summit fruit of the imagination](/uploads/img/3/5718.jpg)
08/09/2010 - Alpinism
Christian Stangl confesses: his K2 summit fruit of the imagination Christian Stangl, the Austrian alpinist who had claimed the only K2 ascent in this pre-monsoon season, admitted yesterday to not having reached the summit, as had been contested by a part of the mountaineering community.
![Mountain stories: Courmayeur, August 2010](/uploads/img/3/5486.jpg)
02/08/2010 - Events
Mountain stories: Courmayeur, August 2010 4 evenings and 4 great mountaineering stories as told by Valery Babanov, Hans Kammerlander, Silvio Mondinelli and Stevie Haston. The evenings will be introduced by Vinicio Stefanello, editor of PlanetMountain.com.
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