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Mead Norton wins 2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize for his photo Prayer Offerings on the Shore of Namtso Lake, Tibet.

Lisa Rands from America becomes the first female climber to ascend gritstone E8 by climbing End Of The Affair (E8 6c) at Curbar, Peak District, England

On 20 November Cristian Brenna made the first repeat of “Is not always Pasqua”, Italy's hardest trad route, first climbed by Mauro Calibani in October 2002, and graded E9 7a.

International campaigners for Tibet have voiced their growing concern about a planned ring road around Mount Kailash, Tibet's most sacred mountain.

Hans Florine sets new Siera Nevada 14'ers record of 3 days 12 hours, 11minutes

At the end of April the Croatian Paklenica national park, famed for its natural beauty and, amongst climbers, for its compact Verdon-like limestone, will host the fourth edition of the “Big Wall Speed Climbing”.

On 15 October Mauro Calibani makes the first ascent of Is not always Pasqua E9 7a at at Collina di Interprete, Mount Sibillines national park, Central Italy.

The Italians Valerio Folco and Massimo Farina climb B.A.T.(A3) in Valle Orco

Memorial Fund has been established for Galen Rowell and Barbara Cushman Rowell through the Tides Foundation.

Minister Lunardi announces the go-ahead of the third Gran Sasso tunnel

The 3rd International Alpinistic Meeting will take place in Paklenica, Croatia from 26-28 April 2002

On Saturday 23 February 2002 the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Gran Sasso Water Resources will meet at Pescara, central Italy, to demonstrate against the planned third tunnel in the Gran Sasso

“La Conjura de Los Necios” for Glowacz and Co on El Gigante, Mexico

Yellowstone — America's Sacred Wilderness takes Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2001

Last week Stefan Glowacz, Kurt Albert, Holger Heuber, Gunda Frühwald and the photographer Klaus Fengler set off to Mexico to climb the 1000m big wall El Gigante

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001