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12/05/2005 - Alpinism
Dhaulagiri 2005: lightening at altitude The Dhaulagiri 2005 expedition comprised of Romano Benet, Nives Meroi and Luca Vuerich forced to descend due to a storm at 7000m. Ed Vierstus currently on Annapurna summit push.
14/01/2005 - Events
Forbes votes PlanetMountain best climbing site PlanetMountain has been voted best climbing site according to Forbes, the world's premier magazine for business and financial news.
20/12/2004 - Events
PlanetMountain at University! On Tuesday 14 December at the Italian University of Padua the websites Planet Mountain and La Sportiva were the protagonists of a university thesis entitled "Web Marketing and community management in mountain products: La Sportiva and PlanetMountain.com"
25/11/2004 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma, Winter Expedition 2004-2005 On 29/11, Simone Moro, Jan Szulc, Dariusz Zaluski Jacek Jawien and Piotr Morawski head for Tibetto attempt the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).
27/05/2004 - Climbing
Millet repeats Realization! On 24/05 Sylvain Millet made the first repeat of Realization / Biographie 9a/9a+, Ceuse, first climbed by Chris Sharma in 2001.
14/05/2004 - Events
Val di Mello in danger The campaign against proposed hydroelectric plants in Val di Mello (Italy).
06/02/2004 - Competitions
Kryvosheytsev and Buchmann win Ice-extreme boulder Evgenyy Kryvosheytsev (UKR) and Kirsten Buchmann (GER) have won the Ice-extreme boulder at Solcava (Slovenia).
20/01/2004 - Competitions
Ice World Championships 2004 The Ice World Championships 2004 will be held in Saas Fee, Switzerland, from 23-25/01/2004
18/11/2003 - Competitions
Sarkany and Puigblanque supreme in Slovenia On 16/11 Muriel Sarkany Julian Ramón Puigblanque won the 8th stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Kranj, Slovenia
23/10/2003 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama repeats El Niño on El Capitan in Yosemite Yuji Hirayama has repeated the Huber brothers' El Niño, El Capitan, Yosemite, America
21/10/2003 - Alpinism
Jannu and Nuptse, the Russian expeditions Latest news from the Himalaya. the Russian Jannu expedition has abandoned its attempt, while Valery Babanov and Yury Koshelenko are currently going for their summit push
12/06/2003 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar departs for the Rupal Face, Nanga Parbat On 16 June Tomaz Humar departs for the immense Rupal Face, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
22/12/2002 - Alpinism
Bubu online Italian Mauro Bubu Bole is now online with his personal www.climbubu.com
29/10/2002 - Climbing
Bouldering meetings in Italy Two informal bouldering meets, one at Mottarone, the other at A Ca' Da Pria are scheduled for this weekend.
09/09/2002 - Events
Memorial Fund for Galen and Barbara Rowell Memorial Fund has been established for Galen Rowell and Barbara Cushman Rowell through the Tides Foundation.
17/05/2002 - Alpinism
Himalayan ascents, Everest, Makalu and Annapurna The good weather spell that started last week seems to be holding out enabling many mountaineers to reach the various summits including Everest and Makalu. Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Inurrategi summit Annapurna.
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