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02/03/2004 - Climbing
Canada: M12 Musashi must for Bubu Bole Mauro Bubu Bole, Anna Torretta, Israel Blanco and Andrea Gallo are currently on tour in Canada to try some of the hardest drytooling routes. Bole has made a quick repeat of Musashi M12 by Will Gadd at the Cineplex Cave.
01/03/2004 - Alpinism
Russian expedition to climb new line on Everest North Face At the end of February an 20-stong Russian expedition set off from Moscow for the Himalayas, where it aims to forge a technical new route up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face
25/02/2004 - Alpinism
Bubu Bole and Anna Torretta dry tooling at Ueschinen Mauro Bubu Bole repeats No limits M12+ and Anna Torretta climbs Vertical Limits M12 at Ueschinen, Switzerland
23/02/2004 - Events
Cristal FFME 2003 awarded to Benoist - Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault - Magnin The Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade awarded the climbers Benoist-Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault-Magnin for their outstandiing ascents in 2003
19/02/2004 - Alpinism
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.
10/02/2004 - Events
Babanov and Koshelenko win Piolet d'or 2003 Valeri Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko won the prestigous Piolet d'Or for their ascent of Nuptse East South Pillar in November 2003.
06/02/2004 - Alpinism
Saint-Ours II 6, M6 for Marlier, Chenal and M. Farina Ezio Marlier, Francesca Chenal and Marco Farina have made the first ascent of "Saint-Ours" II 6, M6, at Fenille, Valsavarenche, Valle d'Aosta.
29/01/2004 - Alpinism
Marmolada cement danger Mountain Wilderness appeals against a planned development project at Malga Ciapela
16/01/2004 - Climbing
Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b The italian Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b at Grotti
01/12/2003 - Climbing
Is not Always Pasqua! Italian hard grit for Brenna 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.
11/11/2003 - Climbing
Larcher, Oviglia, Paissan rock Morocco From 6 - 27 October 2003 the Italian climbers Rolando Larcher, Michele Paissan and Maurizio Oviglia established Sul filo della notte (7c+ max; 7b obl) in the Taghia gorge, High Atlas, Morocco.
03/11/2003 - Competitions
Valence, Chabot and Eiter victorious once more Alexandre Chabot and Angela Eiter win the seventh stage of the World Cup Difficulty in Valence
31/10/2003 - Climbing
Gritstone extremes in England The arrival of the cold weather signals the start of hard gritstone ascents in Britain at the hands of Simon Moore, Sam Whittaker, Pete Hurley, Espen Samuelsen and Tobias Wolf
14/10/2003 - Competitions
Levet and Puigblanque win in Prague Sandrine Levet and Julian Ramón Puigblanque win the sixth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Prague
02/10/2003 - Climbing
Greenspit in Valle dell'Orco (Italy) climbed by Didier Berthod Didier Berthod has freed 'Greenspit' using trad gear only above Rosone, Valle dell'Orco, Italy
30/09/2003 - Alpinism
Renato Casarotto Last August the body of the famous italian mountaineer Renato Casarotto was found in the De Filippi glacier, K2.
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