The news

Yuji Hirayama has made the first repeat of Golden Gate 5.13b by the huber brothers in Yosemite, America

Cristian Brenna frees En Attendant Berhault 8b+ at Finale

At 13.00 on 6 October the Italians Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli reached the Central Peak of Shisha Pangma

Didier Berthod has freed 'Greenspit' using trad gear only above Rosone, Valle dell'Orco, Italy

On 19/09/2003 the Austrian Markus Schwaiger has freed Incubator Fb8b in the Zillertal, Austria

On 28-30 July Matevz Kramer, Matej Mejovsek and Tadej Zorman made the first ascent of Limitless Madness on Mt. Yerupaja, Cordilliera Huayhuash, Peru

On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September the annual Rock Master will take place in Arco.

On 8/09 Silvio Mondinelli, Domenico Di Bartolomeo, Mario Merelli, Marco D’Ercole, Roberto Delle Monache, Antonio Acerbo and Alberto Magliano departed for Shisha Pangma (8013m).

On 12.08.03 the Germans Ines Papert and Hans Lochner carried out the first one-day redpoint of one of the hardest routes on the Eiger, Symphonie de Liberté

On 17/09/2003 a ravaging fire destroyed one of Italy's premier climbing wall manufacturers Ecogrips, the climbing shop Vertical Sport, and the climbing wall Action House in Trento, northern Italy

On 31/08 the Nepalese Sherpa Daichhiri won the 150 km Mont Blanc marathon.

The fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2003 gets underway in Rovereto tomorrow.

Thomas and Alexander Huber brothers have redpointed two old projects on the Feuerhorn, Brechtesgaden, Monstermagnet 7c and Firewall 8b

Alex Chabot and Muriel Sarkany win the fourth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Aviles, Spain

World Champions Maxim Stenkovoi and Olena Riepkosi won the fifth stage of the Speed Climbing World Cup, held in Daone, Italy on 27/07/2003

Romano Benet, Nives Meroi, Luca Verich have successfully climbed both Gasherbrum I and II