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![Pierra Menta 2023 won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret - Emily Harrop & Michele Boscacci - Davide Magnini](/uploads/img/3/81920.jpg)
15/03/2023 - Competitions
Pierra Menta 2023 won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret - Emily Harrop & Michele Boscacci - Davide Magnini The 37th Pierra Menta, ski mountaineering's equivalent of Tour de France, took place from 8 to 11 March 2023 and was won by Michele Boscacci & Davide Magnini from Italy and by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret & Emily Harrop from France.
![Toblerone to remove Matterhorn logo as chocolate no longer meets 'Swissness' laws](/uploads/img/3/81780.jpg)
06/03/2023 - Events
Toblerone to remove Matterhorn logo as chocolate no longer meets 'Swissness' laws The iconic image of the Matterhorn will be replaced on Toblerone as the famous chocolate bar no longer meets 'Made in Switzerland' criteria.
![Solenne Piret, impossible dreams do come true](/uploads/img/3/81591.jpg)
26/02/2023 - Interviews
Solenne Piret, impossible dreams do come true Solenne Piret, born without her right forearm, is one of the strongest paraclimbers. With two world championship titles and boulder problems up to 7B to her name, she lives her life chasing dreams that she now knows she can...
![Jost Kobusch climbs Denali’s Messner Couloir solo and in winter](/uploads/img/3/81520.jpg)
23/02/2023 - Alpinism
Jost Kobusch climbs Denali’s Messner Couloir solo and in winter German alpinist Jost Kobusch has successfully climbed the Messner Couloir on Denali in Alaska in winter and solo. He is the first person to repeat this route in the coldest season.
![Grandes Jorasses: Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines race up the legendary Gousseault-Desmaison](/uploads/img/3/81490.jpg)
20/02/2023 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses: Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines race up the legendary Gousseault-Desmaison On 15 February 2022 French alpinists Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines needed less than 10 hours to climb the difficult ‘Gousseault-Desmaison’ on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses. First ascended by René Desmaison and Serge Gousseaut in 1971, this...
![Grand Pic de Belledonne, Thibault Sibille completes first winter solo of Voie Rébuffat](/uploads/img/3/81338.jpg)
14/02/2023 - Alpinism
Grand Pic de Belledonne, Thibault Sibille completes first winter solo of Voie Rébuffat Between 5 and 8 February 2023 the French mountain guide Thibault Sibille carried out the first winter solo of the Rébuffat route (Michel Chevalier, Gaston Rébuffat 26/07/1944) on the NW face of Grand Pic de Belledonne (2977m) in the...
![Felix Berg, Adam Bielecki, Mariusz Hatala to attempt new route on Annapurna](/uploads/img/3/81108.jpg)
10/02/2023 - Alpinism
Felix Berg, Adam Bielecki, Mariusz Hatala to attempt new route on Annapurna Adam Bielecki from Poland and Felix Berg from Germany are preparing for a new attempt on the difficult NW Face of Annapurna (8091m). Already attempted in 2017, the two intend to establish a new route alpine-style route on the NW...
![François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre, Stefano Stradelli dream the unimaginable on Mont Blanc du Créton](/uploads/img/3/81256.jpg)
09/02/2023 - Alpinism
François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre, Stefano Stradelli dream the unimaginable on Mont Blanc du Créton On 30/02/2023 Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre, Stefano Stradelli made the first ascent of 'Sognando l’inimmaginabile' on the East Face of Mont Blanc du Créton (3406m, Petites Murailles, Italy). 600 meters high, the new mixed climb is graded WI...
![Paraclimber Solenne Piret leads ice climb at Ceillac, France](/uploads/img/3/81208.jpg)
07/02/2023 - Alpinism
Paraclimber Solenne Piret leads ice climb at Ceillac, France French paraclimber Solenne Piret has led her first icefall at Ceillac in France. Despite being born without her right forearm, the 30-year-old continues to push her boundaries in all forms of climbing.
![Difficult new mixed climb on Barre des Écrins by Julien Cruvellier de Luze, Nicolas Jean, Benjamin Védrines](/uploads/img/3/81159.jpg)
03/02/2023 - Alpinism
Difficult new mixed climb on Barre des Écrins by Julien Cruvellier de Luze, Nicolas Jean, Benjamin Védrines Between 28 and 29 January 2023 the French alpinists Julien Cruvellier, Nicolas Jean and Benjamin Védrines made the first ascent of 'De l'Or en Barre' a difficult mixed climb on the south face of the Barre des Écrins (4102 m)....
![Lest we forget: the Italian racial laws, the Italian Mountaineering club and its Jewish members](/uploads/img/3/81098.jpg)
27/01/2023 - Alpinism
Lest we forget: the Italian racial laws, the Italian Mountaineering club and its Jewish members In December 1938 a 'highly confidential' internal document from the National Council of the Italian Mountaineering Club (CAI) sent to all its sections indicated the criteria for purging members of the 'non-Aryan race'. As a result hundreds, guilty of simply...
![Ukrainian mountaineers Grigory Grigoryev and Alexander Zakolodny die in Russia-Ukraine war](/uploads/img/3/81023.jpg)
24/01/2023 - Alpinism
Ukrainian mountaineers Grigory Grigoryev and Alexander Zakolodny die in Russia-Ukraine war 35-year-old mountaineers Grigory Grigoryev and Alexander Zakolodny died on 21 January close to the city of Soledar in Ukraine. After dedicating their lives to climbing and mountaineering, they perished while in battle. Zakolodny was a successful Himalayan mountaineer and had...
![Benjamin Védrines completes solo winter ski mountaineering traverse of Queyras mountains, France](/uploads/img/3/80958.jpg)
23/01/2023 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Benjamin Védrines completes solo winter ski mountaineering traverse of Queyras mountains, France 12,330 meters of altitude gain and a 138 km integral traverse, over a period of two days, solo, across the Queyras mountains from Vars to Villard. This, in short, is the ski mountaineering traverse carried out by French mountaineer Benjamin...
![Manaslu climbed in winter by Alex Txikon & team](/uploads/img/3/80791.jpg)
06/01/2023 - Alpinism
Manaslu climbed in winter by Alex Txikon & team Alex Txikon, with Pasang Nurbu Sherpa, Gelu Sherpa, Maila Sherpa, Mantere Lama Sherpa, Gamje Babu Sherpa and Chepal Sherpa, summited Manaslu in winter and without supplementary oxygen. This is the first integral winter ascent of the 8th highest mountain in...
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