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We have received and published the following open letter entitled 'Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation'. Promoted by Michel Piola, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia, it has currently been signed by almost 100 climbers from all over the world.

Polish rock climber Aleksandra Taistra has made the first repeat of Oltreconfine on Monte Ginnircu in Sardinia, established by Fabio Palma, Matteo Della Bordella and Domenico Soldarini in 2006 and 2007.

The video documenting the first ascent and first free ascent of Scacciadiavoli, the demanding and beautiful multi-pitch rock climb established up the South Face of Marmolada in the Dolomites by Rolando Larcher and geremia vergoni.

Rolando Larcher and geremia vergoni recount the birth of Invisibilis (405m, 7c+ max, 7a+ obl.), the new route established over 5 days from 2009 to 2011 up the south face of Marmolada di Ombretta (Dolomites) and freed by Vergoni on 26/06/2012 and repeated by Larcher on 11/09/2012. A route that...

On Piccolo Dain (Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy) Gianni Canale, Aldo Mazzotti and Franco Cavallaro have established Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers) (8a+, 7c obbl, 425m).

On 23/07/2009 geremia vergoni and Tiziano Buccella carried out the first ascent of their Opus Pocus, on the remote south face of Piz Seràuta on the Marmolada, Dolomites.