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![Huge landslide on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/127243.jpg)
15/04/2024 - Alpinism
Huge landslide on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland On Sunday 14 April 2024, an estimated million cubic meters of debris collapsed on the north face of Piz Scerscen, the 3971m mountain located between the highly popular Piz Bernina and Piz Roseg on the Swiss-Italian border. No casualties occurred...
![La Venta explores Colombia's El Penòn karstic plateau](/uploads/img/3/125625.jpg)
06/02/2024 - Environment
La Venta explores Colombia's El Penòn karstic plateau Luca Gandolfo reports about the new exploration project of the La Venta Geographical Exploration Association on the karstic plateau of El Penòn in Colombia.
![Grand Etret glacier in Valle d'Aosta, Italy, loses another two hectares of surface area in summer 2023](/uploads/img/3/123322.jpg)
03/10/2023 - Environment
Grand Etret glacier in Valle d'Aosta, Italy, loses another two hectares of surface area in summer 2023 Measurements carried out by the Gran Paradiso park rangers confirm a loss of surface area equivalent to three football fields.
![Superquartz, the tough new quartzite crag in Sardinia. By Maurizio Oviglia](/uploads/img/3/84785.jpg)
21/06/2023 - Climbing
Superquartz, the tough new quartzite crag in Sardinia. By Maurizio Oviglia After having successfully launched a crowdfunding appeal, Maurizio Oviglia has now completed bolting the new crag Superquartz at Gonnesa close to Cagliari in SW Sardinia, Italy. The bullet-proof outcrop features 26 sport climbs from 4c to 7b
![Annapurna III Piolet d'Or 2022 video](/uploads/img/3/79527.jpg)
28/11/2022 - Alpinism
Annapurna III Piolet d'Or 2022 video The video of the first ascent of the southeast ridge of Annapurna III (7,555m), carried out by Nikita Balabanov, Mikail Fomin and Viacheslav Polezhaiko. The climb received a Special Jury Award at the Piolets d'Or 2022.
![Fitz Roy Moonwalk Traverse and Saraghrar NW win Piolets d’Or 2022, Annapurna III SE Ridge receives Special Jury Award](/uploads/img/3/59520.jpg)
17/10/2022 - Alpinism
Fitz Roy Moonwalk Traverse and Saraghrar NW win Piolets d’Or 2022, Annapurna III SE Ridge receives Special Jury Award The 2022 Piolets d'Or awards for alpinism will be conferred from 18- 20 November at Briançon in France to Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll of Belgium for his Moonwalk Traverse of the Fitz Roy Group in Patagonia, and to Archil Badriashvili, Baqar...
![New rockfall on Cosmiques Arête in Mont Blanc massif](/uploads/img/3/78685.jpg)
01/09/2022 - Alpinism
New rockfall on Cosmiques Arête in Mont Blanc massif Major rockfall took place on famous Arête des Cosmiques in the Mont Blanc massif on Monday 29 August 2022. This follows the landslide the swept away the Fourche bivouac on Friday 26 August.
![Landslide destroys Alberico - Borgna Bivouac at Col de la Fourche, Mont Blanc massif](/uploads/img/3/78589.jpg)
28/08/2022 - Alpinism
landslide destroys Alberico - Borgna Bivouac at Col de la Fourche, Mont Blanc massif On Friday 26 August the Alberico - Borgna bivouac, located close to Col de la Fourche on the SE Ridge of Mont Maudit in the Mont Blanc massif was completely destroyed due to a landslide.
![Mountaineering in Antarctica with Gianluca Cavalli, Manrico Dell'Agnola, Marcello Sanguineti](/uploads/img/3/69584.jpg)
13/02/2021 - Alpinism
Mountaineering in Antarctica with Gianluca Cavalli, Manrico Dell'Agnola, Marcello Sanguineti The third and final episode of the Karpos web series 'Antarctica: beyond the end of the world' featuring Italian mountaineers Gianluca Cavalli, Manrico Dell'Agnola and Marcello Sanguineti mountaineering in the Antarctic.
![Dragon Horns Tioman Island, Malaysia Mystery Wall revealed](/uploads/img/3/61987.jpg)
21/11/2019 - Climbing
Dragon Horns Tioman Island, Malaysia Mystery Wall revealed Eliza Kubarska provides the latest updates about the climbing on the elusive Mystery Wall situated in the Dragon Horns massif on Tioman Island in Malaysia.
![Bird's-eye view of Vajont dam, 54 years after the disaster](/uploads/img/3/32867.jpg)
08/10/2017 - Environment
Bird's-eye view of Vajont dam, 54 years after the disaster The drone footage of Alessandro Menafra to remember the Vajont disaster that ocurred in Italy on 9 October, 1963.
![Pizzo Cengalo massive rockfall video](/uploads/img/3/47109.jpg)
24/08/2017 - Environment
Pizzo Cengalo massive rockfall video The video of the massive rockfall that occurred on 23 August 2017 on the NE Face of Pizzo Cengalo (3396 m) in Val Bregaglia, Switzerland.
![Dolomites: gigantic rockfall off Kleine Gaisl](/uploads/img/3/39078.jpg)
22/08/2016 - Alpinism
Dolomites: gigantic rockfall off Kleine Gaisl The video of mountain guide Roman Valentini documenting the enormous rockfall that took place last week on Kleine Gaisl (Piccola Croda Rossa), in the Braies group of the Italian Dolomites
![Dolomites rockfall between III & IV Bastione de Mondeval](/uploads/img/3/38546.jpg)
22/07/2016 - Alpinism
Dolomites rockfall between III & IV Bastione de Mondeval Francesco Leardi warns of recent rockfall that has affected the area between the Third and Fourth Bastione di Mondeval in the Lastoni di Formin group, Dolomites.
![Khane Valley 2015 Italian Karakorum Expedition](/uploads/img/3/33420.jpg)
07/11/2015 - Alpinism
Khane Valley 2015 Italian Karakorum Expedition The report by Walter Polidori, leader of the Italian 1 to 1 Challenge, the climbing expedition to Khane Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan.
![Major rockfall onto Selvaggio Blu in Sardinia](/uploads/img/3/33044.jpg)
19/10/2015 - Climbing
Major rockfall onto Selvaggio Blu in Sardinia Maurizio Oviglia provides information about a major rockfall on Punta Plumare in Sardinia. The landslide has wiped out a stretch of the famous trek Selvaggio Blu.
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