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![San Martino di Castrozza (Dolomites, Italy) to host Piolets d’Or 2024](/uploads/img/3/123681.jpg)
13/06/2024 - Events
San Martino di Castrozza (Dolomites, Italy) to host Piolets d’Or 2024 The 2024 edition of the 'Piolets d’Or, the prestigious mountaineering award, will be held in San Martino di Castrozza, in Trentino, Italy, from 8 - 11 December 2024.
![K2: Nepalese mountaineers claim historic first winter ascent](/uploads/img/3/69138.jpg)
16/01/2021 - Alpinism
K2: Nepalese mountaineers claim historic first winter ascent Today, Saturday 16 January 2021 at 16:58 local time, a team of 10 Nepalese mountaineers completed the highly coveted first winter ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world and the last 8000er to be climbed in the...
![Rosso 70, online the mountaineering, memories and life of the Scoiattoli di Cortina](/uploads/img/3/6143.jpg)
09/04/2020 - Alpinism
Rosso 70, online the mountaineering, memories and life of the Scoiattoli di Cortina Courtesy of the Scoiattoli di Cortina we have published online Rosso 70: Stories and memories of 70 years of alpinism of the Scoiattoli di Cortina. The film by Vinicio Stefanello and Francesco Mansutti retraces the first 70 years of the...
![Simon Gietl makes free solo of Lacedelli Cima Scotoni, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/55866.jpg)
28/11/2018 - Interviews
Simon Gietl makes free solo of Lacedelli Cima Scotoni, Dolomites Interview with Simon Gietl after his ascent free solo ascent of Via Lacedelli up Cima Scotoni in the Dolomites on 18 October 2018.
![Cinque Torri: advice for climbing in the Dolomites haven](/uploads/img/3/54308.jpg)
20/09/2018 - Alpinism
Cinque Torri: advice for climbing in the Dolomites haven Six quick tips for rock climbing at the Cinque Torri from the Cortina Mountain Guides, prior to the upcoming meeting Delicious Climbing Dolomiti scheduled to takes place on Sunday 23 September 2018. By Paolino Tassi
![Cinque Torri, Dolomites climbing and the Delicious Climbing Dolomiti event by Paolino Tassi](/uploads/img/3/54203.jpg)
17/09/2018 - Events
Cinque Torri, Dolomites climbing and the Delicious Climbing Dolomiti event by Paolino Tassi Italian mountain guide Paolo Tassi invites everyone to take part on Sunday 23 September 2018 in the Delicious Climbing Dolomiti event at the world-famous Cinque Torri (Cortina): an unmissable opportunity to climb together and share the sense of climbing in...
![Cinque Torri and the Delicious Climbing Dolomiti contest 2018](/uploads/img/3/54213.jpg)
13/09/2018 - Events
Cinque Torri and the Delicious Climbing Dolomiti contest 2018 On Sunday 23 September 2018 the Cinque Torri crags in the Dolomites above Cortina d’Ampezzo will host the 2nd Delicious Climbing Dolomiti climbing contest. A rock climbing competition in pairs, open to everyone, part of the third Delicious Festival.
![Tre Cime di Lavaredo - rock climbing in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/25677.jpg)
18/08/2017 - Alpinism
Tre Cime di Lavaredo - rock climbing in the Dolomites Cima Ovest, Cima Grande, Cima Piccola: the Tre Cime di Lavaredo offer unparalleled rock climbing throughout the Dolomites. Planetmountain.com provides an overview with some of the routes that have become milestones in the history of mountaineering, such as Spigolo Giallo,...
![Erich Abram, farewell to the last Italian K2 mountaineer](/uploads/img/3/42792.jpg)
18/01/2017 - Alpinism
Erich Abram, farewell to the last Italian K2 mountaineer South Tyrolean mountaineer Erich Abram passed away on Monday 16 January 2017 at Bozen aged 95. The talented mountaineer and climber played an important role in the 1954 Italian expedition that made the first ascent of K2.
![K2 summits 60 years after the first ascent](/uploads/img/3/25390.jpg)
29/07/2014 - Alpinism
K2 summits 60 years after the first ascent Numerous successful K2 summits were registered on the 26th of July, sixty years after the first ascent of the second highest mountain in the world carried out by the historic Italian expedition. Successful ascents include those of K2 expedition 60...
![Agoge, new climb on Cima Scotoni by Gietl brothers in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/12588.jpg)
04/07/2012 - Climbing
Agoge, new climb on Cima Scotoni by Gietl brothers in the Dolomites On 26/06/2012 Simon Gietl and his brother Manuel completed Agoge (VIII/VIII+,400m), a new rock climbing up Cima Scotoni in the Italian Dolomites.
![Rosso 70, awarded at the Bansko Film Festival](/uploads/img/3/6452.jpg)
09/12/2010 - Alpinism
Rosso 70, awarded at the Bansko Film Festival Rosso 70, the film directed by Francesco Mansutti and Vinicio Stefanello and which retraces the 70 yera mountaineering history f the Scoiattoli mountaineering club in Cortina, has won the Jury's Special Prize during the Bulgaria's X° International Mountain Film Festival...
![Lino Lacedelli goodbye](/uploads/img/3/4175.jpg)
20/11/2009 - Alpinism
lino lacedelli goodbye lino lacedelli, 84, passed away in Cortina, Italy this morning. In 1954 the member of the famous Scoiattoli mountaineering club became the first person to reach the summit of K2, together with Achille Compagnoni.
![Goodbye Achille Compagnoni](/uploads/img/3/3298.jpg)
14/05/2009 - Alpinism
Goodbye Achille Compagnoni Achille Compagnoni, the Italian mountaineer who together with lino lacedelli first set foot on the summit of K2 at 18.00 on 31 July 1954, died in Aosta two days ago.
![Gasherbrum II, Unterkircher and Bernasconi climb virgin North Face](/uploads/img/3/751.jpg)
23/07/2007 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum II, Unterkircher and Bernasconi climb virgin North Face On 20/07 the Italians Karl Unterkircher and Daniele Bernasconi reached the summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) via the virgin North Face, climbing a beautiful route and resolving one of the most famous problems in the Himalaya.
![Lino Lacedelli Knight of the Great Cross](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
04/01/2005 - Alpinism
lino lacedelli Knight of the Great Cross On 1 January 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the President of the Italian Republic, named lino lacedelli "Cavaliere di Gran Croce" Knight of the Great Cross of the Italian Republic.
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