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In Germany's Frankenjura Alexander Megos has repeated The Essential 9a, Black Label 9a, Matador 9a and The Man that follows hell 9a+.

On 18 May 2014 Davide Capozzi and Julien Herry snowboarded down the NE Face of Testa di Valnontey (Gran Paradiso), skied for the first and only time by Remy Lecluse in 2010. The report by Davide Capozzi.

On Saturday 17 May 2014 Italian alpinists Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summited Kangchenjunga (8.586m), the third highest mountain in the world. Their ascent marks a great return to the Himalaya and is also an important and unique journey.

The video of the first ascent of Seltene Erden (80° M4+ V+), climbed by Johannes Bachmann and Manuel Tinkhauser on 8/04/2014 up Wildgall / Collaspro 3273m, (Rieserferner Group, Tauern Alps).

The Rome stage of Salewa Rockshow 2014 took place at the Vertical Park gym on Saturday 17 May. This was won by Sebastiano Labozzetta and Arianna Russo, while the Under 16 category was won by Davide Di Santo and Laura Rogora.

May update by Maurizio Oviglia about the latest climbing news from Sardinia: three big new routes in the Supramonte massif.

At 9:40am local time on 19 May Russian alpinist Denis Urubko reached the summit of Kangchenjunga from the north, while Italy's Marco Camandona summited yesterday from the south as did Spain's Carlos Soria. This is the 75-year-old's 12th 8000er.

The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2014 was won on Saturday night at Innsbruck, Austria, by Kilian Fischhuber and Shauna Coxsey. Michael Piccolruaz from Italy placed 6th.

Interview with Austrian alpinist David Lama two years after the first free ascent of the Compressor route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia, carried out with Peter Ortner in January 2012.

The video of Adam Ondra attempting to onsight Psicoterapia 9a at Valdegovía in Spain.

The video of Angelika Rainer ice climbing at the Cineplex Cave and Helmcken Falls in Canada.

On 13/02/2014 Alex Luger made the first ascent of Psychogramm, an 8b+ trad climb on the Bürser Platte in Austria.

Interview with French climber Melissa Le Nevé after the first female ascent of Wallstreet, the 8c first climbed in 1987 by Wolfgang Güllich in Frankenjura, Germany.

This year's XVI National Week of hiking CAI takes place on the paths of Cadore and Cortina (Dolomites), in the province of Belluno, from 28 June to 6 July 2014,

On 04/05/2014 Simon Kehrer, Roberto Tasser and Ivan Canins skied a new line down the North Face of Peitlerkofel's Cima Piccola in the Italian Dolomites. The report by Franco Mucchietto.

The Melloblocco 2014 video contest was won by Alexander Flatz for his "Live-View", while the photo contest was won by Andrea Aiello for his photo "Ti spio".