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22/11/2001 - Book-press
‘Above the clouds’, Anatoli Boukreev's diary A new posthumous collection of Anatoli Boukreev’s writings entitled “Above the clouds - The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer” has recently been published.
01/11/2001 - Alpinism
Matterhorn Freedom by Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).
19/10/2001 - Book-press
FREE.RIDER hits the shops FREE.RIDER, the magazine dedicated to freeride and all its facets has just hit the shops in Italy.
16/10/2001 - Alpinism
Dhaulagiri success for Mondinelli, Blanc, Favre, Busca, Rosset The Italians Mondinelli, Blanc, Favre, Busca, Rosset have all successfully summited Dhaulagiri. The Spaniard Pepe Garces dies during the descent.
10/09/2001 - Alpinism
Dhaulagiri and Cho Oyo The Himalaya veterans Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli departed for Dhaulagiri on 9 September. A strong Slovenian expedition heads for Cho Oyu
30/08/2001 - Book-press
ALIVE, Autumn/Winter 2001 Helly Hansen’s half-yearly magazine has now matured to its fourth edition, and this can be received free by filling out the order form on www.hellyhansen.com
06/08/2001 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum I success for Mondinelli The Italian Silvio Mondinelli climbs his third 8000m peak this season by summiting Gasherbrum I
30/07/2001 - Events
IVth Cervino International Film Festival The IVth Cervino International Filmfestival gets underway in Cervinia today
07/06/2001 - Alpinism
Jean-Christophe Lafaille and K2 The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2
28/05/2001 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
everest, Marco Siffredi snowboards down the Norton Couloir On 23 May the Frenchman Marco Siffredi, snowboarded down the Norton Couloir on the 8850m North Face of everest, 8850m
26/05/2001 - Alpinism
everest North Face, records and ascents On 23/05 Juanito Oyarzabal and Ivan Vallejo of the TVE Expedition reached the summit of everest via the North Face, as did Sergio Mingute and the 15 year old Sherpa Temba Tscheri; Bertrand Roche paraglides off the summit using a...
25/05/2001 - Alpinism
everest success for Mondinelli and Merelli, plus other news Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli reached the summit of everest and have descended to Base Camp. Denis Urubko and Simone Moro have descended to BC. Spanish expedition success via everest North Face. Lhotse Middleclimbed by a Russian expedition.
24/05/2001 - Alpinism
Lhotse-everest traverse After his ascent of Lhotse Denis Urubko is now set to complete the traverse and climb everest. His partner Simone Moro has descended to Base Camp exhausted after rescuing a young British mountaineer
21/05/2001 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat, Makalu and everest Mario Vielmo summits Cho Oyu. Blanc, Kuntner and Andres depart for Nanga Parbat. everest and Lhotse summited, last chance for Moro and Urubko
07/05/2001 - Alpinism
everest North, Spanish TV Expedition Bad weather on the North Face of everest. The Spanish TV Expedition has so far only managed to pitch a tent at Camp II at 7800m
06/05/2001 - Events
Film Festival di Trento, the winning films Antarctica.org by Michel De Wouters and Annick Pippelart won the 49th International Mountain Film Festival at Trento, Italy
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