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![Piolets d'Or photos 2014](/uploads/img/3/23011.jpg)
02/04/2014 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or photos 2014 More than 50 photos documenting the Piolets d'Or 2014 that took place at Courmayeur, Italy, on 29/03/2014.
![Piolets d'Or 2014, Courmayeur and Chamonix gear up for a prestigious celebration](/uploads/img/3/22873.jpg)
24/03/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, Courmayeur and Chamonix gear up for a prestigious celebration From 26 - 29 March the international meeting with the alpinism "Oscar" returns to Chamonix and Courmayeur on the two sides of mont blanc: a great jury will select the best climb in 2013, while American alpinist John Roskelley will...
![Marco Anghileri has left us](/uploads/img/3/17095.jpg)
17/03/2014 - Alpinism
Marco Anghileri has left us Marco Anghileri 'Butch', 41 years old, great alpinist from Lecco and member of the Gamma climbing club, extremely well known, loved and held in high regard by the entire mountaineering world, has died on the Central Pillar of mont blanc....
![Daniel Rönnbäck and Tero Repo share first place at Click on the Mountain](/uploads/img/3/22587.jpg)
08/03/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Daniel Rönnbäck and Tero Repo share first place at Click on the Mountain Fantastic snow conditions around the Mt Blanc Courmayeur area allowed the four action sports photographers and the professional snowboarders and freeskiers to explore their creativity and skills to the fullest for the Killer Loop Click on the Mountain by Courmayeur...
![Piolets d'Or 2014, the five nominations for the 22nd edition](/uploads/img/3/19701.jpg)
27/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the five nominations for the 22nd edition From the most remote mountains in Nepal and Pakistan to the frozen lands of Alaska, via the imposing Masherbrum massif and symbollic Annapurna. Five ascents, carried out by some of the world's most talented alpinists, are in the running for...
![Kilian Jornet Burgada voted People's Choice Adventurer of the Year](/uploads/img/3/22132.jpg)
12/02/2014 - Book-press
Kilian Jornet Burgada voted People's Choice Adventurer of the Year Spanish skyrunning ultrarunner Kilian Jornet Burgada has been named the 2014 National Geographic People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year.
![Fancy of Peckers, new variation up Col du Peigne by Sanguineti and Cavalli](/uploads/img/3/22007.jpg)
07/02/2014 - Alpinism
Fancy of Peckers, new variation up Col du Peigne by Sanguineti and Cavalli On 08 December 2013 Gianluca Cavalli and Marcello Sanguineti put up Fancy of Peckers (M5+R) on Col du Peigne. Located between Aiguille du Pélerins and Aiguille du Peigne in the mont blanc massif, this 175m variation links the first part...
![In defence of alpinism, the speech by Bernard Amy to the Italian Academic Alpine Club](/uploads/img/3/21952.jpg)
04/02/2014 - Alpinism
In defence of alpinism, the speech by Bernard Amy to the Italian Academic Alpine Club The speech by well known French mountaineer and writer Bernard Amy, on the occasion of his appointment as an honorary member of the Italian Academic Alpine Club, Turin, 26 October 2013.
![Freeride World Tour 2014: Sammy Luebke and Loïc Collomb-Patton triumph in Courmayeur](/uploads/img/3/21799.jpg)
22/01/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Freeride World Tour 2014: Sammy Luebke and Loïc Collomb-Patton triumph in Courmayeur The first competition of the most world's important freeride circuit, the prestigious Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2014 got off to a splendid start today. America's Sammy Luebke won the snowboarding event, while France's Loïc Collomb-Patton left...
![Merà Dimel, new Presolana winter climb by Yuri Parimbelli, Tito Arosio and Ennio Spiranelli](/uploads/img/3/21766.jpg)
21/01/2014 - Alpinism
Merà Dimel, new Presolana winter climb by Yuri Parimbelli, Tito Arosio and Ennio Spiranelli On 13 January the Italian alpinists Yuri Parimbelli, Tito Arosio and Ennio Spiranelli made the first ascent of Merà Dimel (650m, AI 4 M6) up Anticima delle Quattro Matte, Presolana, Italy.
![Courmayeur heralds start of Freeride World Tour 2014 today](/uploads/img/3/21695.jpg)
17/01/2014 - Competitions
Courmayeur heralds start of Freeride World Tour 2014 today The first stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2014 kicks off at 10:30am this morning at Courmayeur, Italy. The six-stage freeride competition will take place on a new race course and can be followed in...
![Mountain Safety: avalanche transceiver training areas now in operation at Courmayeur](/uploads/img/3/21692.jpg)
16/01/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Mountain Safety: avalanche transceiver training areas now in operation at Courmayeur At Courmayer in the mont blanc massif the avalanche transceiver training areas at Pré de Pascal and Pavillon du Mont Fréty are now operational. These can be used free of charge by all those who wish to learn more about...
![Mont Blanc freeride: Vallée Blanche and Glacier Rond](/uploads/img/3/21422.jpg)
16/12/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
mont blanc freeride: Vallée Blanche and Glacier Rond Two great freeride itineraries on mont blanc introduced by Domenico Giusti and Giorgio Passino: Vallée Blanche from Courmayeur and Glacier Rond.
![Kyzyl Asker South Pillar - interview with Nicolas Favresse](/uploads/img/3/21268.jpg)
03/12/2013 - Alpinism
Kyzyl Asker South Pillar - interview with Nicolas Favresse Interview with Nicolas Favresse after the ascent, carried out together with Sean Villaneuva, Stéphane Hanssens and Evrard Wendenbaum, of the South Pillar of Kyzyl Asker (China) last September.
![The Cogne mines, between the past and the future - part 1](/uploads/img/3/20485.jpg)
08/10/2013 - Environment
The Cogne mines, between the past and the future - part 1 On 31 October 2013 the mining concession grant in Cogne will terminate and consequently an important part of the mining history of Cogne and the Aosta Valley will come to an end. Now, more than never, the time has come...
![Young alpinist discovers jewels on Mont Blanc](/uploads/img/3/2721.jpg)
27/09/2013 - Alpinism
Young alpinist discovers jewels on mont blanc This September on the Bossons glacier at the foot of mont blanc a French climber has found precious gems, possibly the remains of an air crash.
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