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07/07/2001 - Alpinism
Makalu 2001, the ascent details The protagonists of Makalu 200 give their version of the ascent to the summit of Makalu Himal, written by Giampaolo Corona plus some considerations by the 'Aquile di San Martino di Castrozza e Primiero'
02/07/2001 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat, Blanc, Kuntner and Andres summit On 30 June Abele Blanc, Christian Kuntner and Stefan Andres reached the summit of Nanga Parbat (8125m).
01/07/2001 - Competitions
European Youth Cup 2001, the results from Arco The results from the fourth stage of the European Youth Cup 2001 held at Arco
27/06/2001 - Climbing
The West Face, Leaning Tower On 16/06/01 Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles freed 9 out of 10 pitches of "The West Face" on the Leaning Tower, Yosemite.
22/06/2001 - Climbing
'Altman' 8c, 1st repeat at the hands of Richard Colombo Richard Colombo makes the first repeat of Altman 8c in Val Masino, Italy
21/06/2001 - Competitions
Youth World Climbing Championship 2001 The Youth World Climbing Championship gets underway in Imst, Austria today
12/06/2001 - Events
Lynn Hill at Milan On Thursday 14 June 2001 the Californian climber Lynn Hill will hold a talk at Milan's Auditorium Don Bosco
08/06/2001 - Climbing
Iker Pou's European climbing tour In two months Iker Pou repeats Fred Nicole’s Elfe in Switzerland, and a number or testpieces in the Frankenjura, including Maharadscha Fb 8b, Showdown (8c), Raubritter (8c) and Wolfgang Güllich’s rarely repeated Wallstreet Original (8c/8c+)
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
23/05/2001 - Climbing
Luca Giupponi on form at Arco and Pian de Schiavaneis Luca Giupponi redpoints 'Mike Jordan', 8B/8B+ at Pueblo di Massone, Arco and 'Superpolentin', 8b at Pian de Schiaveneis
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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