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03/07/2006 - Competitions
European Bouldering Championship 2006 cancelled The European Bouldering Championship 2006 has been cancelled due to insufficient safety measures.
10/05/2006 - Competitions
ROVERETO BOULDERING WORLD CUP 2006 - day by day The entire program of the Rovereto Bouldering World Cup schduled for 12-14 May 2006 at the Palazzetto dello Sport, Rovereto, Italy.
12/04/2006 - Competitions
Rovereto Bouldering World Cup From 12 - 14 May world-class bouldering returns to the Italian town of Rovereto with the third stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2006. Three days dedicated to the competition, an open-to-all meeting and a congress entitled Born to climb,...
04/04/2006 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses, Batoux and Daudet climb new route up East Face From 14 - 23 March Philippe Batoux and Lionel Daudet made the first ascent of “Little Big Men” (A3, 6a, M5), on the wild and grandiose East Face of the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc.
10/02/2006 - Alpinism
The Flying Circus first complete repeat At the start of January two Swiss climbers, 19-year old Gabriel Grünenwald and 23-year old Simon Oswald, made the first and second full repeat of The Flying Circus, Robert Jasper’s multi-pitch M10 at the Breitwangfluh, Kandersteg
04/01/2006 - Events
XV Piolet d'or, the candidates The six candidates for the prestigious Piolet d'or, promoted by the French Montagnes Magazine and awarded in Grenoble, France on 10 February.
15/12/2005 - Environment
Alpine light pollution doubles According to the University of Bern, Switzerland, light pollution in the Alps has doubled in the last 15 years.
17/11/2005 - Alpinism
Glowacz and Jasper summit Murallon! Stefan Glowacz and Robert Jasper have completed their "Vom Winde verweht" up the North Pillar of Murallón, Patagonia.
11/08/2005 - Interviews
Lynn Hill and Katie Brown's free ascent of Leaning Tower Last July Lynn Hill and Katie Brown made a free ascent of Leaning Tower's West Face (Yosemite, U.S.A.).
01/06/2005 - Interviews
Ueli Steck - absolute void Ueli Steck and his solo ascents of Cholatse and Tawoche in the Himalaya, in the words of Christine Kopp .
07/03/2005 - Alpinism
Slovenian Patagonia expedition 2004 In mid January a small Slovenian expedition comprised of Silvo Karo, Andrej Grmovsek, Tanja Grmovsek and Monika Kambic Mali made a series of fast ascents in Patagonia, including the first all-female ascent of Cerro Torre and the "Slovenian start for...
02/03/2005 - Competitions
Festiglass du Quebec The eigth edition of the Festiglass du Quebec took place in Canada from 18-20 February 2005. The individual competition was won by Evgeny Kryvosheytsev.
01/03/2005 - Interviews
Steve House: interview after Piolet d'Or 2004 People's Choice Award Interview with the American mountaineer who received the nomination for the Piolet d'Or 2004 for his solo ascent of K7. This climb recieved the People's Choice Award as the most important ascent of the year.
14/01/2005 - Events
Forbes votes PlanetMountain best climbing site PlanetMountain has been voted best climbing site according to Forbes, the world's premier magazine for business and financial news.
28/09/2004 - Interviews
Yvon Chouinard, Time's up In an open letter Yvon Chouinard, mountaineer, surfer, fly fisherman and founder of "Patagonia", the famous American outdoor clothing company explains how urgent and pressing the envirnmental issue is.
25/01/2004 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat 1970. Reinhold Messner told the truth Günther Messner really did perish during the descent of the Nanga Parbat Diamir Face, as his brother Reinhold has always sustained.
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