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04/12/2010 - Climbing
Hard trad at New River Gorge, Virginia, USA American climbers Pat Goodman and Matt Wilder have established the trad routes The Scavenger (5.13c) and The Golden Bullet (5.13d) at the New River Gorge, Virginia, USA.
28/11/2010 - Alpinism
Gérard Pailheiret has left us On 23/11/2010 Gérard Pailheiret, the French mountain guide and symbol and promoter of a love for ice climbing, passed away after a long illness.
10/11/2010 - Alpinism
Mount Kyzyl Asker: Papert, Senf and Russegger in Kyrgyzstan Ines Papert, Thomas Senf and Wolfgang Russegger have failed 200m shy of the summit in an attempt to establish a new line up Mount Kyzyl Asker, Kyrgyzstan.
07/11/2010 - Interviews
Fourteen times Edurne Pasaban Interview with Edurne Pasaban, the Basque alpinist who has climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks. Interview by Erminio Ferrari and Ellade Ossola.
28/10/2010 - Alpinism
Joseph Puryear dies in Tibet American alpinist Joseph Puryear has died in Tibet while attempting Labuche Kang (7367m) together with David Gottlieb.
16/10/2010 - Climbing
Adam Ondra is Tough Enough on Tsaranoro in Madagascar Adam Ondra has carried out the first free ascent in a single day of Tough Enough (8c, 380m) on the East Face of Karambony in Tsaranoro Valley, Madagascar. He concluded his trip by repeating Bravo les Filles (8b, 600m) and...
04/10/2010 - Alpinism
Sulamar North Face first ascent by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have carried out the first ascent of the North Face of Sulamar, China
29/09/2010 - Climbing
Kurt Albert is dead. Goodbye to a climbing legend German climbing legend Kurt Albert died yesterday at 20.45 aged 56 following the accident last Sunday on a via ferrata in Bavaria, Germany on Sunday.
23/08/2010 - Climbing
Pian dei Fiacconi, rock climbing on the Marmolada Guido Trevisan introduces the small crag Pian dei Fiacconi, located at 2600m on the Marmolada in the Dolomites, with 13 routes from 4b - 7a.
13/08/2010 - Alpinism
Chimera Verticale, Civetta Chimera Verticale (IX, 600m + pedestal at base), established over a series of summers up the NW Face of Civetta, recounted by first ascentionist Alessandro Baù.
02/08/2010 - Events
Mountain stories: Courmayeur, August 2010 4 evenings and 4 great mountaineering stories as told by Valery Babanov, Hans Kammerlander, Silvio Mondinelli and Stevie Haston. The evenings will be introduced by Vinicio Stefanello, editor of PlanetMountain.com.
06/07/2010 - Climbing
El Capitan triple linkup by Alex Honnold and Sean Leary Alex Honnold and Sean Leary have climbed three routes on El Capitan in Yosemite, The Nose, Salathé Wall and Lurking Fear in 24 hours.
21/06/2010 - Alpinism
Nevado Shaqsha, Peru: 2 new routes by Italian expedition In May the Italian 'Cordillera 2010' expedition comprised of Andrea Di Donato, Roberto Iannilli and Ivo Scappatura established "El sueño de los excluidos" (1440m, max VII/VII+, A2) on the SE Face of Nevado Shaqsha (Quebrada Rurec Valley, Huantsàn, Cordillera Blanca,...
18/06/2010 - Alpinism
Greenland ahoy for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto Climbers Nico and Olivier Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto are preparing for three month climbing trip to Greenland to explore huge virgin big walls.
31/05/2010 - Climbing
Monte Brento new 8b multi-pitch climb by David Lama and Jorg Verhoeven David Lama from Austria and Jorg Verhoeven from the Netherlands have carried out the first free ascent of their "Brento Centro" 8b on Monte Brento, Valle del Sarca (Arco), Italy.
30/04/2010 - Alpinism
Annapurna, successful and failed rescues Three alpinists weere airlifted to safety by helicopter from an altitude of 6950m on Annapurna yesterday, while Spanish mountaineer Tolo Calafat passed away.
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