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In January Cristian Brenna visited Buoux and flashed 'Chouca' (8a+) and, in just two attempts, climbed ‘La rose et le vampire’ 8b and a new 8b+ by Antoine le Mènestrel

As in 2000, Helly Hansen and the American Alpine Club will assign the Helly Hansen Mountain Adventure Awards 2001 to three small exploratory expeditions

Stephane Husson and Liv Sansoz win fourth stage of IWC 2001 in Chamonix

The Italian mountaineer Simone Moro plans to a six-month winter tour to climb mountains in the Tien Shan, Everest and Lhotse, and in doing so hopes to become the first Italian Snow Leopard

In January 2001 Christian Bindhammer makes the third ascent of "The Big Mother" (8c+) at Erto and climbs "Coxa Distorta" 8b+ FBtr in the Frankenjura

The Ukrainian Euvgeni Krivosheitsev and the German Ines Papert win third stage of IXC 2001 in Switzerland

Neil Gresham makes the first ascent of 'The Tempest' M9 at Stob coire nan Lochan, Glencoe

The French duo Stephane Husson and Liv Sansoz win the second stage of IWC in Valle di Daone

The provisional results of second stage of the Ice World Cup 2001 in the Valle di Daone

Photos of the Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf, the winners of the Piolet d'Or 2001 for Shivas Line on Shivling

Marietta Uhden redpoints her fourth 8b+, Baby-Basher 10+, in Kochel, Germany

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling

Liv Sansoz and Daniel Du Lac win first stage of Ice World Cup 2001 in Pitztal

Preparations are underway for the second stage of the Ice World Cup 2001

The long awaited Ice World Cup 2001 finally gets underway in Pitztal tomorrow

Nadia Dimai wins second ever competition, Erik Svab and Alfred Dvorak joint first