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30/08/2011 - Competitions
Kilian Jornet Burgada and Elizabeth Hawker win the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc The ninth edition of the The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc was won by Kilian Jornet Burgada from Spain and Elizabeth Hawker.
30/08/2011 - Alpinism
mont blanc, rockfall in the Grand Couloir and TMB train stop Following a large rockfall, the Chamonix guides advise against ascending mont blanc via the Goûter route, and camping is now prohibited at Tête Rousse. Furthermore, the TMB tramway now stops at Mont Lachat.
24/08/2011 - Alpinism
La Classica Moderna, mont blanc Video of Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou establishing "La Classica Moderna" the new route the trio climbed up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on mont blanc.
06/08/2011 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou and the new Brouillard route up mont blanc Interview with Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou after La Classica Moderna' the new route the trio esablished up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on mont blanc.
04/08/2011 - Alpinism
La Classica Moderna, new route on mont blanc by Barmasse and Pou brothers On 1 August Hervè Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou established La Classica Moderna - The Modern Classic - up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on the Italian side of mont blanc.
03/08/2011 - Alpinism
Dent du Géant - mont blanc The Dent du Geant (4013m), a great classic in the mont blanc range, introduced by Gianni Lanza.
03/08/2011 - Climbing
Matic Obid, a summer climbing in Slovenia and Croatia Slovenian climber Matic Obid has repeated a series of routes, from the Site rock face in the Julian Alps to Paklenica in Croatia, via mont blanc and also his first 8c at Sezana in Slovenia.
14/07/2011 - Competitions
Chamonix: Schubert, Ciavaldini, Eiter, Markovic, Kim The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 was won by Jakob Schubert. Four women shared victory: Caroline Ciavaldini, Angela Eiter, Mina Markovic and Jain Kim.
11/07/2011 - Alpinism
Valery Rozov, the mont blanc BASE jump video The video of Valery Rozov from Russia and the recent first BASE jump off the Italian side of mont blanc.
06/07/2011 - Alpinism
Valery Rozov, BASE jump off Grand Pilier d‘Angle, mont blanc This morning at 06:45 Russian alpinist and base jumper Valery Rozov carried out the first BASE jump off the Italian side of mont blanc
20/06/2011 - Alpinism
Kahiltna Peaks West (Alaska): new route by Meraldi and Giovannini On 24/05/2011 Fabio Meraldi and Diego Giovannini established a new route up the East Spur of Kahiltna Peaks West (3914m, McKinley-Denali mountain chain, Alaska).
22/04/2011 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, the new Matterhorn route and the exploration of the Alps On 9 April, after 4 days on the wall and three bivvies, Hervé Barmasse reached the summit of Picco Muzio via a new 700m route up the great pillar located on the South Face. This is the first stage in a trilogy to explore the Alps during which Barmasse plans...
19/04/2011 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2011, winners, diversity and the challenges of alpinism Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama from...
12/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Aiguille du Plan north face descents Two recent descents of the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan (mont blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards down a face which has extremely few descents.
07/04/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (mont blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in the world.
29/03/2011 - Book-press
Passion Together, in memory of Chloé Graftiaux A book and non-profit association have been created to honour Chloé Graftiaux, the Belgian climber who lost her life last August in a fall from Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (mont blanc). Published below is an open letter by Chloé's parents
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