The news

The 11th "Rassemblement International des Glacieristes du Fournel" will take place in Argentiere - La Bessée from the 10th to the 14th of January 2001 and the CAF will award the prestigious "Piolet d'Or"

The recent fall in temperature has resulted in many waterfalls finally freezing over

The Italian Cristian Brenna repeats "Alien carnage" 8c+ at Castillion in just three attempts

Liv Sansoz and Daniel Dulac win warm-up to IWC 2001

The first Austrian Ice Climbing Championship Open takes place in Pitztal on 16/17 December

Third and final stage of the European Youth Cup in Kranj, Slovenia

The 18th edition of the International Festival of Mountain Films "Vila de Torelló" took place in Torelló, Spain from 10 -19 November

Yuji Hirayama and Liv Sansoz win the fifth leg at Kranj and in doing so conquer the World Cup Difficulty 2000

On 17-18/11 the final leg of the World Cup Difficulty 2000 takes place in Kranj, Slovenia

Alp Millennium 3 Experimenta celebrates this year's outstanding contemporary mountain photography

British climber Ben Bransby pushes standards by flashing Carmen Picasso E9 6c after seeing toprope ascent

On 3/11/2000, Pietro Dal Prà freed 'Hotel Supramonte', the route established by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani in the Gole di Gorropu, Sardinia

'Mysterious Mamberamo', directed and produced by Pavol Barabas, wins Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2000

The Frenchwoman Liv Sansoz and the Japanese Yuji Hirayama win the fourth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2000 at Nantes, France

The results after the first dayof the World Cup Difficulty at Nantes

The penultimate stage of the World Cup 2000 takes place in Nantes on 3-4 November in Nantes, France