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28/08/2006 - Competitions
Olmo and Herry win The North Face Ultra-Trail du Tour du Mont-Blanc On 27/08/2006 Marco Olmo from Italy and Karine Herry won the 4th The North Face Ultra Trail du Tour du Mont-Blanc.
03/08/2006 - Alpinism
Uli Biaho new route by Kopold and Cmarik Dodo Kopold and Gabo Cmarik have made the f.a. of the NW Face of Uli Biaho 6417m, Karakorum, Pakistan. They also climbed a route up Hainabrakk East Tower (5800m) to 5375m.
27/07/2006 - Alpinism
To The Edge: mont blanc summit to fight leukemia This weekend a group of children and teenagers struck by leukemia will be based in Courmayeur with their sights keenly set on climbing mont blanc. They will be accompanied in this adventure by a group of mountain guides and mountaineers...
10/04/2006 - Competitions
Brunod and Reichegger win 12th Tour du Rutor The 12th international Tour du Rutor took place at Arvier in Valle d'Aosta last weekend and was won by the Italian team Dennis Brunod and Manfred Reichegger. The women's event was won the Italian/Swiss team comprise of Gloriana Pellissier and...
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.
13/02/2006 - Alpinism
XV Piolet d'or to Steve House and Vincent Anderson On 10/02 in Grenoble the golden ice axe, the mountaineering oscar 2005, was awarded to Steve House and Vincent Anderson for their new route up the Rupal Face on Nanga Parbat.
03/10/2005 - Alpinism
Le nez, P.ta Croz, Grandes Jorasses. New route for Bole and Cortese From the end of July to 4 Spetember Mauro 'Bubu' Bole and Mario Cortese made the first ascent of Le nez (1300m, max 7c), on the north face of P.ta Croz, Grandes Jorasses, mont blanc.
05/08/2005 - Climbing
Alexander Huber frees Voie Petit on Grand Capucin On the 17th of July Alexander Huber from Germany successfully made the first free ascent of 'Voie Petit' on Grand Capucin, mont blanc, grading the 300m line F8b.
04/08/2005 - Climbing
Ala Daglar, Turkey, two new routes for Larcher, Oviglia, Paissan In July 2005 Rolando Larcher, Maurizio Oviglia and Michele Paissan made two first ascents in the Ala Daglar mountain chain (Southern Anatolia, Turkey): “Uc Muz”, 650 m, 8a max, 7b obl. on the east face of Demirkazik (3757 m);...
08/07/2005 - Alpinism
Dru West Face rockfall On 29 June the West Face of mont blanc's Petit Dru suffered a new and important rockfall. The collapse occured above the previous 1997 rockfall.
01/04/2005 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses: new route by Gabarrou, Batoux and Dumarest From 17 to 21 March Patrick Gabarrou, Philippe Batoux and Christophe Dumarest made the first ascent of a new route on the North Face of Punta Margherita (4066m) at the Grandes Jorasses, mont blanc.
04/08/2004 - Alpinism
Aiguille du Midi cable car 1st section closed An accident, caused by human error and thankfully with no fateful consequences, has forced the operators to close the mont blanc first section until September.
20/04/2004 - Alpinism
Marlier and Farina make FA of Matador on mont blanc du Tacul On 14/04/2004 Ezio Marlier and Massimo Farina made the first ascent of Matador, a new mixed line up the east face of the mont blanc du Tacul.
05/03/2004 - Alpinism
Bérhault and Magnin to climb 82 4000m peaks in 82 days The Frenchmen Partick Berhault and Phillip Magnin are currently attempting to climb all 82 4000m Alpine peaks in just 82 days.
23/02/2004 - Events
Cristal FFME 2003 awarded to Benoist - Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault - Magnin The Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade awarded the climbers Benoist-Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault-Magnin for their outstandiing ascents in 2003
12/09/2003 - Competitions
Ultra-Trail du Mt. Blanc marathon On 31/08 the Nepalese Sherpa Daichhiri won the 150 km mont blanc marathon.
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