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07/04/2005 - Climbing
Melloblocco movies tour Europe's larget bouldering meeting is fast approachiing: on 7-8 May the second edition of the Melloblocco will take place in the splendid Val di Mello, Italy
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.
30/03/2005 - Alpinism
Scott Muir Tsunami M12 in February Scott Muir from Scotland managed to make an important first ascent 'Tsunami' M12, at the Mission Impossible Cave in Northern Italy.
29/03/2005 - Alpinism
Himalayan objectives: Dhaulagiri and Annapurna On 30/03 Romano Benet, Nives Meroi, Luca Vuerich, Inaki Ochoa, Erri De Luca, Cesare Giuliani, Roberto Alloi, Mario Cedolin, Klemen Gricar, Christan Stangl, Peter Guggemos and Ivan Vallejo depart for Dhaulagiri., then Annapurna.
25/03/2005 - Events
Swiss glacier plastic wrap vs. global warming The Gurschen glacier (Andermatt, Switzerland) will be wrapped in plastic to prevent it from melting due to global warming.
23/03/2005 - Competitions
Croxall and Levet win in Birmingham The Bouldering Worldcup 2005 got underway in Birmingham, UK, on 18-20 March and was won by local Mark Croxall and Sandrine Levet.
23/03/2005 - Climbing
Parisse feels Fontainebleau Karma On 15 March Luca Parisse repeated Karma 8a+ at Fontainebleau, Paris, France.
22/03/2005 - Alpinism
Roda di Vael: Moulin rouge dance for Tondini and Sartori On 17 March Nicola Tondini and Nicola Sartori carried out the third ascent (and first winter ascent) of “Moulin Rouge” on the red-faced Roda di Vael in the Dolomites, first climbed in June 2002 by Oswald Celva and Christof Hainz.
22/03/2005 - Alpinism
Evgeny Kryvosheytsev plays The Game M13+ Evgeny Kryvosheytsev has repeated The Game M13+, Cineplex Cave, Canada
16/03/2005 - Alpinism
Italian spiders rock Chile's Cochamo valley A small Italian Ragni expedition has just returned from a successful 40-day trip to Chile, where it made the most of fantastic weather conditions to climb series of routes in the Azufre and Cochamó valley.
14/03/2005 - Competitions
Mezzanotte and Battel win Lagorai Cima d’Asta On Sunday 13 May Mirco Mezzanotte and Carlo Battel won the 15th ski mountaineering competition Sci Alpinistica Lagorai Cima d’Asta.
09/03/2005 - Alpinism
Dave MacLeod climbs Scottish XI 11 On February 19 Dave MacLeod made a winter ascent of "The Hurting" Scottish XI 11, believing this to be the hardest single pitch traditional mixed climb in the world.
07/03/2005 - Alpinism
Slovenian Patagonia expedition 2004 In mid January a small Slovenian expedition comprised of Silvo Karo, Andrej Grmovsek, Tanja Grmovsek and Monika Kambic Mali made a series of fast ascents in Patagonia, including the first all-female ascent of Cerro Torre and the "Slovenian start for...
02/03/2005 - Competitions
Festiglass du Quebec The eigth edition of the Festiglass du Quebec took place in Canada from 18-20 February 2005. The individual competition was won by Evgeny Kryvosheytsev.
01/03/2005 - Interviews
Alexander Odintsov - interview after winning the Piolet d'Or 2004 Interview with the Russian expedition leader who received the Piolet d'Or 2004 for the first direct ascent of the North face of Jannu.
01/03/2005 - Interviews
Steve House: interview after Piolet d'Or 2004 People's Choice Award Interview with the American mountaineer who received the nomination for the Piolet d'Or 2004 for his solo ascent of K7. This climb recieved the People's Choice Award as the most important ascent of the year.
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