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Two new routes in Val Lanterna, Central Alps

The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the west face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

A group of Mountain Guides from S. Martino di Castrozza will depart for Makalu on 1/04/2001

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

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

On Mount Nalumasortoq above the Tasermiut Fjord in Southern Greenland Jerome Arpin, Mario Manica and Francesco Vaudo made the first ascent of Non c'è due senza tre, a new big wall climb up the mountain's Third Pillar. Report by Antonella...

"Himalaya" awarded Grand Prize by International Jury

Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro before his attempt of the Everest - Lhotse Traverse.

National Geographic’s March issue publishes an account of the first winter ascent of Cerro Torre’s west face by Stephan Siegrist, G. Crouch, D. and T. Ulrich.

Marco Anghileri makes the first winter solo ascent of Solleder, Civetta, Dolomites

The Northwest Face of the Great Trango Tower, Pakistan has been climbed by Alex Lowe, Mark Synnott and Jared Ogden

On the 26th of October 1998, after fifteen days on El Capitan, the 29 year-old Slovenian Tomaz Humar completed Reticent Wall (VI, 5.9, A5 850m). Humar is well-known for his successes in the Himalayas, where in 1997 he ascended Nuptse...