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01/10/2011 - Competitions
Rock Junior 2011, a 10 year climbing celebration Saturday 1 Ocotber 2011. Boom of participants during the first day of the 10th Rock Junior at the Climbing Stadium in Arco. 207 athletes competed in the Under 14 Cup while 130 middle school students from Arco participated. Another 300 climbers are expected tomorrow for the Kid's Rock.

29/09/2011 - Climbing
Whittaker and Randall take on America's biggest offwidths Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall are touring the USA, where at Vedauwoo Whittaker on-sighted the offwidth Lucille 5.13a.

28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Matterhorn, via Bonatti in 7 hours 14 minutes by Aufdenblatten and Lerjen-Demjen On 27/09/2011 the Swiss alpinists Patrick Aufdenblatten and Michael Lerjen-Demjen climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn via the Bonatti Diretissima (ED+ 1200m) in 7 hours 14 minutes.

28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Sasser Kangri II first ascent by Richey, Swenson and Wilkinson In summer 2011 American alpinists Mark Richey, Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson summited the second highest unclimbed mountain in the world, Sasser Kangri II (7518m). Trip report and questions with Steve Swenson

28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Kyrgyzstan, Djangart new routes by Danish expedition Danish alpinist Kristoffer Szilas reports about his expedition to the Djangart Region in Kyrgyzstan which resulted in four new routes.

27/09/2011 - Climbing
Alex Honnold solos in Yosemite In Yosemite Alex Honnold has soled Cosmic Debris 8a, Heaven 7c and Alien 7b.

26/09/2011 - Climbing
The Pogo, how do dyno in bouldering Two video clips with Carlo Traversi and Jo Glassberg which teach the bouldering technique calle The Pogo, also known as the Moon Kick.

26/09/2011 - Climbing
Sasha DiGiulian rocks Rodellar, Bielsa and Margalef Interview with Sasha DiGiulian after her recent spate of hard routes in Rodellar, Bielsa and Margalef in Spain.

23/09/2011 - Alpinism
Mount Edgar and Grosvenor, video of Kyle Dempster and Bruce Normand in China The video of Kyle Dempster and Bruce Normand and their 2010 routes up Mount Edgar and Grosvenor in China.

22/09/2011 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum II in winter, the video The video of the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, carried out by Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards on 02/02/2011.

21/09/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Denali South Face ski descent video Video of Andreas Fransson and his historic first ski descent of the South Face of Denali, Alaska.

21/09/2011 - Alpinism
Andreas Fransson and the Denali South Face ski descent Interview with Swedish extreme skier Andreas Fransson after the first ski descent of the South Face of Denali, Alaska.

21/09/2011 - Alpinism
Infinite Jest, new route by Matteo Della Bordella and Fabio Palma in Wenden On 03/09/2011 Matteo Della Bordella and Fabio Palma made the first one-day ascent of their "Infinite Jest" (640m 8a+/8b max, 7b obl.), the new route forged by the Ragni di Lecco members up the Mahren rock face in Wenden, Switzerland.

20/09/2011 - Interviews
Arnaud Petit spills the beans about Black Bean, Ceuse Interview with French climber Arnaud Petit after his greenpoint, ie trad ascent, of the 8b sport climb Black Bean at Ceuse in France.

20/09/2011 - Book-press
Emilio Previtali, The STORY.teller A new story written by Emilio Previtali to present his latest project: the The North Face STORY.teller yearbook, a book distributed by The North Face which recounts the stories, thoughts and adventures of his fellow Team TNF members.

20/09/2011 - Climbing
The Nose, new women's speed record On 16/09/2011 Libby Sauter and Chantel Astorga established a new female speed record up The Nose in Yosemite, USA, climbing the route in 10 hours 40 minutes.
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