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10/09/2007 - Competitions
Puigblanque and Eiter win the XXI Rock Master. Flavio Crespi a fantastic second. On 09/09/2007 Ramon Julian Puigblanque from Spain and Angela Eiter from Austria won Rock Master 2007. Flavio Crespi from Italy and Tomas Mrazek from the Czech Republic placed second and third respectively, as did Maja Vidmar from Slovenia and Irati Anda Villanueva from Spain.

22/08/2007 - Alpinism
Svalbard Atomfjella new routes in Spitzbergen climbing expedition In April 2007 a mixed Slovenian – Swiss - German team headed to the Atomfjella mountains in Spitzbergen, Norway where they made numerous mixed first ascents.

25/07/2007 - Alpinism
Puscantrupa Este Peru: new route by Kozjek and Kresal On 6/07 the Slovenian mountaineers Pavle Kozjekande Gregor Kresal made the first ascent of Stonehenge (VII+/VI, 70/50° ice, 600m), up the East face of Puscantrupa Este (5410m), Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru.

23/07/2007 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum II, Unterkircher and Bernasconi climb virgin North Face On 20/07 the Italians Karl Unterkircher and Daniele Bernasconi reached the summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) via the virgin North Face, climbing a beautiful route and resolving one of the most famous problems in the Himalaya.

12/07/2007 - Alpinism
K2 Russian West Face expedition A Russian team led by Victor Kozlov is attempting new line up the west face of K2 (8611m).

04/07/2007 - Alpinism
Tempus fugit - Ala Daglar new route in Turkey From 2 - 17 June Mauro Florit, Marco Sterni, Umberto Iavazzo and Massimo Sacchi made the first ascent of "Tempus fugit" 7b 700m on the S Face of Kizilin Baci 2944m, Turkey.

18/06/2007 - Alpinism
Everest: Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding summit in the 1924 footsteps of Mallory and Irvine On 14/06 Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding reached the summit of Everest following the footsteps of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine to shed light on the mystery of whether the two reached the summit of Everest on 8 June 1924.

07/06/2007 - Alpinism
Spitzbergen climbing Expedition to the Atomfjella mountains In April a mixed Slovenian – Swiss - German headed to Spitzbergen in Norway where they made numerous mixed first ascents.

04/06/2007 - Alpinism
Mixed solo climbs by Ezio Marlier in Alps Two new routes solo by Ezio Marlier, Spirito Libero (600m IV/4/M4) on Monte Emilius and Aragon (500m IV/4+/M6/A1) on Granta Parey, plus the solo repeats of some classic climbs on Mont Blanc du Tacul and Grandes Jorasses give some food for thought about climbing "without partners".

01/06/2007 - Alpinism
British Manamcho Expedition 2007 In April 2007 Mick Fowler, Paul Ramsden, Steve Burns and Ian Cartwright made the first ascents of Manamcho (6264m) and Point 5935m in the Nyainqentaglha East Range in Tibet.

10/05/2007 - Alpinism
Mondinelli and Confortola summit Cho Oyu On 02.05.07 Silvio Mondinelli and Marco Confortola reached the summit of Cho Oyu (8201m) in just 19 hours and without supplementary oxygen.

30/03/2007 - Alpinism
Japanese expedition climbs Lhotse South Face At the end of December a Japanese expedition led by Osamu Tanabe managed to climb the south Fasce of Lhotse (8516m) in winter, but turned back 40m short of the summit.

12/03/2007 - Climbing
Dry tooling: Svab flashes Mix isch fix at the Grotta di Landro Erik Svab flashes the dry tooling route "Mix isch fix" M10+ at the Grotta di Landro, Dolomites.

02/03/2007 - Climbing
Fegefeuer IX on Acopan Tepui, Venezuela, by Stefan Glowacz, Kurt Albert & Co At the end of December a German team led by Stefan Glowacz and Kurt Albert travelled to Venezuela where it established "Fegefeuer" IX, a new 700m route on Akopan Tepui, 2200m.

31/01/2007 - Alpinism
Simone Moro climbing high on Broad Peak Simone Moro is currently engaged in his winter attempt of Broad Peak (8048m, Karakorum, Pakistan).

29/01/2007 - Alpinism
Piolet d'or 2006 awarded to Prezelj and Lorencic for Chomo Lhari On 26 January 2007 Marko Prezelj and Boris Lorencic from Slovenia were awarded the "Golden ice axe" for their new route on Chomo Lhari. Pavle Kozjek was awarded the Spectators Choice for his new route climbed solo up Cho Oyu. This was the 16th edition of the mountaineering award, created...
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