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In an open letter Yvon Chouinard, mountaineer, surfer, fly fisherman and founder of "patagonia", the famous American outdoor clothing company explains how urgent and pressing the envirnmental issue is.

Stefan Glowacz has freed 'Last Exit Titlis' 8b on the isolated Titlis (3020m), Sustenpass, Urner Alps together with Markus Dorfleitner.

On 7 February 2004 the Italians Elio Orlandi and Luca Fava, and the Argentine Horacio Codò reached the summit of Chalten - Fitz Roy (patagonia) via the new "Linea di Eleganza" , graded ED+ 6c/A3 90°/M7,

In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.

In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to Everest.

Trekking in a magical and mysterious land: three magnificent walks around the Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, the stone heart of patagonia.

Mauro Bubu Bole repeats Strelovod, 8c at Misja Pec, Ospo

Mauro Bubu Bole and Riccardo Milani abandon hopes of forging a new line up the South Face of Cerro Torre, patagonia

News from the Italian expeditions to Cerro Torre and Cerro Piergiorgio, patagonia, including Mauro Bubu Bole, RIccardo Milani and Simone Pedeferri

Crucial moments for Mondinelli and Filo delo Impossibile attempting Broad Peak, and Denis Urubko, Wielicki and the Winter Polish Expedition attempting the first winter ascent of K2

Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have won the Piolet d'Or 2002 with their first ascent of the North Face central couloir of Siguniang, China

Brief news roundup of Fitz Roy patagonia ascents 2002 by Luca Maspes

From 8 — 12 January 2002 the French Parc National des Ecrins will host the Fournel Ice Climbing Event for 800 ice climbers. The nominees for the Piolet D'Or 2002 will be presented, as will the winning films of the...

At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

The Gruppo Ragni di Lecco is in mourning for the death of Casimiro Ferrari, the world famous alpinist and club member who passed away during the night in the hospital

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001