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![Alpinism and climbing in 2012 - part 1](/uploads/img/3/4340.jpg)
02/01/2013 - Alpinism
Alpinism and climbing in 2012 - part 1 Part one of what happend, in alpinism and in climbing, in 2012. A summary, for obvious reason incomplete, of the climbs, the most beautiful achievements and also the most painful moments in 2012. In the hope that this résumé serves...
![Conrad Anker and Simone Moro at London for the TNF Speaker Series 2012](/uploads/img/3/15119.jpg)
06/12/2012 - Events
Conrad Anker and Simone Moro at London for the TNF Speaker Series 2012 The final stage of the The North Face Speaker Series 2012 took place in London on 20/11/2012 with two great alpinists: America's Conrad Anker and Italy's Simone Moro. The themes couldn't have been any others than alpinism and the Himalaya,...
![Mario Panzeri climbs all 14!](/uploads/img/3/12159.jpg)
18/05/2012 - Alpinism
Mario Panzeri climbs all 14! Yesterday 17 May the Italian alpinist Mario Panzeri reached the summit of Dhaulagiri to compete the tour of the 14 eighthousanders. After Reinhold Messner, Silvio Mondinelli and Abele Blanc he is now the fourth Italian to climb all the highest...
![Gasherbrum I, search abandoned for Göschl, Hählen and Hussain](/uploads/img/3/11184.jpg)
20/03/2012 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum I, search abandoned for Göschl, Hählen and Hussain The search operation has been called off for the alpinists Gerfried Göschl, Cedric Hählen and Nisar Hussain who went missing on Gasherbrum I on 09/03/2012.
![Gasherbrum I, historic Polish first winter ascent and drama for Göschl, Hussain and Hahlen](/uploads/img/3/11078.jpg)
12/03/2012 - Alpinism
Gasherbrum I, historic Polish first winter ascent and drama for Göschl, Hussain and Hahlen At 08:30 local time on 09/03/2012 the summit of Gasherbrum 1 (Karakorum, Pakistan) was reached for the first time in winter by the Polish mountaineers Adam Bielecki and Janusz Golab. On the same day the alpinists Gerfried Göschl, Nisar Hussain...
![Mario Merelli, goodbye to the alpinist from Bergamo](/uploads/img/3/10527.jpg)
18/01/2012 - Alpinism
Mario Merelli, goodbye to the alpinist from Bergamo 18/01/2012. Mario Merelli died this morning at 8:00am while climbing up Pizzo Redorta (Val Seriana, Bergamo, Italy). Merelli was one of the most famous Italian alpinists and Himalayan mountaineers and one of the driving forces of the Bergamo mountaineering scene.
![Nanga Parbat in winter, Moro and Urubko travel towards their dream](/uploads/img/3/10362.jpg)
30/12/2011 - Interviews
Nanga Parbat in winter, Moro and Urubko travel towards their dream Interview with Simone Moro and Denis Urubko, currently on their way to Nanga Parbat to attempt the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (8125m).
![Piolet d'Or Asia won by Denis Urubko and Gennadiy Durov for Pik Pobeda](/uploads/img/3/9710.jpg)
07/11/2011 - Events
Piolet d'Or Asia won by Denis Urubko and Gennadiy Durov for Pik Pobeda Kazakh alpinists Denis Urubko and Gennadiy Durov have won the Piolet d'or Asia for the new route they established last August on Pik Pobeda (7439m).
![K2: Kaltenbrunner, Pivtstov, Zumayev and Zaluski safe in Base Camp](/uploads/img/3/8812.jpg)
26/08/2011 - Alpinism
K2: Kaltenbrunner, Pivtstov, Zumayev and Zaluski safe in Base Camp The news couldn't be better: after their K2 summit, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Vasiliy Pivtstov, Maxut Zumayev and Darek Zaluski are now safe and sound back in Base Camp.
![Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summits K2!](/uploads/img/3/8798.jpg)
23/08/2011 - Alpinism
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summits K2! At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen.
![Kahiltna Peaks West (Alaska): new route by Meraldi and Giovannini](/uploads/img/3/8281.jpg)
20/06/2011 - Alpinism
Kahiltna Peaks West (Alaska): new route by Meraldi and Giovannini On 24/05/2011 Fabio Meraldi and Diego Giovannini established a new route up the East Spur of Kahiltna Peaks West (3914m, McKinley-Denali mountain chain, Alaska).
![Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist](/uploads/img/3/7736.jpg)
29/04/2011 - Alpinism
Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed...
![Shisha Pangma, the video of Ueli Steck](/uploads/img/3/7728.jpg)
27/04/2011 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma, the video of Ueli Steck The video of Ueli Steck and his speed ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet
![Ueli Steck, the climb up Shisha Pangma](/uploads/img/3/7661.jpg)
21/04/2011 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck, the climb up Shisha Pangma Some details about Ueli Steck's recent speed ascent of Shisha Pangma.
![Ueli Steck top speed solo on Shisha Pangma](/uploads/img/3/7546.jpg)
18/04/2011 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck top speed solo on Shisha Pangma On 17/04/2011 Swissman Ueli Steck ascended Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet in record time.
![Ueli Steck in the Himalaya](/uploads/img/3/7550.jpg)
15/04/2011 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck in the Himalaya Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is back in the Himalaya, at present in Shisha Pangma base camp, ready for an attempt up the South Face together with Don Bowie
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