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Day 11: Christian Maurer is a mere 19km away from the finishing line of Red Bull X-Alps 2011!

Austrian climber Bernd Zangerl has returned from the Rocklands in South Africa where he established two new problems.

After the Karakorum, the second expedtiion entitled "On the trails of the glaciers" is now about to set off for a month in the Caucasus, coordinated by Italian photographer Fabiano Ventura and the association Macromicro.

The Red Bull X-Alps is truly a team event. This short film details the role of the supporter, plus great footage of Maurer in France

15-year-old Italian climber Luca Marzari has sent two 8b's, Il Falco at Lumignano Brojon and La notte at Covolo.

Adam Ondra (CZE) and Yana Chereshneva (RUS) won the Duel competition and in doing so also the special Rock Master 2011. The Combined ranking was won by Ondra, DiGiulian while the National ranking went to Russia.

Day 7 of the Red Bull X-Alps dawned with the news that race leader Christian Maurer had been served with a 24-hour time penalty.

Spaniard Ramón Julian Puigblanque is the new Lead World Champion. Jakob Schubert from Austria wins silver, Adam Ondra wins bronze. Qixin Zhong from China and Maria Krasavina from Russia are the new Speed World Champions.

In the Arco Climbing Stadium Angela Eiter won the Lead World championship for the third time.

During the VI Arco Rock Legends the Salewa Rock Award was given to Adam Ondra. The La Sportiva Competition Award went to Ramon Julien Puigblanque.

Flying colours and two tops for: Ramón Julian Puigblanque, Sachi Amma, Magnus Midtboe, Cédric Lachat, Jakob Schubert Mario Lechner. Adam Ondra qualified, too as well as Martino Ischia, the only Italian to qualify. First excluded the Italians Stefano Ghisolfi, Silvio...

Day four of the world’s toughest adventure race saw a big shake-up in the rankings. Christian Maurer broke from the pack on Tuesday putting in a stunning four-hour flight to surf to within spitting distance of the Tre Cime.

In the first round of the Women's Qualification the following qualified with flying colours and two tops: Ernst, Kim, Röck and Eiter. The Italian Jenny Lavarda has also qualified for the Semifinal.

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: day 3. Christian Maurer won the Glocknerkönig trophy for being the first athlete to reach the third turnpoint in the Red Bull X-Alps. He was shortly followed by Toma Coconea (ROM) and Paul Guschlbauer (AUT4). Amon...

The multi-pitch route Blede alla riscossa (5+, 360m), Piccolo Lagazuoi, Dolomites

The Lead event capped the first edition of the IFSC ParaClimbing World Championship in Arco.