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![Cerro Torre Ragni route for Bernasconi and Salini](/uploads/img/3/2599.jpg)
07/12/2008 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre Ragni route for Bernasconi and Salini On 2 December the Italians Matteo Bernasconi and Fabio Salini carried out a fast ascent of the Via dei Ragni on the West Face of Cerro Torre, Patagonia. This route was also climbed the previous day by Rolando Garibotti and...
![Adam Ondra, Open Air and Hotel Supramonte](/uploads/img/3/2554.jpg)
20/11/2008 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Open Air and Hotel Supramonte Interview with Adam Ondra after the long-awaited second ascent of Open Air at the Schleierwasserfall and the first onsight of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia.
![3rd Piolet d'or Asia to Japanese Kalanka team](/uploads/img/3/2529.jpg)
10/11/2008 - Alpinism
3rd Piolet d'or Asia to Japanese Kalanka team Japanese mountaineers Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato and Kazuki Amano have received the 3rd Piolet d'or Asia for their new route up the N Face of Kalanka (Garhwal, India, Himalaya).
![Tough Enough, international challenge on Tsaranoro, Madagascar](/uploads/img/3/2518.jpg)
10/11/2008 - Climbing
Tough Enough, international challenge on Tsaranoro, Madagascar The story behind the collective effort to free all the pitches of one of the hardest big walls in the world, Tough Enough 8b+ 380m on Karambony, Tsaranoro massif, Madagascar.
![Hansjörg Auer and the knot at the end of the rope](/uploads/img/3/2488.jpg)
29/10/2008 - Climbing
Hansjörg Auer and the knot at the end of the rope Hansjörg Auer reminds all how important it is to tie a knot into the end of the rope, even at the crag.
![Favresse and Villanueva discover The Secret Passage, new route on El Capitan, Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/2445.jpg)
20/10/2008 - Climbing
Favresse and Villanueva discover The Secret Passage, new route on El Capitan, Yosemite At the start of October Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva added a new free route, "The Secret Passage" 5.13c to El Capitan, Yosemite.
![Angelika Rainer first female ascent of Italia '61, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/2413.jpg)
14/10/2008 - Climbing
Angelika Rainer first female ascent of Italia '61, Dolomites At the end of September Angelika Rainer carried out the first female ascent of Italia 61 (220m, 8a),the historic aid route on Piz Ciavazes, Sella, Dolomites.
![Valle dell'Orco, new routes on Sergent](/uploads/img/3/2436.jpg)
12/10/2008 - Climbing
Valle dell'Orco, new routes on Sergent At the end of September and the start of October Maurizio Oviglia, Sara Oviglia, Paolo Seimandi and Eugenio Pinotti completed two new multi-pitch routes on the Sergent rock face in Valle Orco. They then added two single pitches to the...
![King Rock, the total rock climbing center opens its doors in Verona](/uploads/img/3/2386.jpg)
03/10/2008 - Climbing
King Rock, the total rock climbing center opens its doors in Verona The openening ceremony of the King Rock Climbing Center, the biggest indoor climbing wall in Italy, will take place on 10 October in Via Cà di Mazzè, Verona at 18.30. On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 October the King Rock...
![Amurita big wall climbing in Venezuela by John & Anne Arran](/uploads/img/3/2377.jpg)
02/10/2008 - Climbing
Amurita big wall climbing in Venezuela by John & Anne Arran John Arran and Anne Arran have made a remarkable first ascent of Amurita E7 6b on the remote Amuri Tepui wall in Venezuela.
![Silvia Vidal big wall climbing on Huascaran North, Peru](/uploads/img/3/2319.jpg)
19/09/2008 - Alpinism
Silvia Vidal big wall climbing on Huascaran North, Peru From 23 July to 9 August Silvia Vidal and Youri Cappis carried out the first ascent of "Entre boires" A3/6a+/80º on the East Face of Huascaran North (Cordillera Blanca, Peru).
![Lama and Verhoeven create Desperation of the Northface, Sagwand, Zillertal Alps](/uploads/img/3/2229.jpg)
29/08/2008 - Climbing
Lama and Verhoeven create Desperation of the Northface, Sagwand, Zillertal Alps David Lama from Austria and Jorg Verhoeven from Holland have carried out the first ascent of "Desperation of the Northface", an 820m line with difficulties up to 7b on the Sagwand (3227m) in the Zillertal Alps, Austria.
![Le demon du Midì, new route on Punta Grassi, Mont Blanc](/uploads/img/3/2193.jpg)
13/08/2008 - Alpinism
Le demon du Midì, new route on Punta Grassi, Mont Blanc E. Bonfanti, E. Bonino, L. Maspes, R. Roetti and P. Stroppiana have completed 'Diretta allo scudo Le demon du Midì', a new route up the ESE Face of Punta Grassi (3095m) at Rochefort, Val Ferret - Mont Blanc.
![Beka Brakai Chhok summit by Moro and Barmasse](/uploads/img/3/2138.jpg)
11/08/2008 - Alpinism
Beka Brakai Chhok summit by Moro and Barmasse On 1 August 2008 Italian mountaineers Simone Moro and Hervè Barmasse reached the hitherto unclimbed summit of Beka Brakai Chhok (6940m) in Pakistan's Karakorum.
![Rocca La Meya, new route AlpStation d'Isera](/uploads/img/3/2098.jpg)
07/08/2008 - Climbing
Rocca La Meya, new route AlpStation d'Isera On 23 July 2008 Elisabetta Caserini and Ezio Marlier carried out the first ascent of Alpstation d’Isera (270m 7a, 6b+ obl) on Rocca La Meya (Southern Alpi Cozie, Piemonte).
![Babanov and Afanasiev climb new route on Gasherbrum I](/uploads/img/3/2146.jpg)
05/08/2008 - Alpinism
Babanov and Afanasiev climb new route on Gasherbrum I On 01 August 2008 Valery Babanov and Viktor Afanasiev climbed a new route up the SW Face of Gasherbrum I (8068m). The ascent comes in the wake of the Russian climbers new route on Broad Peak (8047m), carried out on...
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