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Mauro Calibani and Myriam Motteau win the Bouldering World Championship, while Gérome Pouvreau and Martina Cufar win the Difficulty

The Climbing World Championship 2001 started yesterday in Winterthur, Switzerland.

After just five days preparation the German Stefan Glowacz successfully redpointed "End of silence" on his first attempt. With this repeat Glowacz has become the first person to complete the Alpine Trilogy comprised of three alpine multi-pitches first ascended in 1994: End of Silence at Berchtesgaden by Thomas Huber, Silbergeier...

Chris McNamara recommends five super classic rock climbs in Yosemite Valley, California, USA.

Climbing on Corsica: a selection of some of the best multi-pitch rock climbs in Bavella, Val Restonica and Valle du Tavignano. By Maurizio Oviglia.

On19 July 2001 Lafranconi, Pedeferri, Vago, Castelnuovo and Marazzi from the “Gruppo Ragni della Grignetta di Lecco” , Italy will depart for the Ogre Thumb, Karakorum, Pakistan

On 1/07 Thomas Huber, Iwan Wolf and Urs Stöcker made the first ascent of Ogre III (6800m), Pakistan

Jean-Christophe Lafaille, Hans Kammerlander , Peter Guggemos and Pepe Garces are currently attemting K2., while the South American team led by Waldemar Niclevicz is attemting Trango's Nameless Tower. The weather has improved and the next few days should prove decisive

The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2001 took place in Gap on 30/06 - 1/07 and was won by the French duo Miriam Motteau and Jerome Meyer

The results from the fourth stage of the European Youth Cup 2001 held at Arco

In two months Iker Pou repeats Fred Nicole’s Elfe in Switzerland, and a number or testpieces in the Frankenjura, including Maharadscha Fb 8b, Showdown (8c), Raubritter (8c) and Wolfgang Güllich’s rarely repeated Wallstreet Original (8c/8c+)

On 23 May the Frenchman Marco Siffredi, snowboarded down the Norton Couloir on the 8850m North Face of Everest, 8850m

Antarctica.org by Michel De Wouters and Annick Pippelart won the 49th International Mountain Film Festival at Trento, Italy

The 49° Film Festival di Trento takes place in Trento from 27 April - 5 May 2001

The fifteen year-old Sherpa Temba Tcheri will attempt to become the youngest person to climb Everest. At Makalu the "Aquila" install ABC while various team members are evacuated due to High Altitude Sickness

The results of the European Youth Cup 2nd stage at Trieste, Italy