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29/07/2014 - Alpinism
K2 summits 60 years after the first ascent Numerous successful K2 summits were registered on the 26th of July, sixty years after the first ascent of the second highest mountain in the world carried out by the historic Italian expedition. Successful ascents include those of K2 expedition 60...

28/07/2014 - Alpinism
Happy 150th Birthday Bocca di Brenta The video in which the Nicolini family, along with the staff of Rifugio Pedrotti alla Tosa, recall the 150th anniversary of the first traverse of the Bocca di Brenta made by John Ball, with some mountain guides Molveno, in the...

09/07/2014 - Alpinism
Discover Brenta Dolomites 2014 For summer 2014 the Dolomites Paganella APT (tourist board), the Molveno Holiday consortium and the Municipality of Molveno have organised a series of events related to the world of mountaineering and hiking, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first...

02/07/2014 - Events
Hervé Barmasse and Emilio Previtali win Adventure Awards 2014 The alpinists Hervé Barmasse and Emilio Previtali will receive the Adventure Awards 2014. The prizes will be awarded on 25 July, 2014 in Livigno, Italy, during the second edition of the Adventure Awards Days that place from 22 to 27...

25/06/2014 - Competitions
The North Face Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2014 The 8th The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail will take place above Cortina, Italy from 27 - 28 June 2014. The race will be run along the original route. Thanks to the work of the volunteers the paths of the...

08/04/2014 - Events
Adventure Awards Days 2014 at Livigno From 22 - 27 July 2014 at Livigno, Italy, the second edition of Adventure Awards Days, a festival dedicated to adventure: to live, tell and share.

08/04/2014 - Events
Varazze BluBloc 2014 Christian Core reports about the 1st Varazze BluBloc, the bouldering meeting that was held at Varazze (Italy) on Saturday 5 April, 2014.

10/12/2013 - Alpinism
Rossana Podestà has left us Rossana Podestà died in Rome today aged 79. The famous Italian actress was also life partner of Walter Bonatti.

16/11/2013 - Book-press
National Geographic announces 2014 Adventurers of the Year From 14/11/2014 to 31/01/2014 you can cast your vote online for the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014. Nominees include Adam Ondra, Kilian Jornet Burgada, Raphael Slawinski and Ian Welsted.

12/11/2013 - Book-press
The explorer: The North Face Buzz Aldrin, the American astronaut and second man on the moon 20 minutes after Neil Armstrong, In this clip Aldrin talks about the curiosity that drives humans and their innate need to explore.

26/10/2013 - Alpinism
Annapurna south face, Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist’s reported ascent Last Thursday 24 October the French guides Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist are reported to have climbed the south face of Annapurna, repeating the route climbed by Ueli Steck on 9 October. This news, reported on many specialised web sites,...

03/10/2013 - Climbing
Just us and the wind. Vertical adventures beyond the Arctic Circle The report of the beautiful climbing trip up North, between the sea and the rock faces on the Lofoten island, Norway. By Giovanni Zaccaria and Alice Lazzaro.

27/09/2013 - Interviews
New route up Monte Sarmiento East: the second after this historic 1956 first ascent by Mauri and Maffei Interview with Chilean alpinist Camilo Rada after the first ascent, carried out with Natalia Martinez from Argentina, of a new route up the North Face of Monte Sarmiento in Patagonia. Suerte de Sarmiento is only the second route to the...

11/07/2013 - Alpinism
Artur Hajzer perishes on Gasherbrum I 7 July the 51-year-old great Polish alpinists Artur Hajzer died while falling down the Japanese couloir on Gasherbrum I (8068m).

25/06/2013 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat and the incredible, tragic terrorist attack The shock and pain continues regarding the terrorist attack and massacre of alpinists that took place on the night between Saturday and Sunday at the Diamir Base Camp on Nanga Parbat (Karakoram, Pakistan). The list of 11 victims has not...

23/06/2013 - Alpinism
Terrorist attack at Nanga Parbat base camp: at least 10 dead A serious and incredible terrorist attack took place at 1am at on the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat base Camp (Pakistan). At least 10 people are believed to have died in the attack.
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