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![Heinz Mariacher receives Paul Preuss Award 2020](/uploads/img/3/44610.jpg)
24/08/2020 - Alpinism
Heinz Mariacher receives Paul Preuss Award 2020 Austrian alpinist Heinz Mariacher is the recipient of the Paul Preuss Award 2020. Mariacher is the eighth mountaineer to receive the prestigious prize after Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander and Bernd Arnold.
![Final farewell to Matteo Bernasconi on Pizzo Badile by Ragni di Lecco](/uploads/img/3/65991.jpg)
06/07/2020 - Alpinism
Final farewell to Matteo Bernasconi on Pizzo Badile by Ragni di Lecco On Sunday 5 July 2020 the Ragni di Lecco mountaineering club climbed Pizzo Badile and bid farewell to Matteo Bernasconi who was tragically killed in a ski mountaineering accident on 12/05/2020.
![Ciao Berna! Farewell to Matteo Bernasconi](/uploads/img/3/10369.jpg)
13/05/2020 - Alpinism
Ciao Berna! Farewell to Matteo Bernasconi On 12 May 2020 Matteo Bernasconi, the talented Italian alpinist, mountain guide and member of the Ragni di Lecco climbing club, perished in an avalanche. Born in 1982 and loved by everyone, Berna was ski mountaineering in Valtellina when the...
![The North Face Covid-19 Explore Fund pledges €1 million to support outdoor communities](/uploads/img/3/64975.jpg)
06/05/2020 - Environment
The North Face Covid-19 Explore Fund pledges €1 million to support outdoor communities We have received and publish the press release of The North Face that through its COVID-19 Explore Fund is committing € 1 million to support the outdoor communities affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Applications are welcome from companies and charities...
![Valnontey - Cogne ice climbing ban to protect Bearded Vulture](/uploads/img/3/62450.jpg)
03/01/2020 - Alpinism
Valnontey - Cogne ice climbing ban to protect Bearded Vulture A temporary ice climbing ban has been enacted in Valnontey (Cogne, Italy) to protect nesting bearded vulture. The Gran Paradiso National Park commission and the Cogne mountain guides have produced a Decalogue aimed at protecting the local wildlife.
![Peruana Supreme up SSE Face of Siula Grande in Peru](/uploads/img/3/62150.jpg)
06/12/2019 - Alpinism
Peruana Supreme up SSE Face of Siula Grande in Peru American mountaineer Nathan Heald reports about Peruana Supreme (1000m, TD, AI4), a new route climbed alpine style up the South Face of Siula Grande in Peru with Peruvians Luis Crispin and Thomas Schilter, France's Benjamin Billet and Finland’s Arttu Pylkkanen.
![Brad Gobright perishes in climbing accident in Mexico](/uploads/img/3/51035.jpg)
28/11/2019 - Climbing
Brad Gobright perishes in climbing accident in Mexico Highly talented US climber Brad Gobright has lost his life in a climbing accident on the multi-pitch El Sendero Luminoso at El Potrero Chico in Mexico.
![Nirmal Purja climbs Shishapagma and completes 14 eight-thousanders in under 7 months](/uploads/img/3/61591.jpg)
29/10/2019 - Alpinism
Nirmal Purja climbs Shishapagma and completes 14 eight-thousanders in under 7 months Earlier today the Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja reached the summit of Shishapagma and, in doing so, completed his ‘Project Possible’ which aimed at climbing all fourteen eight-thousanders in less than seven months. Purja required just six months and six days;...
![Grand Flambeau, two new mixed climbs signal start to Mont Blanc winter season](/uploads/img/3/61573.jpg)
29/10/2019 - Alpinism
Grand Flambeau, two new mixed climbs signal start to Mont Blanc winter season Italian mountain guide Ezio Marlier introduces the new sector Cuori di Ghiaccio on Grand Flambeau in the Mont Blanc massif, where so far this year he has established five new mixed climbs.
![Dolomites Tofana di Rozes and the classic Via Costantini - Apollonio. By Manrico Dell'Agnola](/uploads/img/3/60553.jpg)
06/09/2019 - Alpinism
Dolomites Tofana di Rozes and the classic Via Costantini - Apollonio. By Manrico Dell'Agnola Manrico Dell'Agnola remembers a repeat of Via Costantini - Apollonio up the Tofana di Rozes Pillar in the Dolomites, first ascended by Ettore Costantini and Renato Apollonio on 13 July 1944.
![Goodbye to Zsolt Török, one of Romania's foremost mountaineers](/uploads/img/3/60538.jpg)
03/09/2019 - Alpinism
Goodbye to Zsolt Török, one of Romania's foremost mountaineers Vlad Capusan remembers his friend and climbing partner Zsolt Török, one of Romania’s foremost mountaineers who lost his life in a climbing accident on 14 August 2019 in the Făgăraș mountains.
![Gendarme du Cardinal / New rock climb in Mont Blanc massif](/uploads/img/3/60087.jpg)
03/08/2019 - Alpinism
Gendarme du Cardinal / New rock climb in Mont Blanc massif French alpinists Antoine Bletton and Sébastien Moatti have established Armand Marley (350m, 6a+), a new rock climb up Gendarme du Cardinal in the Mont Blanc massif.
![K2 summits by Adrian Ballinger, Carla Perez & Co](/uploads/img/3/59989.jpg)
24/07/2019 - Alpinism
K2 summits by Adrian Ballinger, Carla Perez & Co K2 was climbed without supplementary oxygen today by Adrian Ballinger and Carla Perez. Shortly beforehand the summit of the second highest mountain in the world was reached by Nirmal Purja and his sherpa team climbing with O2.
![La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail, recap of the legendary Dolomites trail running competition](/uploads/img/3/59700.jpg)
15/07/2019 - Competitions
La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail, recap of the legendary Dolomites trail running competition Videos and memories of the La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail race, the legendary trail running competition that took place around the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites at the end of June and was won by Tim Tollefson and...
![Two rucksacks, one friendship. Ivo Ferrari and remembers Marco Anghileri](/uploads/img/3/19775.jpg)
07/07/2019 - Alpinism
Two rucksacks, one friendship. Ivo Ferrari and remembers Marco Anghileri Ivo Ferrari remembers Marco Anghileri, his friend and mountaineer from Lecco.
![Denali Cassin Ridge climbed by François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti, West Rib by Stefano Stradelli, Roger Bovard](/uploads/img/3/8234.jpg)
01/06/2019 - Alpinism
Denali Cassin Ridge climbed by François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti, West Rib by Stefano Stradelli, Roger Bovard Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Francesco Ratti have climbed the Cassin Ridge on Denali (McKinley) in Alaska; five days earlier the two Valle d'Aosta mountain guides had climbed to the summit vie the West Rib. Expedition members Stefano Stradelli and...
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