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28/10/2006 - Alpinism
Bitter pills for Rossando Libera and Ezio Marlier on Mount Emilius On Thursday 26 October Rossano Libera and Ezio Marlier made a 12 hour first asscent of "Bocconi amari" up the north Face of Triangolo nero, Monte Emilius, Valle d'Aosta.

26/10/2006 - Climbing
Markus Bock ascends Frankenjura's hardest At the start of October Markus Bock made the first ascent of what he believes to be the hardest route in Germany's Frankenjura, "Corona" 11+ (French 9a+).

20/10/2006 - Alpinism
Kedar Dome ascent for Parnell and Emmett British duo Tim Emmett and Ian Parnell climb new route on the SE Pillar of Kedar Dome (6830m) in the Gangtori region of the Indian Garwhal.

20/10/2006 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu: Pavle Kozjek solo's new route up SE Face On 02/10/2006 Pavle Kozjek from Slovenia climbed a new route solo up the South East Face of Cho Oyu (8201m).

19/10/2006 - Alpinism
Slovenian TranGO Towers 2006 In late August a strong mixed Slovenian expedition travelled to Karakorum's Trango Towers where, despite unstable weather, they managed a remarkable number of repeats and first ascents

16/10/2006 - Climbing
Larcher frees Via Bepi Mazzotti on Dain On 2 October Rolando Larcher made the first free ascent of "Via Bepi Mazzotti" on the Piccolo Dain (Sarca valley, Italy).

13/10/2006 - Alpinism
Annapurna summit for Mondinelli, Camandona and Confortola On 12/10 the Italians Marco Confortola, Marco Camandona and Silvio Mondinelli reached the summit of Annapurna 8091m

12/10/2006 - Climbing
Fabrizio Droetto repeats Noia 8c+ at Andonno On 10 October Fabrizio Droetto repeated Noia, the legendary 8c+ at Andonno, first ascended by Severino Scassa in 1993.

11/10/2006 - Events
Kalymnos Interntaional rock Festival 2006 The 2nd International Climbing Festival will take place on Kalymnos, Greece, from 25 - 30 October 2006.

10/10/2006 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga on-sights Pata Negra 8c Patxi Usobiaga has onsighted "Pata Negra" 8c at Rodellar, Spain.

09/10/2006 - Trekking
Corsica H2O - Trekking in search of fresh water Trekking in Corsica from Val Restonica with Lac de Melo and Lac de Capitello to the fantastic walks in the Bavella granite.

05/10/2006 - Climbing
Barbara Raudner climbs Keitos Palast 8c Barbara Raudner from Austria climbs "Keitos Palast" at Austria's Höllental (Atlantis) and in doing so joins the fast-growing international list of female climbers capable of climbing 8c

05/10/2006 - Climbing
Amico Fragile: Sardina multi-pitch 7c+/8a In August the Italians Marco Vago and Simone Pedeferri completed their new route up M.te Donneittu (Codula de Luna, Sardinia) called Amico Fragile and graded 7c+/8a .

04/10/2006 - Alpinism
Luca Maspes & Co summer 2006 climbing exploration Luca Maspes & Co climb 11 new routes in Valtellina during summer 2006.

03/10/2006 - Climbing
Sognando l'aurora and other new Dolomite routes Massimo da Pozza makes the first ascents "Sognando l'aurora" (7b+ max, 7a obligatory), "Aspettando la vetta" (6c max, 6b obligatory) and "Il vecchio leone e la giovane fifona" (6c max 6b obligatory) on the Tofane di Rozes, Dolomites.

03/10/2006 - Climbing
Kilian Fischhuber repeats Action Directe On 25 September Kilian Fischhuber made the 9th ascent of Action Directe 9a at the Waldkopf, Frankenjura, Germany.
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