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![Canada: M12 Musashi must for Bubu Bole](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
02/03/2004 - Climbing
Canada: M12 Musashi must for Bubu Bole Mauro Bubu Bole, Anna Torretta, Israel Blanco and Andrea Gallo are currently on tour in Canada to try some of the hardest drytooling routes. Bole has made a quick repeat of Musashi M12 by Will Gadd at the Cineplex Cave.
![Russian expedition to climb new line on Everest North Face](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
01/03/2004 - Alpinism
Russian expedition to climb new line on Everest North Face At the end of February an 20-stong Russian expedition set off from Moscow for the Himalayas, where it aims to forge a technical new route up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face
![Bubu Bole and Anna Torretta dry tooling at Ueschinen](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
25/02/2004 - Alpinism
Bubu Bole and Anna Torretta dry tooling at Ueschinen Mauro Bubu Bole repeats No limits M12+ and Anna Torretta climbs Vertical Limits M12 at Ueschinen, Switzerland
![Hannes Pfeifhofer repeats ‘La via è bella’ M11](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
24/02/2004 - Alpinism
Hannes Pfeifhofer repeats ‘La via è bella’ M11 On 8/02/2004 Hannes Pfeifhofer repeated ‘La via è bella’ M11
![Cristal FFME 2003 awarded to Benoist - Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault - Magnin](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
23/02/2004 - Events
Cristal FFME 2003 awarded to Benoist - Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault - Magnin The Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade awarded the climbers Benoist-Glairon-Rappaz and Bérhault-Magnin for their outstandiing ascents in 2003
![Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
19/02/2004 - Alpinism
Dry tooling: Nelson and Ogden on tour In a two week trip Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden from Colorado repeated some of the hardest dry tooling routes in Europe, including Mission Impossible and Vertical Limit.
![Climbing competitions 2004](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
17/02/2004 - Competitions
Climbing competitions 2004 The Climbing World Cup 2004 Difficulty, Bouldering and Speed commence in less than six weeks time.
![Babanov and Koshelenko win Piolet d'or 2003](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
10/02/2004 - Events
Babanov and Koshelenko win Piolet d'or 2003 Valeri Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko won the prestigous Piolet d'Or for their ascent of Nuptse East South Pillar in November 2003.
![Kryvosheytsev and Buchmann win Ice-extreme boulder](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
06/02/2004 - Competitions
Kryvosheytsev and Buchmann win Ice-extreme boulder Evgenyy Kryvosheytsev (UKR) and Kirsten Buchmann (GER) have won the Ice-extreme boulder at Solcava (Slovenia).
![Saint-Ours II 6, M6 for Marlier, Chenal and M. Farina](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
06/02/2004 - Alpinism
Saint-Ours II 6, M6 for Marlier, Chenal and M. Farina Ezio Marlier, Francesca Chenal and Marco Farina have made the first ascent of "Saint-Ours" II 6, M6, at Fenille, Valsavarenche, Valle d'Aosta.
![Scarian wrestles with the Gladiator 8c+](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
05/02/2004 - Climbing
Scarian wrestles with the Gladiator 8c+ On 26 January Riccardo Scarian freed "Il Gladiatore" 8c+ at Fonzaso, Italy.
![Life is beautiful for Mauro Bubu Bole](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
04/02/2004 - Alpinism
Life is beautiful for Mauro Bubu Bole Mauro Bubu Bole frees "La via è bella" M11, Valle di Landro, Dolomites
![Marmolada cement danger](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
29/01/2004 - Alpinism
Marmolada cement danger Mountain Wilderness appeals against a planned development project at Malga Ciapela
![Papert and Berger win Ice climbing World Championship 2004](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
28/01/2004 - Competitions
Papert and Berger win Ice climbing World Championship 2004 On 24/01/2004 Ines Papert and Harald Berger won the Ice climbing World Championship 2004. Alexandre Matveev and Natalia Koulikova won the Speed event.
![Stefania Daniele climbs envy](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
26/01/2004 - Climbing
Stefania Daniele climbs envy On 22/01 Stefania Daniel climbed Invidia (3rd chain 8a), at the Grotta dell'aeronauta, Sperlonga.
![Nanga Parbat 1970. Reinhold Messner told the truth](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
25/01/2004 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat 1970. Reinhold Messner told the truth Günther Messner really did perish during the descent of the Nanga Parbat Diamir Face, as his brother Reinhold has always sustained.
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