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![Ice World Championships 2004](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
20/01/2004 - Competitions
Ice World Championships 2004 The Ice World Championships 2004 will be held in Saas Fee, Switzerland, from 23-25/01/2004
![Shisha Pangma Winter Expedition: attempt aborted](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
19/01/2004 - Alpinism
Shisha Pangma Winter Expedition: attempt aborted On 17/01 Simone Moro and Piotr Morawski aborted their attempt at 7700m of make the first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m).
![Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
16/01/2004 - Climbing
Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b The italian Gaia Montuori climbs Good bye 1999 8a+/8b at Grotti
![Why a campsite at Carezza al Lago?](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
14/01/2004 - Events
Why a campsite at Carezza al Lago? The Nova Levante-Welschnofen local council has approved the transformation of 10000 mq of "alpine meadows and woods" to “tourist and camping area." for the develpment of a camping ground above Lake Carezza in teh Dolomites.
![Austrian ice climbing competitions](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
13/01/2004 - Competitions
Austrian ice climbing competitions The Austrian Ice Climbing Championship and 4th International Carinthian and East Tyrolean Championship took place in Kotschach at the start of January.
![Brosse and Gignoux win XXI Transcavallo](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
12/01/2004 - Competitions
Brosse and Gignoux win XXI Transcavallo On 10/01/2004 the Frenchmen Stephane Brosse and Pierre Gignoux won the first stage of the ski mountaineering World Cup 2004 at Tambre in the Italian Dolomites.
![Chile: Stucchi, Davila and Redaelli fly](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
09/01/2004 - Alpinism
Chile: Stucchi, Davila and Redaelli fly "El Condor" On 24-28/12/2003, Silvestro Stucchi, Elena Davila and Riccardo Redaelli made the first ascent of "EL Condor" (VI, A1), in the Rio Azufre Valley, Torri del Brujo, Chile.
![Aconcagua south face: new route for Humar and Kozelj](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
08/01/2004 - Alpinism
Aconcagua south face: new route for Humar and Kozelj At the end of December 2003 the Slovenians Tomaz Humar and Ales Kozelj climbed the south face of Aconcagua (6930 m) via a new route "Mobitel's Swallow - Johan's route" VI+(A2).
![Anna Torretta dry tooling at Kandersteg](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
02/01/2004 - Alpinism
Anna Torretta dry tooling at Kandersteg Anna Torretta repeats Robert Jasper's "Tomahawk" M10+/M11- at Sulwald, Switzerland
![Ice Climbing Event 2004, Argentière](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
30/12/2003 - Alpinism
Ice Climbing Event 2004, Argentière The 14th international Ice Climbing Event 2004 takes place in Argentière, Fournel from 7-11 January 2004.
![Stefania Daniele So Sexi 8a](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
23/12/2003 - Climbing
Stefania Daniele So Sexi 8a On17/12 Stefania Daniele repeated So Sexi 8a at the Gabbio (Ferentillo).
![Snow & Avalanche awareness camps](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
17/12/2003 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Snow & Avalanche awareness camps For the fifth year running the Austrian non-profit organisation "Snowboarders for Safety" has organised a series of free snow & avalanche awareness camps throughout the 2003/04 winter season
![Scotland difficulty and bouldering results](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
12/12/2003 - Competitions
Scotland difficulty and bouldering results Sandrine Levet wins both the Difficulty and Bouldering events and wins Bouldering World Cup 2003. Jerome Meyer wins men's event and World Cup. Patxi Usobiaga wins men's Difficulty. World Cup 2003 won by Alexandre Chabot and Muriel Sarkany.in Edinburgh
![Is not Always Pasqua! Italian hard grit for Brenna](/uploads/img/3/76320.jpg)
01/12/2003 - Climbing
Is not Always Pasqua! Italian hard grit for Brenna On 20 November Cristian Brenna made the first repeat of “Is not always Pasqua”, Italy's hardest trad route, first climbed by Mauro Calibani in October 2002, and graded E9 7a.
![Shenzen World Cup results](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
28/11/2003 - Competitions
Shenzen World Cup results François Auclair and Muriel Sarkany win the ninth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003, but overall victory goes to Alexandre Chabot and Sarkany
![Tibet: a ring road around Mount Kailash?](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
24/11/2003 - Events
Tibet: a ring road around Mount Kailash? International campaigners for Tibet have voiced their growing concern about a planned ring road around Mount Kailash, Tibet's most sacred mountain.
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