The news

At the end of October Josune Bereziartu sent Tsunamy 8c+/c at Alquezar, Huesca, Spain

Stefania Daniele has repeated Ruby 7c+ (La curva di Gabbio), Fearstruck 7c (Sezze), Mandela superstar 8a (Gabbio).

On 16/11 Muriel Sarkany Julian Ramón Puigblanque won the 8th stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2003 in Kranj, Slovenia

In October 2003 Anna Torretta climbed the Zodica, El Capitan, Yosemite in 6 days and 5 nights and met the Huber brothers making the first free ascent.

From 6 - 27 October 2003 the Italian climbers Rolando Larcher, Michele Paissan and Maurizio Oviglia established Sul filo della notte (7c+ max; 7b obl) in the Taghia gorge, High Atlas, Morocco.

Jenny Lavarda and Flavio Crespi won the Italian Difficulty Championships in Penne last weekend, while Christian Bindhammer and Damaris Knorr won the German Championship in Scheidegg

The Other Final Takes Grand Prize at Banff Mountain Film Festival. Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival wins Book Festival, while Fritz Mueller’s Autumn Sunset in the Heart of Tombstone wins Mountain Photography Competition

at the Roaches Ben Heason climbs Final Destination E8 6c, while at Black Rocks Tom Briggs adds The Devil is in the Details E7 7a

The Italian boulderer Martin Moser has sent us a succinct report of his recent ascents in the South Tyrol and across the border in Austria's Maltatal

On 2 November Valery Babanov and Yura Koshelenko successfully summited Nuptse East 7804m

Alexandre Chabot and Angela Eiter win the seventh stage of the World Cup Difficulty in Valence

The arrival of the cold weather signals the start of hard gritstone ascents in Britain at the hands of Simon Moore, Sam Whittaker, Pete Hurley, Espen Samuelsen and Tobias Wolf

On 8 October the Italian mountaineer Sergio Martini reached the summit of Shisha Pangma Central Peak

In spring 2003 Damian Benegas and Willie Benegas made the first ascent of The Crystal Snake 5.9 M4 WI5 up the North Face of Nuptse, 7855m, close to Everest.

Hans Florine sets new Siera Nevada 14'ers record of 3 days 12 hours, 11minutes

Di Marino and Dimai win the 5th International Mountain Guides’ Climbing Championship held in Meringen, Switzerland