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On 8 March Luca Zardini climbs "Ombre Atomiche" 8a+ boulder at Erto

The hardest and most spectacular ski mountaineering competition in Europe, the 17th Pierra Menta, was won by Boscacci & Murada

The Italian duo Franco Nicolini and Mirko Mezzanotte win the second stage of the Ski mountaineering European Cup in Spain

For the third year running the "Family of Friends" will take place at Montchavin Les Côches, at La Plagne, France from 10 to 15 March.

Luca Negroni, Luciano Fontano, Gloriana Pellissier and Alexia Zuberer win the 19th Transacavallo

Harald Berger, Dimitri Bytchkov and Ksenia Sdobnikova win the IWC 2002 after final round in Quebec, won by Ines Papert and Dimitri Bytchkov.

The winners of the APEX Award 2002 were presented at Munich’s ispo a fortnight ago.

Incubiamoci 2002, an informal bouldering meeting to which all are invited, will take place on Sunday 24 February at the Cubo, Italy

On Saturday 23 February 2002 the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Gran Sasso Water Resources will meet at Pescara, central Italy, to demonstrate against the planned third tunnel in the Gran Sasso

Cristina Brenna spent part of January bouldering around Italy, repeating some classics at Meschia, Il Cubo and, just north of the border in Switzerland, Cresciano.

430 climbers gathered together on Sunday in Parma, to compete in the second stage of Italy's unofficial bouldering league

Pakistan cuts mountaineering fees by 50% in an attempt to revitalise the tourism crisis for 2002

Christoph von Toggenburg from Switzerland has finally set off on his “Bike for help” to travel from India to Switzerland by mountain bike.

ISPO Winter Trade Fair takes place from 2-5 February in Munich

The first ever Ski Mountaineering World Championship came to a close in Serre Chevalier last weekend

The third round of the Ice World Cup at Saas-Fee goes to Dimitri Bytchkov and Ines Papert.