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25/03/2003 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
New ski descents in the Apennines On 23 March Stefano Imperatori, Renzo Rossini and Germana Maiolatesi set out to make the first descent from the East summit of Corno Grande, Gran Sasso d'Italia, after having completed another "first descent" down the Galluccio crest, Monte Vettore, at the start of the month together with Andreas Brink.
20/03/2003 - Events
Banff Mountain Photography Competition closing date The closing date for the 8th Banff Mountain Photography Competition, the prestigious Canadian photographic competition, is 30 May 2003
19/03/2003 - Climbing
Rock: new routes in Sardinia Maurizio Oviglia continues to forge new routes in Sardinia.
17/03/2003 - Alpinism
Attic M11+ for Gregor Kresal Grega Kresal from Slovenia has recently made a demanding first ascent of Attic M11+ in the Planica valley, Julian Alps.
17/03/2003 - Climbing
Alippi repeats Les Sindacalistes 8c+ Stefano Alippi has made the third repeat Les Sindacalistes, Cornalba's famous 8c+.
14/03/2003 - Interviews
Christian Core and Dreamtime at Cresciano The 8C boulder problem established by Fred Nicole at Cresciano, repeated by Christian Core. Photos by Andrea Gallo, video by Marzio Nardi.
12/03/2003 - Competitions
Papert and Krivosheitsev win Ice Climbing World Championship 2003 Ines Papert and Evgeny Krivosheitsev win the Ice Climbing World Championship 2003 held in Kirov, Russia
10/03/2003 - Competitions
Festiglace The North Face of Quebec, results Anna Torretta and Stephane Husson win the 6th Festiglace 20003 The North Face of Quebec in Canada
10/03/2003 - Climbing
C'era una volta in America" for Yuri Parimbelli On 23 February the 28 year old Yuri Parimbelli repeated "C'era una volta in America" 8c, Cornalba.
05/03/2003 - Alpinism
Robert Jasper climbs Batman M12 and on-sights Mission Impossible Robert Jasper makes the first ascent of Batman M12 E1, Basler Jura and on-sights Mission Impossible M11
04/03/2003 - Alpinism
The new challenge in Patagonia - Terra del Fuego News from the Italian expeditions to Cerro Torre and Cerro Piergiorgio, Patagonia, including Mauro Bubu Bole, RIccardo Milani and Simone Pedeferri
28/02/2003 - Alpinism
Winter Polish K2 Expedition called off The Winter Polish K2 Expedition has been called off without a successful summit but with all members, including Denis Urubko, Marcin Kaczkan and Krzysztof Wielicki, are safely back in Base Camp.
28/02/2003 - Alpinism
Ines Papert hard repeats and first female ascent of Mission Impossible M11 Ines Papert has made a series of hard mixed repeats, including the first female ascent of Mauro Bubu Bole's Mission Impossible M11 in Valsavarenche, Val di Cogne, Italy.
27/02/2003 - Alpinism
Massimo Da Pozzo, dry tooling at Cortina Massimo Da Pozzo, better known for his hard first ascents on the massive Dolomite walls around Cortina, Italy, has added two mixed routes in the Forra del Rio Felizon close to Cortina.
26/02/2003 - Alpinism
Expeditions: Broad Peak, K2, Patagonia Crucial moments for Mondinelli and Filo delo Impossibile attempting Broad Peak, and Denis Urubko, Wielicki and the Winter Polish Expedition attempting the first winter ascent of K2
24/02/2003 - Climbing
Alexander Huber solos Opportunist 8b at Schleierwasserfall in Austria On 19/02/2003 the German climber Alex Huber soloed Opportunist 8b, Schleierwasserfall, Austria
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