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At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

The Italian Silvio Mondinelli climbs his third 8000m peak this season by summiting Gasherbrum I

On 30 June Abele Blanc, Christian Kuntner and Stefan Andres reached the summit of Nanga Parbat (8125m).

The Frenchman Jean-Christophe Lafaille speaks to planetMountain before his departure for K2

Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber free climb Golden Gate in 2000 on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

Patrick Bérhault has almost finished his Alpine traverse from Slovenia to France

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling

The 11th "Rassemblement International des Glacieristes du Fournel" will take place in Argentiere - La Bessée from the 10th to the 14th of January 2001 and the CAF will award the prestigious "Piolet d'Or"

On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the South Face of Everest

Bad weather affects most Himalayan expeditions

Selection process completed: 79 films accepted.

Interview with Hans Kammerlander, one of the driving forces in the mountaineering world, before his departure for K2.

Interview with Italian mountaineer Simone Moro before his attempt of the Everest - Lhotse Traverse.

Marco Anghileri makes the first winter solo ascent of Solleder, Civetta, Dolomites