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Interview with Renzino Cosson, mountaineer, mountain guide and Mont Blanc expert after the accident on Mont Blanc du Tacul which cost the lives of 8 mountaineers on Sunday 24 August. An occasion and analysis of the “rules” of nature and...

Italian mountaineer Marco Confortola has been transported by helicopter down to valley. People are now slowly beginning to think about what happened during these last few days on K2.

On 28/07/2008 Dave Macleod made the first ascent of his project on Echo Wall, Scotland, his hardest lead to date.

A German expedition including Robert Japser and Stefan Glowacz has carried out the first ascent of "Take the long way home" (700m, 21 pitches, A4 10-) on Baffin Island, Canada.

Nicolas Favresse invites all to reflect about the human impact of our vertical activity, and launches his appeal for sustainable climbing.

On 14/11 Giulia Monego and Marcello Cominetti reached the summit of Cerro Mariano Moreno 3456m (Hielo Continental Sur, Patagonia).

Climber, mountaineer, but also keen snowboarder, surfer, skydiver, base jumper and nature lover, Leo Houlding is one of the most famous rock climbers and mountaineers in the world.

The BBC has reported that four Polish trekkers have been kidnapped in Nepal by Maoist rebels.

An accident, caused by human error and thankfully with no fateful consequences, has forced the operators to close the Mont Blanc first section until September.

Antarctica.org by Michel De Wouters and Annick Pippelart won the 49th International Mountain Film Festival at Trento, Italy

Slovenian alpinist Tomaz Humar has made a remarkable solo ascent up the South Face of Dhaulagiri