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![Melloblocco day two – it's a record!](/uploads/img/3/7874.jpg)
07/05/2011 - Events
Melloblocco day two – it's a record! With 2500 registered climbers on the second day, the eighth Melloblocco has already broken all previous records. The number will increase tomorrow during the final day of the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting.
![Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist](/uploads/img/3/7736.jpg)
29/04/2011 - Alpinism
Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed...
![Chad new rock climbs in Ennedi desert](/uploads/img/3/6651.jpg)
04/01/2011 - Alpinism
Chad new rock climbs in Ennedi desert At the end of 2010 James Pearson, Mark Synnott, Renan Ozturk and Alex Honnold established a series of new routes in the Ennedi Range in Chad.
![Fabio Giacomelli killed by avalanche at Cerro Torre](/uploads/img/3/4114.jpg)
07/01/2010 - Alpinism
Fabio Giacomelli killed by avalanche at Cerro Torre On 01 January 2010 Fabio Giacomelli, the 51 year old mountaineer from Trentino, Italy, died in an avalanche at the base of the East Face of Cerro Torre. After a three day search climbing partner Elio Orlandi managed to locate...
![Lisa Benetti climbs Progetto 8b+ at the Covolo](/uploads/img/3/3880.jpg)
09/10/2009 - Climbing
Lisa Benetti climbs Progetto 8b+ at the Covolo At the start of October Lisa Benetti climbed Progetto 8b+ at the Covolo, Italy.
![Goodbye Riccardo Cassin](/uploads/img/3/3652.jpg)
07/08/2009 - Alpinism
Goodbye Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin passed away last night at his home in Resinelli at the foot of his beloved Grigna mountain. Cassin was one of the world's all time absolute mountaineering legends. He had celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 January this...
![Winter safety: new norms by the Piemonte region, Italy](/uploads/img/3/2780.jpg)
06/02/2009 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Winter safety: new norms by the Piemonte region, Italy The Piemonte Mountain Guides inform that the Piemonte region has approved a new regional safety law for those practising winter sports.
![Angelika Rainer first female ascent of Italia '61, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/2413.jpg)
14/10/2008 - Climbing
Angelika Rainer first female ascent of Italia '61, Dolomites At the end of September Angelika Rainer carried out the first female ascent of Italia 61 (220m, 8a),the historic aid route on Piz Ciavazes, Sella, Dolomites.
![AlexAnna, new route by Rolando Larcher on Marmolada, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/2330.jpg)
17/09/2008 - Climbing
AlexAnna, new route by Rolando Larcher on Marmolada, Dolomites At the end of August 2008 Rolando Larcher completed AlexAnna (700m, 8a+/8b, 7b obl.), a new route up Pilastro Lindo on the SW Face of Punta Penia (Marmolada, Dolomites).
![Angela Eiter soars Skyline 8b on-sight](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
20/09/2006 - Climbing
Angela Eiter soars Skyline 8b on-sight Angela Eiter on-sigh's Skyline 8b at Bürs, Austria and redpoints Pietramurata (8b+), Halebob (8b+), Supermaratona (8b/8b+), Maratona (8b), Tropo Schwar (8b) and Fuego (8a+) at Massone, Arco.
![Sandrine Levet and Ramón Julián Puigblanque win XX Rock Master in Arco](/uploads/img/3/99.jpg)
04/09/2006 - Competitions
Sandrine Levet and Ramón Julián Puigblanque win XX Rock Master in Arco Sandrine Levet from France and Ramón Julián Puigblanque from Spain win the XX Rock Master in Arco (Trentino, Lago di Garda). Flavio Crespi, the best of the Italians, placed 4th.
![Nepal: four trekkers freed](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
28/03/2006 - Trekking
Nepal: four trekkers freed According to news reports published by The Associated Press, the four Polish trekkers kidnapped by Maoist rebels in Nepal have now been freed.
![Nepal: four Polish trekkers kidnapped](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
27/03/2006 - Trekking
Nepal: four Polish trekkers kidnapped The BBC has reported that four Polish trekkers have been kidnapped in Nepal by Maoist rebels.
![Harald Berger Alpine Trilogy triumph](/uploads/img/3/60423.jpg)
07/11/2005 - Climbing
Harald Berger Alpine Trilogy triumph Harald Berger from Austria becomes the second person to send the Trilogy, comprised of “Silbergeier” 8b+ (Beat Kammerlander), “End of silence” 8b+ (Thomas Huber) and “Kaisers neue Kleider” 8b+ (Stefan Glowacz).
![Nanga Parbat: the body of Günther Messner found](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
18/08/2005 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat: the body of Günther Messner found The body of Günther Messner has been found on Nanga Parbat. He died 35 years ago.
![Kalymnos Rock Festival report](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
09/11/2004 - Climbing
Kalymnos Rock Festival report At the start of October more than 500 climbers from all over the world gathered in Kalymnos for the second Kalymnos Rock Climbing Festival.
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