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![Campus board advice from the British Mountaineering Council](/uploads/img/3/7479.jpg)
12/04/2011 - Climbing
Campus board advice from the British mountaineering Council The British mountaineering Council has issued important Campus Board advice aimed primarily at children and teenagers. Interview with Dr. Volker Schöffl
![Chamonix - Zermatt, new record](/uploads/img/3/7455.jpg)
08/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Chamonix - Zermatt, new record On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.
![Piolet d'Or 2011, the program](/uploads/img/3/7450.jpg)
07/04/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in...
![Goodbye Doug Lang](/uploads/img/3/7387.jpg)
31/03/2011 - Alpinism
Goodbye Doug Lang Scottish climber Doug Lang died in avalanche in Corrie Fee on 18/03/2011 aged 69. Simon Richardson remembers the man who played a leading role in the Scottish mountainering for over 50 years.
![Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings](/uploads/img/3/7319.jpg)
21/03/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings The IXX Piolet d'Or will take place from 13 - 16 April 2011 at Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc). Six ascents are in the running for the golden ice axe, while the great British mountaineer Doug Scott will receive the...
![From the Pierra Menta to the Grande Course... the changing face of ski mountaineering competitions](/uploads/img/3/7303.jpg)
19/03/2011 - Competitions
From the Pierra Menta to the Grande Course... the changing face of ski mountaineering competitions The Grande Course has just begun, the first international ski mountaineering cup comparable to a tennis Grand Slam. Action kicked off on 17 March on the slopes of France's Arêches-Beaufort, which hosted the Grenoble winter Olympics, with the classic French...
![Climb for life - give bone marrow](/uploads/img/3/7159.jpg)
08/03/2011 - Events
Climb for life - give bone marrow CLIMB FOR LIFE-GIVE BONE MARROW is aimed at all climbers worldwide who wish to do something good and donate bone marrow. Italian climber Pietro Dal Prà presents the initiative.
![The Sellaronda hourglass, the winners and the magic of the Ski Alp](/uploads/img/3/7050.jpg)
21/02/2011 - Competitions
The Sellaronda hourglass, the winners and the magic of the Ski Alp On 18 February 2011 Alain Seletto and Tony Sbalbi, Roberta Pedranzini and Francesca Martinelli won the 16th Sellaronda Skimarathon, the great ski mountaineering competition in the Dolomites. An analysis of the magical tour which crosses the passes Gardena, Campolongo, Pordoi...
![Solo per i tuoi occhi, the great icefall on Monte Pelmo climbed by Ballico and Milanese](/uploads/img/3/6767.jpg)
10/02/2011 - Alpinism
Solo per i tuoi occhi, the great icefall on Monte Pelmo climbed by Ballico and Milanese On 23/01/2011 Giuseppe Ballico and Marco Milanesi carried out what is believe to be the first ascent of Solo per i tuoi occhi (300m, V, WI 5+ XRM), the massive drip on the ESE Face of Monte Pelmo, Dolomites.
![Francek Knez and Silvo Karo, Slovenian Order of Merit for alpinism](/uploads/img/3/6737.jpg)
18/01/2011 - Events
Francek Knez and Silvo Karo, Slovenian Order of Merit for alpinism On 22 December 2010 the Slovenian alpinists Francek Knez and Silvo Karo were awarded the Order of Merit by Slovenia's President Dr. Danilo Tuerk. This high state decoration was confirmed on the pair for "their achievements in Slovenian mountain climbing...
![Freeride skiing in the Alta Badia, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/6434.jpg)
31/12/2010 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Freeride skiing in the Alta Badia, Dolomites A brief introduction to seven freeride itineraries in Alta Badia, Dolomites, by Mountain Guide Francesco Tremolada.
![Adamello ski mountaineering in Italy](/uploads/img/3/4547.jpg)
14/12/2010 - Alpinism
Adamello ski mountaineering in Italy Ski mountaineering on the largest glacier in the Italian Alps. Five ski tours described by the Mountain Guide Cain Olsen: Calotta, Ficazza, Pisgana, Pisganino and the legendary Adamello Tour.
![Rosso 70, awarded at the Bansko Film Festival](/uploads/img/3/6452.jpg)
09/12/2010 - Alpinism
Rosso 70, awarded at the Bansko Film Festival Rosso 70, the film directed by Francesco Mansutti and Vinicio Stefanello and which retraces the 70 yera mountaineering history f the Scoiattoli mountaineering club in Cortina, has won the Jury's Special Prize during the Bulgaria's X° International Mountain Film Festival...
![Explorersweb to charge for online content](/uploads/img/3/6510.jpg)
08/12/2010 - Book-press
Explorersweb to charge for online content www.explorersweb.com have announced that part of its content will be available to paid readership only.
![Red, Moon and Star, new route on Kizilin Bacì by Larcher and Giupponi](/uploads/img/3/6295.jpg)
02/12/2010 - Climbing
Red, Moon and Star, new route on Kizilin Bacì by Larcher and Giupponi In October 2010 Rolando Larcher and Luca Giupponi established Red, Moon and Star (8a/8a+ max, 7b obl., 400m) up the North Face of Kizilin Bacì (Ala Daglar, Cappadocia, Turkey).
![Accidents in the Himalaya and helicopter rescues](/uploads/img/3/6407.jpg)
30/11/2010 - Alpinism
Accidents in the Himalaya and helicopter rescues Simone Moro discusses helicopter rescues in the Himalaya, starting with the accident on Ama Dablam which cost the lives of two of his friends, the pilot Sabin Basnyat and the rescue operator Purna Awale, on a mission to rescue the...
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