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In August 2009 the Spanish brothers Eneko and Iker Pou carried out the first ascent of Orbayu 8c+/9a, 510m Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos de Europa, Spain which they describe as their most important route ever.

Paolo Spreafico, climbing with Adriano Carnati, made a rare on-sight repeat of Batman in Wenden (Switzerland).

beat kammerlander has made the first ascent of the trad route "Prinzip Hoffnung" (8b/8b+, E9-E10) at the Bürser Platte in Vorarlberg, Austria.

On 6/08 American climber Dean Potter carried out the first FreeBASE ascent of Deep Blue Sea (Eiger, 5.12+/7b+), climbing without a rope but with a B.A.S.E. parachute.

The 5th Krakow Mountain Festival will take place on 5 - 9 December and will star Steph Davis, Mick Fowler and Dean Potter.

Hermann Erber and Kirsten Buchmann pay homage to Harald Berger with their picture book "Equilibrium". All proceeds will go to the Salzburg Mountain Guides Association which administers a fund to deal with similar emergency situations.

Interview with the 14 year old Czech climber after his repeats of Abysse 9a (Gorges du Loup), Speed 8c+ (Voralpsee) and Silbergeier (Rätikon).

Adam Ondra climbs Abysse, 9a in the Gorges du Loup on 01/08/2007, Hot Chili beans Volcano 8b+ on-sight on 02/08/2007, Speed 8c+ at Voralpsee on 03/08/2007 and makes a one-day repeat of Silbergeier 8b+, Rätikon, Switzerland on 27/07/2007

On Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of May 2007, Val di Mello will host the fourth edition of Melloblocco, the international outdoors bouldering meeting in Northern Italy

On July 7th 2006 Ondra Benes from the Czech Republic made a swift repeat of beat kammerlander's legendary Silbergeier 8b+ in Rätikon, Switzerland.

Harald Berger from Austria has just returned from the Rätikon mountain range on the Swiss/Austrian border where he has made the first ascent of "Antihydral", an old Rochus Mathis project which now goes free at 8b.

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).

Pietro dal Prà from Italy has made the first repeat of "Unendliche Geschichte" 8b+, climbed by beat kammerlander in 1990.

Anna Torretta talks about the icefalls at Kandersteg, Switzerland

On 1 July Josune Bereziartu and Rikar Otegi made the first free ascent of Yeah man on the north face of the Gran Pfad, in the Swiss Gastlosen mountain range.

Bernd Zangerl invites all to respect the Magic Wood bouldering area close to Ausserferrera, Switzerland