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20/07/2009 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2009. From Mozart to Monaco: To the Limits of Human Endurance 818 kilometres, 30 participants from 23 nations, 5 countries, 1 goal: Monaco!

13/07/2009 - Competitions
RED BULL X-ALPS 2009 - final countdown The 4th edition of the Red Bull X-Alps, the most demanding and exciting paragliding and running adventure race in the world, starts on 19 July.

07/07/2009 - Competitions
Climbing World Championships, Qinghai, China The IFSC Climbing World Championships drew to a close on 05/07/2009 in Qinghai with Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza (ESP) and Johanna Ernst (AUT) winning the Lead. The Russians Alexey Rubtsov and Yulia Abramchuk won the Bouldering event, while Speed was won by the Chinese Qixin Zhong and Cuilian He.

19/06/2009 - Climbing
Alexander Huber, Om and Adam Ondra On 14/06/2009 Adam Ondra carried out the first repeat of Om 9a, the route first ascended in 1992 by Alexander Huber at Endstal in Germany.

16/06/2009 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2009: Fischhuber and Noguchi reign supreme Kilian Fischhuber from austria and Akiiyo Noguchi from Japan won the final stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2009 in Eindhoven last weekend and also won the Bouldering World Cup 2009. Rustam Gelmanov from Russia and Anna Stohr from austria won silver, while Natalija Gros from Slovenia and Gabriele...

11/06/2009 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2009: the final battle On 12 and 13 June the 5th and final stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2009 will take place in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The race for supremacy is between Rustam Gelmanov and Kilian Fischhuber, while Noguchi Akiyo is favourite for the women's category, ahead of Anna Stöhr.

08/06/2009 - Events
Rock Junior: the great game of climbing The 8th Rock Junior in Arco was a triumph of the game of climbing. Once again this is an unmissable event for youth climbing and for the hundreds of youngsters who, with their parents, assaulted the Climbing Stadium.

04/06/2009 - Climbing
8th Rock Junior, the climbing game The 8th Rock Junior will take place at Arco (Garda Trentino, Italy) on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2009. This great European climbing festival for young climbers is organised for the 8th year running by the Rock Master association.

26/05/2009 - Alpinism
A question of style: Meroi, Pasaban, Kaltenbrunner and all the 14 8000m peaks Edurne Pasaban with Kanchenjunga and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner with Lhotse have reached the summit of 12 8000m peaks. Nives Meroi and Romano Benet on the other hand have had to abandon their Kanchenjunga summit bid and have therefore climbed 11. The thoughts of Manuel Lugli about this female "race" to complete...

25/05/2009 - Alpinism
Lhotse for Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits It's summit time in the Himalaya, summits with a truly important specific weight. On 20/05/2009 Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from austria reached the summit of Lhotse, her 12th 8000m peak, together Ralf Dujmovits and David Gottlie from Germany and Hiro Takeuchi from Japan.

07/05/2009 - Climbing
Bouldering World Cup 2009, Fischhuber, Stöhr and Noguchi win in Hall The second stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2009 was held in austria's Hall last weekend. Kilian Fischhuber won the men's event, while Anna Stöhr (AUT) and Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) won female gold.

07/05/2009 - Climbing
Melloblocco ready steady go! The sixth Melloblocco starts today in the splendid Val di Mello, Val Masino, Italy. Thousands of climbers gather every year at this international bouldering meeting, which will come to an end on Sunday 10 May.

02/05/2009 - Events
Piolet d'Or 2009, the winners Last Saturday the Piolets d'Or 2009 were assigned in Chamonix and a total of three awards were given in this 17th edition: Kazuya Hiraide and Kei Taniguchi from Japan for their ascent of Kamet (India); Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato and Kazuki Amano from Japan for their new route on Kalanka...

08/04/2009 - Climbing
Avalanche danger in Zillertal climbing areas Due to the abundant snowfall this winter, Gerhard Hörhager has launched the following avalanche warning for austria's Zillertal prior to Easter.

07/04/2009 - Climbing
Bernd Zangerl Chironico bouldering fest On 17 March Bernd Zangerl carried out the first repeat of "From Dirt Grows The Flowers", the Fb8c problem first climbed by Dave Graham in 2005 at Chironico, Switzerland.

02/04/2009 - Climbing
Winds of change for climbing on Czech sandstone The Czech Mountaineering Union has passed a bill, still to be accepted by the Ministry of Environment, approving the use of chalk on Czech sandstone.
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