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Andreas Frötscher talks about the excitement of his Red Bull X-Alps 2011, the competition which took place last July and crossed the Alps from Salzburg all the way to Monaco. 864km by paraglider and on foot.

The ninth edition of the The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc was won by Kilian Jornet Burgada from Spain and Elizabeth Hawker.

Adam Ondra (CZE) and Yana Chereshneva (RUS) won the Duel competition and in doing so also the special Rock Master 2011. The Combined ranking was won by Ondra, DiGiulian while the National ranking went to Russia.

Day 7 of the Red Bull X-Alps dawned with the news that race leader Christian Maurer had been served with a 24-hour time penalty.

Spaniard Ramón Julian Puigblanque is the new Lead World Champion. Jakob Schubert from Austria wins silver, Adam Ondra wins bronze. Qixin Zhong from China and Maria Krasavina from Russia are the new Speed World Champions.

In the Arco Climbing Stadium Angela Eiter won the Lead World championship for the third time.

During the VI Arco Rock Legends the Salewa Rock Award was given to Adam Ondra. The La Sportiva Competition Award went to Ramon Julien Puigblanque.

In the first round of the Women's Qualification the following qualified with flying colours and two tops: Ernst, Kim, Röck and Eiter. The Italian Jenny Lavarda has also qualified for the Semifinal.

The Planetmountain team is at the IFSC World Championship in Arco: our live reports, our videos and the unbelievable photos by Giulio Malfer and Anna Piunova.

The first ParaClimbing Speed World Championship took place in Arco today. 33 athletes from 11 different countries took part in the event.

All the hot favourites qualify for the Semi-final. The provisional ranking is led by Hori (JPN) and Lachat (SUI). Others to qualify include the Italians Preti, Moroni and Scarperi, as well as Ondra (Cze) and Fischhuber (Aut).

The IFSC World Championship kicks off in Arco and expectations for this great sport event are simply enormous.

Adam Ondra has achieved the first 8c+on-sight on Italian soil by sending L'Avaro at the Tetto di Sarre (Aosta).

Chrigel Maurer is the most successful paragliding pilot of our days and the titleholder of Red Bull X-Alps. In 3 days, the Red Bull X-Alps 2011 will start in Salzburg. In the following interview, we asked Chrigel Maurer 12 questions.

Opening show of the IFSC Climbing World Championship on Saturday 16 July at 21.45 at the Climbing Stadium, Località Prabi, Arco

Xavier Murillo, 55, from France, member of Paragliding World Cup Association and respected pilot has been reported missing since Friday 1 July. Xavier has not reported or been seen after he took off with a white paraglider in the area of Caraz in Peru. The comunity of pilots and moutaineers...