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On 2 August 2011 Italian climber Mario Prinoth carried out a rare repeat of Silbergeier (8b/8b+, 240m) in the Rätikon, Switzerland, while on 25 May he had managed to on-sight the via Battisti - Weiss (400m, max 8a+) on Spiz delle Roe de Ciampiè (Larsec, Catinaccio, Dolomites).

Following a large rockfall, the Chamonix guides advise against ascending Mont Blanc via the Goûter route, and camping is now prohibited at Tête Rousse. Furthermore, the TMB tramway now stops at Mont Lachat.

At the end of July Slovene climbers Ales Holc, Peter Juvan and Igor Kremser made the first ascent of on Xuelian North-East (6249m), in the Xuelian Feng range, Tien Shan, China via their route Arête of Trust (ED2, AI5, M5+).

Tomaz Jakofcic and Tina Di Batista have established Ulina smer (IX, 1000m), a major new route up the North Face of Triglav, Slovenia.

Crepo Longo, a new crag on Mount Faloria above Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, with 20 routes from 4a - 6c.

Interview with Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou after La Classica Moderna' the new route the trio esablished up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on Mont Blanc.

On 1 August Hervè Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou established La Classica Moderna - The Modern Classic - up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.

The Dent du Geant (4013m), a great classic in the Mont Blanc range, introduced by Gianni Lanza.

The multi-pitch route Blede alla riscossa (5+, 360m), Piccolo Lagazuoi, Dolomites

This morning at 06:45 Russian alpinist and base jumper Valery Rozov carried out the first BASE jump off the Italian side of Mont Blanc

On 5-6 April 2011 the Italians Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori established La banda del buco (175m, 7a+/7b max, 6c+ obbl.) a new route up the North Face of Antro della Perciata on Monte Pellegrino (Palermo, Sicily).

DoloMitiche, the vertical journey through the Dolomites by Mountain guide Alessandro Beber, is now in full swing.

On 24/05/2011 Fabio Meraldi and Diego Giovannini established a new route up the East Spur of Kahiltna Peaks West (3914m, McKinley-Denali mountain chain, Alaska).

Maurizio Oviglia introduces three new crags in Southern Sardinia: Cave of dreams, Villasimius e Broadway

The splendid round-trip to discover Croda da Lago in the Dolomites, introduced by Mountain guide Enrico Maioni.

In April 2011 Simon Montmory established Inspiration (150m, 7a+ ) on Telendos, Kalymnos, Greece