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Christoph Hainz talks about his speed ascent up the North Face of the Eiger in 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Jean-Christophe Lafaille makes the first winter solo ascent of Pèlerinagein preparation for his eigthth 8000m peak, Annapurna, Himalaya

Incubiamoci 2002, an informal bouldering meeting to which all are invited, will take place on Sunday 24 February at the Cubo, Italy

The 12th "Rassemblement International des Glacieristes du Fournel" and 11th Piolet d'Or will take place in Argentière - La Bessée from 9-13 January 2002

The Italian Bouldering Championship 2001 took place in Campitello di Fassa last weekend, and was won by Riccardo Scarian and Giulia Giammarco.

The Himalaya veterans Silvio Mondinelli and Mario Merelli departed for Dhaulagiri on 9 September. A strong Slovenian expedition heads for Cho Oyu

The Gruppo Ragni di Lecco is in mourning for the death of Casimiro Ferrari, the world famous alpinist and club member who passed away during the night in the hospital

On 12/08/01 Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani redpointed their project of the SW Face of the Marmolada.

The Italian Silvio Mondinelli climbs his third 8000m peak this season by summiting Gasherbrum I

On 21/07 Urs Stoecker, Iwan Wolf and Thomas Huber made the second ascent of Ogre (7285m), Pakistan, 24 years after the historic first ascent at the hands of Chris Bonington and Doug Scott

On 30 June 2001 Waldemar Niclevicz, Marcelo Santos and Irivan Gustavo Burda summited Trango's Nameless Tower, Pakistan

On 30 June Abele Blanc, Christian Kuntner and Stefan Andres reached the summit of Nanga Parbat (8125m).

The 49° Film Festival di Trento takes place in Trento from 27 April - 5 May 2001

All the 'Polartec Challenge' projects for 2001

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

Alp Millennium 3 Experimenta celebrates this year's outstanding contemporary mountain photography