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During their third evening entitled 'I am the mountains I have not climbed' the Italian alpinists Nives Meroi and Romano Benet talked about their mountaineering and life story. This was a special evening dedicated to a special story, as Manuel...

On 17/11/2011 at 20:30 CET Planetmountain will live stream the London stage of The North Face Speaker Series with simone moro, Cory Richards and Denis Urubko about the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum 8035m.

The 36th Banff Film Festival was celebrated in the small Canadian town last week and the winners of the various categories have now been announced.

Kazakh alpinists Denis Urubko and Gennadiy Durov have won the Piolet d'or Asia for the new route they established last August on Pik Pobeda (7439m).

The video of the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, carried out by simone moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards on 02/02/2011.

A new story written by Emilio Previtali to present his latest project: the The North Face STORY.teller yearbook, a book distributed by The North Face which recounts the stories, thoughts and adventures of his fellow Team TNF members.

The thoughts for Walter Bonatti which PlanetMountain received from the alpinists...

Trailer of some of the most important vertical moments, taken from the film Reel Rock 2011.

Interview with simone moro about the latest helicopter rescues in Nepal's mountains.

The 59th Trento Film Festival takes place from 28 April to 8 May to celebrate mountains, society, cinema and literature. Numerous mountaineering personalities gather in Italy's Trento including Messner, Herzog, Bonatti, Mazeaud, Erri De Luca, Mauro Corona, Neri Marcoré, Enrico...

On 17/04/2011 Swissman Ueli Steck ascended Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet in record time.

Neither the Polish mountaineers engaged on Broad Peak nor the international expedition on G1 have managed to climb these giant mountains during the coldest season, and both expedition have now abandoned their attempts.

simone moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards have now reached Base Camp after an arduous descent during which they were hit by an avalanche. This historic first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (8035m, Karakorum, Pakistan) now draws to a close.

After yesterday's historic first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (8035m, Karakorum, Pakistan), simone moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards have now descended from Camp 3 to Camp 1.

At 11:28 local time simone moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards reached the summit of Gasherbrum II. This is the first winter ascent of the 13th highest mountain in the world, a historic climb which is also the first winter...

simone moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards plan to set off from their Camp 3 at 6900m tonight for their first attempt at reaching the summit of Gasherbrum II (Karakorum, Pakistan).