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![Tomaz Humar](/uploads/img/3/4169.jpg)
19/11/2009 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar The charismatic Slovenian climber who became one of the world's leading mountaineers, remembered by British journalist Ed Douglas.
![Tomaz Humar found dead on Langtang Lirung](/uploads/img/3/4116.jpg)
14/11/2009 - Alpinism
Tomaz Humar found dead on Langtang Lirung This morning at 05.25 European time the dead body of Slovenian alpinist Tomasz Humar was recovered from 5600m on the South Face of Langtang Lirung (7230m, Nepal) by a helicopter with a rescue team comprised of Swissmen Robert Andenmatten and...
![Bolts on Everest](/uploads/img/3/3242.jpg)
06/05/2009 - Alpinism
Bolts on Everest A team of Mountain Guides and Sherpa have placed some bolts on Everest to make the South Face route safer.
![Piolet d'Or 2009, the winners](/uploads/img/3/3221.jpg)
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...
![Piolets d'Or 2009, preview](/uploads/img/3/2899.jpg)
02/03/2009 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2009, preview From 22 - 25 April the 17th edition of the Piolets d'Or will take place between Chamonix and Courmayeur. This is possibly the most famous mountaineering award in the world, so much so that it has been defined as the...
![Mont Blanc: 4 mountaineers die on Aiguille du Midi](/uploads/img/3/2714.jpg)
20/01/2009 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc: 4 mountaineers die on Aiguille du Midi Between Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January four Italian mountaineers from Turin lost their lives while attempting to climb on the NW Face of Aiguille du Midi.
![Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and the Makalu winter project](/uploads/img/3/2578.jpg)
01/12/2008 - Alpinism
Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and the Makalu winter project At the end of December Simone Moro from Italy and Denis Urubko from Kazakhistan will attempt the first winter ascent of Makalu 8463m (Himalaya, Nepal), the fifth highest mountain in the world.
![Reinhold Messner and the mountaineering world stand up for Tibet](/uploads/img/3/1797.jpg)
17/04/2008 - Alpinism
reinhold messner and the mountaineering world stand up for Tibet reinhold messner and the main French mountaineering organisations defend Tibet.
![Silvio Mondinelli summits Broad Peak, his 14th 8000m peak](/uploads/img/3/730.jpg)
12/07/2007 - Alpinism
Silvio Mondinelli summits Broad Peak, his 14th 8000m peak Mondinelli has summited Broad Peak and all fourteen 8000m peaks: in doing so he has become the second Italian to climb the worlds highest mountains without the use of supplementary oxygen. The ascent and descent were carried out in a...
![XV Piolet d'or, the candidates](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
04/01/2006 - Events
XV Piolet d'or, the candidates The six candidates for the prestigious Piolet d'or, promoted by the French Montagnes Magazine and awarded in Grenoble, France on 10 February.
![Nanga Parbat: the body of Günther Messner found](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
18/08/2005 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat: the body of Günther Messner found The body of Günther Messner has been found on Nanga Parbat. He died 35 years ago.
![Alpinist wins design award](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
17/03/2005 - Book-press
Alpinist wins design award The American Alpinist Magazine announced today that it has received Print Magazine’s 2004 Regional Design Award for the cover of Alpinist 6
![K2 Magic line for Jordi Cormoinas: success and tragedy](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
02/09/2004 - Alpinism
K2 Magic line for Jordi Cormoinas: success and tragedy On 16 August 2004 at 24.00, Jordi Cormoinas, the leader of the Catalan "Tarragona Magic Line Expedition 2004", made the first repeat of K2's Magic Line. Manuel de la Matta died during the descent.
![Russians summit Everest by new North Face route](/uploads/img/3/11649.jpg)
01/06/2004 - Alpinism
Russians summit Everest by new North Face route At 09.15am on 30/05/2004 three Russian climbers, Pasha Shabalin, Ilyas Tuhvatullin and Andrey Mariev reached the summit of Mt. Everest via a demanding new line up the Central Pillar of Everest's North Face.
![52nd Film Festival di Trento](/uploads/img/3/.jpg)
10/05/2004 - Events
52nd Film Festival di Trento From the 1st to the 9th of May the International Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure will take place in the small town of Trento, Northern Italy.
![Everest, the routes up the North Face](/uploads/img/3/11649.jpg)
02/03/2004 - Alpinism
Everest, the routes up the North Face The routes on the North Face of Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
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