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15/11/2018 - Alpinism
Mugu Peaks in Nepal, new route climbed by Anna Torretta, Cecilia Buil, Ixchel Foord The report by Italian mountaineer Anna Torretta who with Cecilia Buil from Spain and Ixchel Foord from Mexico made the first ascent of Couloir SW (600m, A1, 6a, M5), a new climb up the virgin Mugu Peaks (5467 meters) in...
05/02/2018 - Alpinism
Erzurum and the Ice Climbing Festival in Turkey. The report by Anna Torretta Anna Torretta reports about the Ice Climbing Festival held at Erzurum (Anatolia) in Turkey. Participants included the mountain guide from Courmayeur, Italy and the French mountain guide Jeff Mercier as well as Cecilia Buil, Ixchel Foord, Jost Kobusch and Raphael...
03/02/2015 - Alpinism
Turkey ice climbing Festival at Erzurum. The report by Anna Torretta From 21 to 25 January 2015, Turkey’s first-ever international ice climbing festival took place at Erzurum (Anatolia). Participants included Anna Torretta (a Mountain guide from Courmayeur) and Spain’s Cecilia Buil who made the first ascents of two beautiful icefalls: Anatolia...
06/08/2014 - Alpinism
New ice climbs in Chile by Cecilia Buil and Anna Torretta in Chile In mid-July Cecilia Buil from Spain and Anna Torretta from Italy made the first ascent of La Gioconda (160m, WI 6) a new ice climb on the glacier Cerro El Marmolejo (6109m, Chile) to which they then added the variation...
10/01/2011 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2011, Bendler and Tolokonina win in Cheongsong, Korea The first stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup took place in Cheongsong, Korea, on 8 and 9 January 2011 and was won by Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia. The Speed event was won by the...
08/07/2005 - Alpinism
Dru West Face rockfall On 29 June the West Face of Mont Blanc's Petit Dru suffered a new and important rockfall. The collapse occured above the previous 1997 rockfall.
07/07/2004 - Climbing
B.A.T. repeated by Torretta and Morandi B.A.T. Basic Absurd Technology, repeated by Anna Torretta and Erika Morandi on the Caporal, Valle dell'Orco, Italy
10/03/2003 - Competitions
Festiglace The North Face of Quebec, results Anna Torretta and Stephane Husson win the 6th Festiglace 20003 The North Face of Quebec in Canada
12/02/2003 - Alpinism
Anna Torretta repeats Fly in the wind Last weekend the Italian mountain guide Anna Torretta repeated Fly in the Wind M10 Dolomites
08/01/2003 - Alpinism
Ice news: dry tooling and competitions Anna Torretta, Kurt Astner and Massimo Farina dry tooling in Italy
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