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Daila Ojeda repeats Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana

February 17th, 2012

Spanish climber Daila Ojeda has repeated Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana, Spain.

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Mont Rochefort, the video of Capozzi and Bigio’s first descent

February 17th, 2012

The video of the first descent of “Pente a Remy” carried out on 13/02/2012 by Davide Capozzi and Stefano Bigio from Mont Rochefort (Mont Blanc).

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Dave MacLeod climbs his Castle in the Sky

February 17th, 2012

Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has created the new drytooling route Castle in the Sky at Druim Shionnach, Scotland.

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Verhoeven and Saurwein bouldering at Hueco

February 16th, 2012

Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein have sent numerous boulder problems at Hueco (USA), including Slashface V13 (8B) for Verhoeven and two 8A and one 8A+ in a single day for Saurwein.

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Forra del Vinadia, ice climbing in the Friuli, Italy

February 16th, 2012

Five icefalls in the canyon Forra del Vinadia, Zia Mia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Zanna Bianca e Trip terapia introduced by Massimo Candolini and Marco Milanese

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Dean Potter, the free solo video on El Capitan in Yosemite

February 15th, 2012

The video of Dear Potter while he free solos the final quarter of the route Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

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Mont Rochefort, first descent by Capozzi and Bigio on Mont Blanc

February 15th, 2012

fter years of waiting for the right conditions, on 13/02/2012 Davide Capozzi and the Mountain Guide Stefano Bigio carried out a first ski and snowboard descent on Mont Rochefort (Mont Blanc). The report by Capozzi.

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Climbing at Alta Val Aupa

February 15th, 2012

The crag Alta Val Aupa, 21 routes from 6c – 8a+ close to Tolmezzo (Udine) in NE Italy, introduced by local climber Andrea Polo.

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Nanga Parbat winter expedition: Moro and Urubko abandon attempt

February 14th, 2012

Simone Moro and Denis Urubko have announced their decision today to abandon their attempt of the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) via the Diamir Face due to the prohibitive weather conditions.

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Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, fatal accident in Norway

February 14th, 2012

Tragedy in Norway, where last week the alpinists Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal died while attempting a new ice climb up the Kjerag rock face.

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TODAY - THURSDAY MAY 17 2012 Sunny - cold in the morning - mild in the afternoon SKY CONDITION : clear or partly cloudy - thickening high cloud from the west during the afternoon. Period of sunshine close to 85%. PRECIPITATION : none. WIND - ground level : variable light - light to moderate afternoon thermal breeze. WIND - mid mountain : variable -> S light. WIND - high mountain : NW moderate to strong -> W light to moderate. TEMPERATURE : low -2 C - high +17 C - temperature inversion toward 1500 m. ISOTHERM 0 C : 2400 -> 3300 m. ISOTHERM -10 C : 3900 -> 4700 m.