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April 30th, 2013   |   Mountaineering

Kristoffer Szilas and his two partners opened a new route in the Kichatna Range, Alaska

Kristoffer Szilas, Millet mountaineer, comes back from Alaska where he opened a new extreme itinerary in the Kichatna range, with his two partners. 3 days to overcome the 1100m (3700 ft) of vertical height and grades : VI (ED+) with technical pitches AI5+, M6+, 5.10R, A3

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April 16th, 2013   |   Mountaineering

Long live to the spring ! (François Damilano)

A lot of narrow couloirs lovers and big faces integrated high altitude outings in their schedule as soon as April days become long.

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April 8th, 2013   |   Events - Mountaineering

The laureate expedition of the Piolets d'Or 2013 is ...

... are ... the 6 nominated expeditions ! The jury of the Piolets d'Or decided to give its prestigious award to all the expeditions which were nominated for the edition 2013 which took place in Chamonix and Courmayeur last week.

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April 3rd, 2013   |   Mountaineering

Opening of "Homeland" (M7), Belledonne (France), by M. Pellissier and D. Messina

Manu Pellissier and his friend Dimitri Messina have just opened a great new line of dry-tooling in the massif of Belledonne, on the Vallorins rock. Some high difficulties for this route of 400m.

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March 22nd, 2013   |   Mountaineering

The ephemeral dream of Antoine Bletton

Antoine Bletton ice climbed the "Massue" ice fall with his friend Arnaud Bayol. An ephemeral myth as this one is very rarely formed. This climbing must be extremely cautious. It is also the first grade 7 in history. Here is his story about his climbing and the commitment of such a performance.

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March 19th, 2013   |   Mountaineering

Norvegian Ice Trip for Philippe Batoux

Norway is ice climbing paradise. You just have to put yourself at the steering, to drive a little, to locate and choose your ice falls. Philippe Batoux, Millet mountaineer, is back from this great trip where climbed anonymous falls but also giant ones which are well-known.

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