In Central Europe, the Czech Republic is one of the largest climbing wall in the open air.It has a height of 15 meters and a diameter of 80 meters. There are more than 80 climbing routes.(Extrim-All.ru)

 Walter Nones has died on Cho Oyu (Himalay 8201m), the sixth highest mountain in the world. His death has been confirmed directly by the wife of the Italian alpinist. (4sport.ua)

 Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. (Wikipedia)

 Matterhorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The first ascent was made on 14 July 1865 by a party led by Edward Whymper. (Wikipedia)

The competitive ice climbing season begins this year with the opening of athlete registration for the first UIAA Open North American Championships in Bozeman, Montana (U.S.A) starting on Tuesday, 1 October.

This year's edition of The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2013 will take place from 10 to 13 October 2013.
The festival will last year's success with the tested format: a PROject competition, i.e. a sort of competitions for a selection of pro climbers at a new sector bolted specifically for the occasion, plus a marathon climbing competition open to all and split into two categories, OPEN and BIG.

The French event takes places 7 – 8 February, 2014 in Champagny-en-Vanoise, followed by the European Youth Championship competition in Pontresina, Switzerland, said Urs Stoecker, president of the UIAA Ice Climbing Commission.

The UIAA is saddened by the tragic death of Roger Payne, former general secretary of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC), who was killed in an avalanche 12 July 2102 on Mont Maudit in the Chamonix region of France along with eight other climbers.