The Nose in French, as Bubu Bole has called his new line, crosses other routes, above all high up on the 23rd pitch where it crosses Manitua by Slavko Sveticic (see topo). "We really ... Mario Cortese ...

Highly technical climbing on slightly overhanging rock, with a crux slab pitch. Strong fingers needed for the small crimps. Redpoint repeat: Andrea Simonini and Rolando Larcher. No on-sight as yet.

Two Hungarians have opened a new line on the South Wall of 5,193m Shkhara in the Republic of Georgia. It is only the second ...