• Alex Chabot repeated „La balle au bond“ 8a at Windstein.
• Florent Wolff invented „Microméga“ 8a+/b, a new combinationa in Kronthal.
• Loic Fossard repeated two 8b´s, „Stein und Flöten“ and „Simson's Rache“ at Wasserschloss/Basler Jura.

Info: Yann Corby

• It took several meetings to revise the new guidelines for climbing and bouldering in Pfalz. Now the finalized revision June 2005 has been agreed on.
  It is absolutely necessary that all of us stick to these guidelines! Doing so will help to keep routes and boulders accessible.
  please review the guidelines on our palatinum.info conservation page (sorry folks, there is no English translation yet).

• After his recent success at Retschel, Peter Schick climbed the monster roof „ZEC (Zero Effort Climbing)“ 8b/b+ at Burghaldefels.

• Finally, waiting is over!
  Hans-Jürgen Cron's and Udo Daigger's Südpfalz climbing guide is on it's way to the print shop.
  Haste makes waste!
  If you want to the amongst the first to get this indispensible book place an order in our palatinum web shop and receive the guide as soon as it leaves the press.
• The facts:
  Südpfalz Kletterführer
  H.J Cron, U. Daigger 2005
  platic cover, 700 pages, language: German
  price: 27.80 EUR + shipping cost
  
  Go for it at the palatinum web shop !

• Andi Ziegler did the first ascent of “Samba” 7c, right of “Golden” 7c+. It was an old project of Timm Gutensohn.
• Julius Westphal managed a new combination at Retschel. “Sorrento” 8b combine “Mamba” 8a+, “Bespring mich” 8a+ and finish at the top of “Big Easy” 7c.
• At Mühlfels, Andi Ziegler opened a new route, starting in “Die schöne Müllerin” 6b+, crossing the roof section, traversing the slab and finishing at “Pantomime” 8a.
  

• Markus Böspflug climbed a new combination at Retschel, named "Kriminelle Energie".
  Said Markus: "..scores at least 8b, starts with „TNT“ 8b+, traverses after the jump through the „Bespring mich“ traverse into „Gamba“, to the edge of the roof, right into „Narziß on the rocks“ and exit through it."
  

• Oldschool Climber Peter Schick rcently repeated “Fairplay” 8b at Retschel after the fucker had dropped him out again and again in the last pull for a few hard days.
• Upfront, he did several 8a and 8a+ pieces, one of which was famous “Hokus Pokus”, also at Retschel - where else?
• In the meantime, Thomas Leleu climbed „Le Theatre du No“ 8b in Kronthal.
  

Foto: Alex Wenner

• Bouldern at Brenta/Dolomites
  Klettern magazin had a shortened article about boulering in Brenta.
  Read the full story, written by Alex Wenner, here on palatinum.info.
  Goto to the story (currently in German, only. Volunteer translators are welcome!).

• As of now, capable people can gain blockage power on the newly installed 10m rope-ladder which is an ideal compelemt to the existing new campus board at The Rock.
  Training instruction for ladder and board can be found on the metolius website (in English).
  Another highly recommended document about this topic is Neil Gresham's Guide to Isolation Training (also in English).

• music:
  On stage: the Cologne formation minor mountaineer + secret support!
• contests:
  • who climbs the most routes
  • bad taste climbing (the phattest outfit wins)
  • the most worn out fingers score
  • the highest drop
  • ...and the rubber donky award!
• Marc "stonelove" Wollf presents a slide show.

• Mr. Toni Gutsch, who mastered Cerro Torre together with Alex Huber and who did a first ascent at Latok („tsering mosong“ :1000 meters climbing grade VII+/A3+), spent a weekend in Pfalz. Joining it AlexW and other locals, the climbed a few classics at Fladenstein, Burghalde and Rauhfels.
  
  upper pic:
  Toni Gutsch in the lower part of the Maestri route at Cerro Torre
  
  lower pic:
  v.l.t.r Toni Gutsch, Alex & Thomas Huber on the summit of Latok II