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The “Pillewizer” loses his name: Salzburg Alpine Club ends honoring glacier researcher with Nazi past

For almost 40 years, this particular ridge in the Venediger Group of the Central Eastern Alps bore the name of the cartographer and glaciologist Wolfgang Pillewizer. The Salzburg Alpine Club is now investigating his past as a member of the Nazi Party and the SA: The summit sign has been removed, and the mountain will remain nameless in the future.

Alexander Megos climbs Intermezzo XY solved (9a) flash

The German professional climber Alexander Megos succeeds in the flash ascent of the 9a route Intermezzo XY solved at Plombergstein.

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