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Last summer Petra Bernard and Renato Bernard established the multipitch 'Etienne' on the First Sella tower (Dolomites). The climb is dedicated to their son Etienne Bernard, who perished in 2021.

The short film Ian directed by Matt Raimondo that chronicles the incredible journey of Australian climber Ian Elliott who defies conventional limits of aging by sending his first 7c at almost 70 years of age.

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl is the recipient of the Paul Preuss Prize 2025. Awarded in memory of the bold Austrian alpinist, past winners are Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander, Bernd Arnold, Heinz Mariacher, Catherine Destivelle, Thomas Huber, Marko Prezelj and Dani Arnold

Sasha DiGiulian and Marianna Ordóñez have made the first female free ascent of 'Bravo Les Filles' (8b 600m) on Tsaranoro Kelly in Madagascar. This is the first time the route, established in 1999 by Nancy Feagin, Lynn Hill, Kath Pike and Beth Rodden, has been climbed all free by a...

Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee has made the first rope solo ascent of 'Voie Petit' on Grand Capucin. The 450m line was established in 1997 Arnaud Petit and Stéphanie Bodet together with Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit, and freed at 8a+/8b in 2005 by Alexander Huber.

On 27 June 2025, Luca Fois embarked on '86 Dolomites', the ambitious project to link all 86 peaks over 3,000 meters in the Dolomites in a single continuous effort. The 40-year-old Italian is joined by a team of experts comprised of Giuseppe Obinu, Emanuele Chessa and Michael Turconi.

David Göttler, Tiphaine Duperier & Boris Langenstein have carried out an alpine style ascent of Nanga Parbat (8126m) via the Rupal Face. The German descended the mountain by paraglider, while the French duo completed a ski descent.

Orlando Addis, Paul Chabot and Simon Prochaska have made the first ascent of 'Once upon a time in the northwest' on Tromma on the island of Kvaløya in Noway.

The sixth and final stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 took place in Innsbruck, Austria, this weekend and was won by Olympic Champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Toby Roberts of Great Britain. Oriane Bertone of France and Anraku Sorato of Japan were crowned season champions; this is Bertone's...

From 18 - 21 June 2025 French alpinists Yanis Cherqaoui, Baptiste Obino and Hugo Peruzzo made the first ascent of 'Le château dans le ciel' (ED, 7b+, 1000m) on Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif.

French alpinists Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have made the first ascent of ‘OSS ne répond plus..’ (7a+, 700m) on the West Face of Aiguille du Plan, Mont Blanc.

In mid-May Spanish climber Ana Belén Argudo Marugan made the first ascent of 'Jai-Alai' (9a) at Margalef in Spain.

33-year-old Aaron Durogati has claimed victory in the twelfth edition of the prestigious Red Bull X-Alps 2025, breaking a 16-year Swiss winning streak. With a final time of 7 days and 8 hours, Durogati became the first Italian ever to win the race, finishing just one hour ahead of Swiss...

Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have made the first free ascent of 'Next Generation' in the Rätikon massif. Located on the Zwölferkopf West Face, this 170m alpine sport climb was established by Christian Fritz, Pio Jutz, Klaus Müller and Christof Thaler in 2018 and now goes free at 8b+.

On 16/05/2025 Czech climber Adam Ondra made the first-ever flash ascent of a British trad climb graded E11, Lexicon at Pavey Ark in England.

From 1 - 23 May 2025 American alpinists Erik Boomer and Ky Hart have made the first ascent of 'Sikunga Express' (WI3 M7 5.10 A3+, 975m, 19 pitches) on Baffin Island, Canada.