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The journey undertaken by Cédric Lachat and Guillaume Broust with The Future of Climbing continues with four previously unreleased episodes providing a behind-the-scenes look at some of Europe’s most iconic climbing sites. In the first bonus track, Cédric Lachat explores Fontainebleau and its problems.

On the south face of Piz Ciavazes in the Dolomites, Hubert Eisendle and Simon Kehrer have made the first ascent of 'Sellavie' (7a, 275m).

American alpinists Sean McLane and Vitaliy Musiyenko have made the first ascent of the unclimbed SW Ridge of Balakun (6,471m). The pair were in the Indian Himalaya with Christian Black, who was forced to turned around a few hours into the ascent. While it is unclear whether this was also...

Watch Jakob Schubert make the September 2023 first ascent of 'B.I.G.', his 9c at Flatanger in Norway.

The video of Elias Iagnemma making the first ascent of 'Exodia', the first boulder in the world to be graded 9A+.

South Korean climber Sung Su Lee has repeated Dreamcatcher (9a) in Squamish, Canada.

The video 'A day in Stanage' features Jim Pope & Elias Arriagada Krüger climbing some of the best boulders on gritstone: Crescent Arête, Not to be Taken Away, The Storm, Archangel, Deliverance, The Ace.

On 4 June 2026 Germany's Lara Neumeier repeated 'Des Kaisers Neue Kleider' in Austria’s Wilder Kaiser. In doing so she has become the second woman after Barbara Zangerl to climb the celebrated Alpine Trilogy, composed on the 1994 multipitches 'End of Silence' by Thomas Huber, 'Silbergeier' by Beat Kammerlander and...

Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has redpointed 'Ratstaman Vibrations' at Ceuse. This is his 12th 9b and comes in the wake of four 8C boulder problems sent earlier this spring.

The route topo of 'Via Helga' on Col Bocià, opposite the Scotoni Hut and close to the Valparola Pass and the Falzarego Pass. Established by Ingo Irsara and Simon Kehrer in 2023, this is an athletic and rewarding alpine sport climb in a tranquil corner of the Dolomites, Italy

On 6 June 2026 Janja Garnbret made the first female ascent of 'Bibliographie' (9b+) at Céüse in France. In doing so the 27-year-old Slovenian has become only the second woman in the world to climb 9b+, after Brooke Raboutou sent 'Excalibur' at Arco in April 2025.

Alpinists Simon Gietl and Constantin Schwaab have made the first ascent of 'Born Ready' on the Hintere Geierwand / Col di Specie in Höhlensteintal / Val di Landro (Dolomites, Italy).

From 5 - 9 March 2026 Japanese climbers Kosuke Kawachi, Toru Nakajima and Yudai Suzuki, made the first ascent of 'Echoes in the Dark' (800m, 7a, A3, X) on Cerro Cota, Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile.

The San Vito Lo Capo Climbing Association is currently rebolting the Never Sleeping Wall crag in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily.

On 26 May 2026 Matthias Giraud completed the first ski BASE Jump off Aiguille du Plan North Face. The 42-year-old French alpinist reports about 'the ultimate combination of alpinism, steep skiing and BASE jumping.'

Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of the historic 'Ravage' at Chuensiberg in Switzerland. First ascended in 1986 by Antoine Le Menestrel, the route was originally given 8c but subsequently downgraded to 8b+/c.