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American climber Michaela Kiersch has spent a month in Margalef, Spain, during which she has amassed an impressive list of climbs including 'Era Vella' (9a), 'Victimes del futur' (9a) and 'Coma sant pere' (8c+).

French mountain guide Paul Bonhomme set off in the early hours of this morning from Muggia in Italy on his ambitious 'Zero to Zero' project to run across the Alps all the way to the Principality of Monaco following the...

British rock climber Neil Gresham has made the first ascent of Lexicon at Pavey Ark in England. Graded E11 7a, it checks in as one of the hardest trad climbs in Great Britain.

British rock climber Neil Gresham has established Final Score, an E10 trad climb at Iron Crag in England.

Melloblocco, the largest climbing meeting in the world that has taken place for 14 years in Val Masino - Val di Mello before going on tour to Cresciano in Switzerland, will not take place this May as per tradition.

Interview with the 23-year-old Italian climber Lorenzo Puri, who recently climbed his 100th boulder problem graded 8A or harder.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces cuba, a new sports climbing crag in SE Sardinia.

Spanish skyrunning ultrarunner Kilian Jornet Burgada has been named the 2014 National Geographic People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year.

In February 2010 Helmut Gargitter, Simon Kehrer, Gonzalez Rubio and Ivan Calderon made the first ascent of Tierra de Condors (7a+, 800m), a new route up Ritacuba Blanco (5350m) in Colombia.

From 14/11/2014 to 31/01/2014 you can cast your vote online for the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014. Nominees include Adam Ondra, Kilian Jornet Burgada, Raphael Slawinski and Ian Welsted.

On Friday 15 November 15 Lugano (CH) will host Dreams and magic: breathtaking adventures from the Rätikon limestone to the glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula with Nina Caprez, Cédric Lachat, Romulus Nottaris and Simon Anthamatten. This year celebrates the 15th...

Interview with British climber Neil Gresham after his first ascent of the Deep Water Solo Olympiad 8b at Pembroke, Wales.

Armando Menocal explores the delights of climbing in cuba around the Valle de Vinales and suggests 40 superb routes at the main crag Mogote del Valle.

Mead Norton wins 2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize for his photo Prayer Offerings on the Shore of Namtso Lake, Tibet.

PlanetMountain has been voted best climbing site according to Forbes, the world's premier magazine for business and financial news.

On 19/09/2003 the Austrian Markus Schwaiger has freed Incubator Fb8b in the Zillertal, Austria