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On 14/06/2009 Adam Ondra carried out the first repeat of Om 9a, the route first ascended in 1992 by Alexander Huber at Endstal in Germany.

The mysterious place that everyone seems to have heard about, but where not many have dared venture! Under-rated and often overlooked, the Picos de Europa is Northern Spain's hidden secret! Consisting of a huge area of wild limestone peaks, it offers rock climbers and mountaineers a wealth of routes in...

On 31 May Luca Zardini carried out the first repeat of La grande linea dei sogni 8C+/9a, the Erto testpiece first ascended by Adam Ondra in April. With this ascent the Cortina based climber takes home the poker of the four hardest routes at this historic crag.

The latest news from the crags, or rather, when 9a isn't that difficult anymore and 8C approaches a rest... Dani Andrada, Markus Bock, Edu Marin, Adam Ondra, Gérôme Pouvreau, Chris Sharma, Maja Vidmar but also Dino Lagni and Luca Zardini.

In April 2009 Dino Lagni repeated Drumtime at Fonzaso while on 10 May he sent SuperAle 8C+ at Covolo, Italy.

A fortnight ago Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic on-sighted Italy's first 8C, Nagay at Covolo. The 16-year-old then doubled his takings with Una Vida Nomada the same day.

On 18 April, one of the leading Polish rock climbers Lukasz Dudek climbed the Arco classic - Underground 8C+/9a at Massone, Italy.

On 23 April Ricardo Scarian carried out the first ascent of Adidas 8b+ at Ranzo and the first repeat of Thin Ice 8C at Terlago, Italy

40 year old Yuji Hirayama has amde the first ascent of The Fifth Element 9a at Chichibu, Japan.

40 year old Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of The Fifth Element 9a at Chichibu, Japan.

Adam Ondra has returned to Italy and carried out the first ascent of "Vento nei Capelli" 8C+/9a at Cornalba and "La grande linea dei sogni"8C+/9a at Erto.

On 17 March Bernd Zangerl carried out the first repeat of "From Dirt Grows The Flowers", the Fb8c problem first climbed by Dave Graham in 2005 at Chironico, Switzerland.

On 14/03/2009 Luca Zardini carried out the first ascent of "La linea dei Sogni" (8C+), the extension to the legendary "Sogni di Gloria" at Erto (Italy).

This too is what rock climbing and the Melloblocco is all about: a normal story about a happy day climbing with Patxi Usobiaga and Curt Marazzi.

On 20 March 16 year old Adam Ondra made the first ascents of Riti Tribali 8C+ and Nonono 8C at Angelone, while on 21 March at Cornalba he repeated Les Sindacalistes 8C+ second go before onsighting Outsider (8a+). Adam Ondra's full report and thoughts about his Italian holiday.

Beat Kammerlander has made the first ascent of the trad route "Prinzip Hoffnung" (8b/8b+, E9-E10) at the Bürser Platte in Vorarlberg, Austria.