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Claudia Colonia and Alessandro Penna report about their climbing trip to one of the most beautiful, and important bouldering areas in the USA: Buttermilks close to Bishop, California.

Britain's Andy Kirkpatrick and the Norwegians Kjersti Eide, Espen Fadnes, Aleksander Gamme, Ingeborg Jakobsen and Jonas Langseth have successfully made the first complete ascent of the South ridge of Ulvetanna (2931m) in Antarctica.

On 08 December 2013 Gianluca Cavalli and Marcello Sanguineti put up Fancy of Peckers (M5+R) on Col du Peigne. Located between Aiguille du Pélerins and Aiguille du Peigne in the Mont Blanc massif, this 175m variation links the first part...

Short video clip of American rock climber Alex Honnold who on 14 January soloed El Sendero Luminoso (7b+, 500m) up El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico.

Live streaming from Val Comelico (Dolomites) of Pitturina Ski Race, the third stage of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2014.

On 28/01/2014 Austrian alpinists Albert Leichtfried and Bendikt Purner made the first ascent of Zweite Geige (WI7/M7, 140m) in Vallunga, Dolomites, Italy.

In this video Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck talks about his 2013, marked by his Everest traverse attempt and the ascent of the South Face of Annapurna.

Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of First Round First Minute, the 9b sport climb freed by Chris Sharma at Margalef, Spain.

The video of Vanessa François and her ascent of The Zodiac up El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

Marco Nardi talks about the redevelopment and expansion of the historic bouldering area Ussel in Italy's Valle d'Aosta.

Rock climbing in winter on the Scogliera di Salinella in Sicily, Italy: the beautiful crag Calamancina at San Vito lo Capo. Part 4 of the series "Crags for each season" published together with Vertical-Life.info.

Some thoughts by Maurizio 'Manolo' Zanolla about climbing and the need to be conscious of the choices you make.

Using the Courmayeur stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face as a pretext, Giulio Caresio explores the freeride world by interviewing Nicolas Hale-Woods.

Italian climber Niccolò Ceria has repeated the boulder problem Meadowlark Lemon V14 at Red Rocks, USA.

Climbers against Cancer, the charity initiated by John Ellison aimed at raising awareness and gathering funds for cancer research, celebrates its first year of activity.

George Lowe, Erri De Luca, Catherine Destivelle, Denis Urubko, Lin Sung Muk and Karin Steinbach are the members of the highly expertPiolets d'Or 2014 Jury, with complementary approaches, endowed with a mountain spirit transcending the framework and limits of the...