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The uncut send video of Elias Iagnemma repeating Burden of Dreams, the 9A boulder problem at Lappnor in Finland established by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016.

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Sébastien Berthe has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The route was repeated for the first time by Adam Ondra in February 2023, and Berthe's is now the third ascent. The Belgian climber, who in 2023 flashed the adjacent 'Le...

On 10/03/2024 the 20-year-old Italian climber Iris Bielli repeated 'Prinzip Hoffnung', the famous trad climb on the Bürser Platte, Austria, freed in 2009 by Beat Kammerlander.

On 29 February Mathieu Maynadier, Louna Ladevant and Tristan Ladevant made the first ascent of 'Syndrome de l’oubli' (400m/5/M7) on the SE Face of Point 3359m, also referred to as Deuxième Pointe de Nantillons, in the Envers des Aiguilles of the Mont Blanc massif

25-year-old Italian Stefano Carnati has made the first repeat of 'Vicious Circle' (9a+/b) at Mišja peč in Slovenia.

British rock climber Buster Martin has repeated 'Furia de Jabali' (9a+) at Siurana in Spain.

On 28 February 2024 Bronwyn Hodgins of Canada climbed her first 8C+, 'La Rubia' at Villanueva Del Rosario in Spain

Toru Nakajima has made the first ascent of 'Regret' at Ena in Japan. No grade has been put forward as yet but this 3-move problem promises to be intense.

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated 'La Rambla', the benchmark 9a+ located at Siurana in Spain.

On 17 February Fay Manners and Tom Lafaille made the first ski descent of the Arête Charlet Straton on Aiguille d’Argentiere in the Mont Blanc Massif. Manners reports about the 5.4 line they have called 'Stratonspherique'.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the second ascent of 'Return of the Sleepwalker', the 9A/V17 at Red Rocks, USA, established by Daniel Woods in 2021. Bosi made the ascent after 12 sessions and has now climbed 3 boulders at the world’s hardest grade.

On Saturday 20 January 2024 the Italian climber Iris Bielli redpointed her first 8C, 'Endangered' on Pala del Frate at Corni di Canzo.

The video of Germany's Florian Wientjes making the second ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ put up by Ryuchi Murai in 2021 at Mizugaki in Japan.

French mountaineers Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines have completed an exceptional trilogy, climbing the north faces of the Drus, Les Droites and the Grandes Jorasses in just three days and in the middle of winter. The enchainment was described as 'unimaginable' until only recently.

British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of the trad climb 'Immortal' at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK