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From 4 to 6 February 2025, French alpinists Manu Brechignac, Raphaël Georges and Jérôme Sullivan established 'Norah Padnom' on Pic Sans Nom, located to the left of the Drus in the Mont Blanc massif.

On 16 October 2024, Beau Fredlund and Ross Hewitt made the coveted first ski descent of the Dragon's Back / Central spur of the Spencer Face of Elie de Beaumont in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Hewitt reports

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has made the fourth free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. First climbed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2015, it was repeated by Adam Ondra in 2016 and is known as the most difficult big wall climb in the...

The 19th International Film Festival 'Festival gorniškega filma' will take place at Ljubljana and Domzale, Slovenia, from 17 - 22 February 2025. Directed by Silvo Karo, guests include Jackson Marvell, Miška Izakovičová, Ana Baumgartner, Urša Kešar, Anja Petek, Patricija Verdev, Marija and Andrej Štremfelj and many more.

The video portrait of inspirational British climber Tim Emmet.

German alpinist Robert Jasper has been awarded the 'Primus Inter Pares 2024' prize from the Polski Związek Alpinizmu, the Polish Alpine Club. This award recognises his extraordinary life's work and his pioneering first ascents in the field of alpinism

Young alpinists Danny Mensik and Petr Vicha have made the first free ascent of 'Bílý Rys', White Lynx, a route established over a decade ago by Pavel Vrtík and Martina Kratochvílová on the NE Face of Rysy in the High Tatras, Slovakia. The 13-pitch, 450m mixed climb is graded M9....

On the east face of Aguja Val Biois in the Fitz Roy massif of Patagonia the Italian climbers Alessandro Baù, Matteo Della Bordella and Mirco Grasso have made the first ascent of '¿Quién sigue?' (450m, 7a, A1).

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and without supplemental oxygen. On 27 December 2024 the 32-year-old had reached an altitude of 7,537 meters.

On 01/01/2025 the Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of 'L’Esprit des Murailles' on the southeast face of Dent d’Hérens, Grandes Murailles (Matterhorn group, Pennine Alps) in Italy's Aosta Valley.

On 28 and 29 December 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Alborada' (5.11+, 600m) on the west face of Cerro Mascara in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.

From 26/12/2024 to 01/01/2025, French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino made the first ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West Face of the Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif. The 1000m mixed route has been graded ED 1000m M5 6a A3.

On 27 December 2024 German alpinist Jost Kobusch, currently attempting his extremely ambitious project of climbing the West Ridge of Everest solo and in winter without O2, reached the unprecedented altitude of 7537m.

On 25/12/2024 Niccolò Bruni and Federica Furia made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Cadeau de Noël' on Aiguille de Toule (3534m) in the Mont Blanc massif.

The video of the first repeat and first winter ascent of the 'Directissime' on Pointe Walker on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, carried out from 9 to 13 February 2023 by French alpinists Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer. The route was established in summer 1986...

On 12 December 2024, the two South Tyrolean mountain guides Simon Gietl and Manuel Oberarzbacher completed the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Hybrid' on Mur de Pisciadù in the Sella group of the Dolomites, Italy.