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On Sunday 7 November 2021 Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first ascent of the last outstanding project at Raven Tor, Brandenburg Gate, grading the climb 9a+.

Spanish rock climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made the first ascent of Cafe Solo, a 9b sport climb at Margalef.

On 31 October 2021 Scottish climber William Bosi made the long-awaited second ascent of Mutation at Raven Tor. First ascended by Steve McClure in 1998 and originally graded 9a, Bosi has now suggested an upgrade to 9a+.

16-year-old British rock climber Toby Roberts has repeated Hubble, the milestone sport climb established by Ben Moon in 1990 at Raven Tor, England.

On Monday 25/10/2021 US rock climber Jonathan Siegrist repeated Lapsus at Andonno, one of the hardest sport climbs in Italy.

Slovenian climber Vita Lukan has onsighted Geminis at Rodellar in Spain. Thanks to this ascent the 21-year-old has become one of the few women to onsight a route of these difficulties.

On 24 September 2021 American climber Sean Bailey repeated Bibliographie 9b+ at Céüse in France.

Japanese competition climber Miho Nonaka has redpointed Mr Hyde at Ceuse in France. In doing so she has upped her game from 7c+ to 8c+ in one single go.

Città di Uruk is a historic crag located in Val Sapin above Courmayeur in Italy. With over 30 climbs of all grades, this is reputed to be the best cliff in the entire Aosta Valley. This year the crag hosts the Tiro Lead competition, with € 1,000 prize money for...

The video of French climber Seb Bouin at the historic crag Cimaï in southern France.

Interview with Alberto Gnerro and Federica Mingolla, the two ‘judges’ of the Tiro Leader Climbing Challenge in Val Sapin above Courmayeur in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Until October two climbs, one for men and one for women, at the historic crag La città di Uruk await the first free ascent; €...

The Dolorock Climbing Festival 2021 took place from 1 to 31 July in Valle di Landro. Over 140 climbers from 5 different countries took part in the climbing meeting of the Dolomites.

Watch the third episode of Stefano Ghisolfi attempting Bibliographie at Céüse, the world’s second 9c freed in summer 2020 by Alex Megos.

The third episode of Petzl Legend Tour Italia exploring the origins of Italian sport climbing in the 1980's. After Finale Ligure and Sperlonga, the third stop are the crags at Ferentillo in the heart of Umbria.

Local climbers Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have launched a petition to save Lorünser Wändle, one of the most important crags in Vorarlberg, Austria currently at risk of being quarried.

There are 10 days left until the end of Dolorock, the climbing festival in the Höhlensteintal / Valle di Landro in the Dolomites.