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The video of American climber Michaela Kiersch sending her first 9a+, La Rambla at Siurana in Spain.

The video 'A New Way Up' directed by Jake Holland, featuring Fabian Buhl and Will Sim paragliding and climbing above the Hunza Valley in Pakistan's Karakorum. Using this groundbreaking paralpinism approach the pair made the first ascent of the Gulmit Tower (5801m) in July 2022.

Last weekend Oriane Bertone of France and Lee Dohyun of South Korea claimed their first-ever World Cup gold medals by winning the Prague stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret claim silver, Flavy Cohaut and Mejdi Schalck bronze.

Watch Scottish climber Will Bosi repeating Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland first ascended by Shawn Raboutou.

This spring La Severina, the spectacular crag in Cilento in Campania, Italy, was developed further and currently features 30 pitches ranging from 6b to 8b+. Rolando Larcher provides the info, while a video by Sergio Morra introduces this 'overhanging forest of stalactites' located between San Severino di Centola and the...

On the 14th of May 2023 Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France climbed 100 different 7A boulder problems in Fontainebleau in a single day. Berthe provides the details of this challenging link-up which the pair completed by fair means, ie by bike or on foot.

The cliff Paligremnos - Plakias on the island of Crete in Greece has been declared a monument of Natural and Cultural Heritage. A recent Greek court order now prohibits the construction of a tourist resort above the crag which was at risk of closure. The rock and beach below are...

American rock climber Cedar Wright has launched the peculiar Dirtbag Fund, which will assign 5 grants of $1000 each to climbers who devote their lives to climbing on the road,

French climber Sébastien Bouin makes the first ascent of Suprême Jumbo Love (9b+) at Clark Mountain, usa in November 2022.

The video of Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee attempting the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, usa, first ascended by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson.

The 16th edition of Melloblocco, the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting, came to a close on Sunday in Val Masino - Val di Mello, Italy. 2500 registered climbers underline the success of the event which has no other equals in the climbing world.

Tom Hornbein, the formidable American mountaineer famous above all for his groundbreaking first ascent of the West Ridge of Everest in 1963 with Willi Unsoeld, has died aged 92.

2400 climbers took part in the third and penultimate day of the Melloblocco in Val Masino and Val di Mello, Italy.

On 14 and 15 of April 2023 Jack Cramer, Tad McCrea, Vitaliy Musienko made the first ascent of Troll Toll (600m, M5) on the ENE Face of Mount Morrison in California, usa. Located in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada, this mountain is also known as the 'Eiger of...

The first stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup was won in Hachioji, Japan, last weekend by Brooke Raboutou and Mejdi Schalck. This is Raboutou's first ever IFSC World Cup gold medal, Schalck's second.

Live streaming of the XXIII edition of the Mezzalama Trophy, the legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif.