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The video of Stephan Siegrist and Michael Gruber on Crack Baby, the ice climb first ascended by Gruber and Xaver Bongard on the Breitwangflue at Kandersteg in switzerland in 1993 and nowadays one of the most famous icefalls in all of Europe.

The iconic image of the Matterhorn will be replaced on Toblerone as the famous chocolate bar no longer meets 'Made in switzerland' criteria.

The Individual race of the 2023 Ski Mountaineering World Championships at Boí Taüll in Spain was won today by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret and Rémi Bonnet.

The Ski Mountaineering World Championships 2022 are currently taking place at Boí Taüll in Spain. Marianna Jagerčíková and Oriol Cardona Coll were crowned Speed World Champions.

On 24/02/2023 at Siurana in Spain Marco Zanone repeated La Rambla, one of the world's benchmark 9a+.

Last Saturday German climber Florian Wientjes sent his first 8C+ boulder problem, Off the wagon low in Val Bavona, switzerland.

The climbing expedition report to Minteke Valley, Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan, carried out by Dutch climbers Noor van der Veen, Regien Winnubst, Martin Platteschor, Dennis Hendrikx, Robert Löwensteyn, Sjoerd Boersma, Michiel Telkamp, Jeffrey Meesters, Anniek Verschuur, Bas Visscher, Court Haegens and Boris Textor. The September 2022 trip resulted in series of fine...

Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2023: yesterday in Val Martello, Italy the Spanish team comprised of Oriol Cardona Coll and Ana Alonso Rodriguez won the spectacular Mixed Relay.

The video of Yannick Flohé making the first ascent of the 8c+ boulder problem 'Return of the Dreamtime' at Cresciano.

Adam Bielecki from Poland and Felix Berg from Germany are preparing for a new attempt on the difficult NW Face of Annapurna (8091m). Already attempted in 2017, the two intend to establish a new route alpine-style route on the NW face of the tenth highest mountain in the world. They...

At Cresciano in switzerland 23-year-old German athlete Yannick Flohe has made the first ascent of the 8C+ boulder problem 'Return of the Dreamtime'.

On 27/01/2023 Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe repeated La Rambla (9a+) at Siurana, Spain

American climber Michaela Kiersch has climbed her first 9a+, La Rambla (9a+) at Siurana, Spain. The 28-year-old is only the third woman to repeat this classic test after Margo Hayes in 2017 and Chaehyun Seo in 2022.

The 2023 Ski Mountaineering World Cup took place in Andorra last weekend. The Individual race was won on Saturday by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret and Thibault Anselmet, while Gachet-Mollaret and Rémi Bonnet won the Vertical race on Sunday.

On 7 January 2023 Swiss climber Jonas Schild has repeated 'Le Voyage', the E10 at Annot first ascended by James Pearson in 2017 and reputed to be the most difficult trad climb France.

At Siurana in Spain Pietro Vidi has reepated Last Night (9a), while at Margalef the 20-year-old Italian repeated Bumbayé (8c+).