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With his ascent of the Eiger yesterday, Tom Ballard has now completed his Starlight and Storm project to climb the six great North Faces of the Alps in winter, alone and in just one season: Cima Grande di Lavaredo, Pizzo Badile, Matterhorn, Grandes Jorasses, Petit Dru and the Eiger.

British alpinist Tom Ballard has climbed the Allain - Leininger route up the North Face of the Petit Dru (3,733m) in the Mont Blanc massif. This is his fifth climb of his Starlight and Storm project that aims to climb the six great North Faces of the Alps in winter,...

Ivo Ferrari and Renzo Corona make a winter ascent of the Andrich - Bianchet climb up the West Face of Cima di Val di Roda (Pale di San Martino, Dolomites)

At Margalef in Spain the Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has redpointed Demencia Senil 9a+.

The video of Italian climber Federica Mingolla redpointing the beautiful testpiece Tom et je ris 8b+ in the Verdon Gorge, France.

The biggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world will be held in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy, from 30 April to 3 May 2015.A universal edition to celebrate, for the 12th consecutive year, the beauty of climbing in these splendid valleys.

Mauro Calibani and his group of climbers featured in the video Because I See, for climbing that goes beyond.

The report by Portugese climbers Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo about their autumn 2014 attempt to forge a new route up Shivling in the Indian Himalayas.

Finnish boulderer Nalle Hukkataival has reclimbed l’Alchemiste, the superb boulder problem first climbed in 1997 by Marc Le Menestrel and unrepeated since the crux holds had been hammered off.

Three expeditions have been selected for the Piolets d'Or 2015: the traverse of the Fitz Roy range by Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold,the ascent ofl Thamserku by the Russians Alexander Gukov and Alexei Lonchinskiy and the ascent of Hagshu by the Slovenians Ales Cesen, Luka Lindic and Marko Prezelj. During...

The video of young Italian climber Giorgia Tesio bouldering Alphacentaury 8A at Varazze, Italy.

Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse exalts the beauty of climbing at night.

Alaskan photographer Carl Battreall introduces his Alaska Range Project, a major photographic project to explore and photograph the entire Alaska Range in North America from the Nutzotin Mountains to the Neacolas via Denali - Mount McKinley.

In Patagonia American alpinists Colin Haley and Alex Honnold have attempted a one day ascent of the Cerro Torre Traverse, enchaining Cerro Torre, Torre Egger, Punta Herron and Cerro Standhardt. The two were forced to turn back just two pitches below the last summit due to the Patagonian winds.

In mid-february 2015 Simon Gietl and Gerry Fiegl made the probable first winter ascent of Waffenlos on Cima Scotoni, Fanis, Dolomites.

Guy Fattal from Israel, ahead of Lucas Swieykowski and Alex Buisse has won the third edition of King of Dolomites, the photo contest to shoot the most beautiful freeride photo of the Dolomites.