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From 23-25 March 2022 Clint Helander and Andres Marin completed the first ascent of 'The Shaft of the Abyss' (VI AI5R M5 90° Snow A0 ca. 4,000’), a huge new mixed climb up the east face of awe-inspiring Mt. Golgotha in the Revelation Mountains of Alaska.

Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has made the third ascent of Lexicon, one of the most difficult trad climbs in the UK first ascended by Neil Gresham in summer 2021 at Pavey Ark in the Lake District and repeated by Steve McClure shortly afterwards.

The video of Adam Ondra freeing an old project, an 8b+ slab called Italo-Spagnola at Bus de La Stria at Arco, Italy.

At the crag Terra Promessa close to Arco, Italy, Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of Wonderland 9b/+

Uncut climbing video: Stefano Ghisolfi making the first ascent of The Lonely Mountain 9b at Arco, Italy in December 2021

On 08/03/2022 Laura Tiefenthaler from Austria and Jana Möhrer from Germany repeated the classic Heckmair route on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. Tiefenthaler reports.

Juho Knuuttila reports about the first ascent of Entropi on the NW Face of Mt. Blokktind, carried out with Eivind Jacobsen on 04/03/2022. The stunning 1000m mixed climb has been described by the Finnish alpinist as 'one of the most beautiful winter lines I have seen in northern Norway.'

29-year-old Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of Bomba 9b at Bus de La Stria (Hotel Olivo) in Arco, Garda Trentino, Italy.

Numerous Russian mountaineers and climbers are standing against the war in Ukraine, signing open letters and sharing their dissent on social media.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi making the first ascent of L'Arenauta, a 20-year-old project at Grotta dell'Arenauta (Sperlonga) now graded 9b.

Today at Grotta dell'Arenauta in Italy Stefano Ghisolfi made the first ascent of L'Arenauta, an old project bolted by Giuliano Tarquini for which Ghisolfi has now proposes the grade 9b.

On 23 December 2021 Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Taurus, a new 9b sport climb at Byci Skala in the Czech Republic.

At 17:00 CET today Stefano Ghisolfi will share his uncut ascent of the 9b+ Bibliographie at Céüse in France. The 28-year-old will be online on youtube to answer questions.

At the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy, Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of The Lonely Mountain 9b.

The third behind the scenes video of Adam Ondra and his preparation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brutal training is important, but not the only variable.

The Aosta Valley Climbing Club has announced that the siblings from Courmayeur Luca and Martina Blanchet have won the Tiro Leader 2021 competition. The event at the crag La città di Uruk crag in Val Sapin, Italy, involved freeing two difficult sport climbs.