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Barbara Zangerl and the climb Speed at the Swiss crag Voralpsee are the focus of the third episode of the La Sportiva series Strange Heroes.

Climbers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, Savannah Cummins, Alex Honnold, Anna Pfaff, Cedar Wright and Pablo Durana have concluded their expedition to Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. The American alpinists succeed in climbing numerous routes, including the first ascent of a big wall established up Ulvetanna by Chin and Anker.

The video of Keita Kurakami making the ground-up first ascent of Neutralism, a huge highball boulder problem in Japan.

Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl have made the first free repeat of Magic Mushroom, the difficult big wall climb freed by Tommy Caldwell on el capitan in Yosemite.

In this video by Sky Survey System and Alberto Masala discover the magical climbing as it dances between the cobalt sea and Sardinia’s deep blue skies. The set is Mediterraneo, the multi-pitch rock climb first ascended in 1996 up the fantastic Punta Giradili by Maurizio Oviglia, Mario Ogliengo and Patrick...

The ASCA, the American Safe Climbing Association, has replaced its 20,000th bolt in a bid to make climbing safer.

British rock climber Hazel Findlay has made a rare free ascent of the legendary Salathé Wall on el capitan, Yosemite, USA.

A video documenting a part of the amazing ascent carried out by Jim Reynolds and Brad Gobright as they set a new speed record on The Nose, el capitan,Yosemite on 21 October 2017 when they climbed the route in 2:19:44.

In Yosemite, USA, Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse climbing together with Alix Morris and Drew Smith has made the first free ascent of Eye of Sauron, a spectacular and difficult new 400 m trad climb in the Ribbon Falls area.

Japanese rock climber Keita Kurakami has made a free ascent of The Nose on el capitan (Yosemite, USA). This is only the 5th free ascent of the monumental big wall.

Filippo Manca talks about his bouldering trip to America where, in Yosemite, he managed to repeat the legendary Midnight Lightning boulder problem. Moments later he encountered American climbing legend Ron Kauk who, in 1978, made the first ascent of what has transformed into one of the most famous boulder problems...

The timelapse of climbers on el capitan in Yosemite Valley, USA, filmed by di Tristan Greszko.

Interview with American climber Jim Reynolds who on 21 October 2017 teamed up with Brad Gobright to speed climb The Nose on el capitan in Yosemite in 2:19:44. In doing so they beat the previous speed record set in 2012 by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine by almost four minutes.

New rockfall has taken place on the SE Face of el capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA). The video filmed by Maurizio Oviglia from Middle Cathedral Rock.

On 11 October 2017 strong American climber Quinn Brett fell and seriously injured herself while climbing The Nose on el capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA). Friends have launched a fundraising campaign.

The video filmed by Peter Zabrok of the second rockfall that occurred on the SE Face of el capitan in Yosemite on 28/09/2017.