The news

On 28 and 29 June 2015 Polish climbers Lukasz Dudek and Jacek Matuszek repeated Brento Centro (8b, 600m), the route first climbed by David Lama and Jorg Verhoeven up Monte Brento, Valle del Sarca, Italy

The video of American climber Jonathan Siegrist redpointing Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a at Ceuse, France.

The video of Sachi Amma’s successful climbing trip to Oliana and Santa Linya in Spain at the start of the year during which he climbed six routes graded 9a - 9b.

On 25/06/2015 Julius Westphal repeated Action Directe in Frankenjura, Germany.

The video of British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker attempting to repeat The recovery drink on the Profilveggen / Profile wall at Jøssingfjord in Norway, freed in 2013 by Nicolas Favresse

Today Google released a Street View version of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite along with climbers Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold and Lynn Hill.

At Ceuse in France Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Biographie 9a+

American climbers Mason Earle and Brad Gobright have made the first free ascent of The Heart Route, the big wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, first climbed by Chuck Kroger and Scott Davis in 1970.

At Kay Nest in Yorkshire, England, Franco Cookson made the first ascent of Divine Moments of Truth. The British climber has graded the climb H10, making it one of the most difficult trad climbs in the country.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter reports about her recent trips to Greece where, close to Leonidio, she and her partner Bernie Ruech developed Nifada. The new crag currently hosts 14 routes up to 8c+.

In April 2015 the Iranian climbers Hassan Gerami, Hamid Reza Shafaghi and Farshad Mijoji made the first ascent of The Change Experience (8b, A2 442m), a new multi-pitch rock climb up the Karambony tower (Ecole) located in the Tsaranoro massif, Madagascar.

The video of American rock climber Chris Sharma climbing a giant redwood tree in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California, USA.

Armando Bodeo and Jasmin Biller from Switzerland report about the first ascent of Spéléologie (7a, 6c obligatory, 150m), a new multi-pitch rock climb on the Caiat face, Rif mountains, Morocco

Luca Schiera introduces Liming, the famous trad climbing area in China. The Italian alpinist and member of the Ragni di Lecco club visited the area together with Paolo Marazzi in November 2014.

Footage of Ben Moon’s redpoint of Rainshadow 9a at Malham Cove.

The Alta Val di Fassa Mountain Guides inform about rockfall that has affected a section of the South Face of Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites and advise against climbing routes in the vicinity of the affected area.