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Rafa Vadillo from Catalonia, spain, reports about new ice climbs established in Swedish Lapland, in particular in the Stora Sjöfallet National Park and the Sarek National Park.

Norwegian rock climber Magnus Midtbø has reached 1 million subscribers on his Youtube channel. His is the first climbing channel to reach this benchmark number.

Scottish climber Will Bosi has made a short but successful climbing trip to Switzerland, during which he repeated a flurry of hard boulder problems including the 8C Foundation’s Edge.

The trailer to the documentary The Wall - Climb for Gold that follows the efforts of elite climbers Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou and Miho Nonaka as they battle to qualify for the first ever Olympic climbing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Slovenian climber Vita Lukan has onsighted Geminis at Rodellar in spain. Thanks to this ascent the 21-year-old has become one of the few women to onsight a route of these difficulties.

30-year-old Jakob Schubert has made the first repeat of Alasha, the extremely difficult Deep Water Solo on the island of Mallorca. First ascended by Chris Sharma in 2016, the Austrian climber feels the psicobloc warrants 9a.

Belgian climber Anak Verhoeven has made the first repeat of Patxitxulo 9a/+ at Oliana in spain.

The 2021 Piolets d'Or awards for alpinism will be awarded in November at Briançon, France, to Pierrick Fine and Symon Welfringer for their ascent of Sani Pakkush and Ethan Berman and Uisdean Hawthorn for their ascent of Mount Robson. Catalan climber Silvia Vidal has received a special mention.

Interview with Laura Rogora after her first repeat of the 9b/+ Erebor at Eremo di San Paolo in Arco, Italy. With her It is the first time that a woman has climbed a route of this difficulty. Watch the uncut video of her ascent today at 16:00.

Laura Rogora has made the first repeat of Erebor at the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco. Graded 9b/+ and established by Stefano Ghisolfi in January 2021, it is considered the most difficult sport climb in Italy. This is the first time a woman has climbed a route...

On 24 September 2021 American climber Sean Bailey repeated Bibliographie 9b+ at Céüse in France.

German climber Alexander Megos has made a first-go ascent of Intermezzo XY gelöst 9a at Plombergstein in Austria.

German rock climber Solveig Korherr has climbed her first 9a, La cabane au Canada at Rawyl in Switzerland.

28-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first repeat of Bibliographie, the Alexander Megos masterpiece at Céüse in France graded 9c.

Sport climbing Women's Finals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games today. Running commentary starting from 10:30. Janja Garnbret claims Gold! Miho Nonaka silver, Akiyo Noguchi bronze!

Sport climbing at the Olympic Games: 18-year-old Alberto Ginés López from spain has won the historic first Olympic gold medal. Nathaniel Coleman from the USA has won silver, Jakob Schubert from Austria bronze.