The news

On 28 October Libby Sauter from America and Mayan Smith-Gobat from New Zealand set a new female speed record on The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA, climbing the route in 5 hours and 2 minutes.

The Lead World Cup 2014 was won on 25 October 2014 at Inzai in Japan, one stage ahead of schedule, by Austria's Jakob Schubert and South Korea's Jain Kim. The stage was won by Adam Ondra and Jain Kim.

On 22 Ocotober 2014 Alexander Megos made the first ascent of Sonic Kaboom 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Italian climber Günther Karbon has repeated Lo spreco 8c+ at Pian Schiavaneis in the Dolomites.

At Massone, Arco, Italy, Silvio Reffo has repeated the sports climb Underground 9a.

Canada's Sonnie Trotter has made the first ascent of Family Man to Skaha Bluffs in Canada. Graded 5.14b, this is Trotter's hardest trad climb to date.

Jorg Verhoeven, Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Libby Sauter, Chantel Astorga, Quinn Brett, Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall are all in Yosemite currently attempting their projects on El Capitan...

Via Giopia, the beautiful aid climb up the NW Face of Monte Brione close to Arco, first climbed in 1990 by Paolo Calzà, Lino Celva and Mauro Giovanazzi and recently reequipped by Danny Zampiccoli and Calzà who shares the story of the route, dedicated to his friends Mauro Giovanazzi and...

This austral summer Andrew Cubbon freed Augmentium 30/8a+, the hardest trad climb in Tasmania, Australia.

Peter Moser reports about the first ascent of L'ultimo dei selvaggi (200m, 7b max) a new rock climb above Palu in Valsugana, Italy.

The climbing video of Alex Honnold soloing Heaven in Yosemite, USA.

Sport climbing: Mina Leslie-Wujastyk has made the first female ascent of Mecca Extension 8c at Raven Tor, England.

The third video of the Petzl RocTrip 2014 and the bouldering stage at Prilep in Macedonia.

The Rock slave XP 2014 Elba Discovery tour starts this week. Marzio Nardi leads a group of young climbers to discover the bouldering potential on Italy's Isola d'Elba, a climbing journey marked by collective creativity.

The report of the The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2014 that took place on the island of Kalymnos, Greece, from 9 - 12 October 2014.

On 6 September 2014 Angela Eiter redpointed Hades 9a at the crag Götterwandl close to Nassereith in Austria, three days after Zauberfee 8c+ at Arco, Italy.