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Tommy Caldwell has now sent pitch 10 of his Dawn Wall project on El Capitan, Yosemite.

American climbers Hans Florine and Alex Honnold missed breaking The nose Speed record in Yosemite, USA by 45 seconds today.

On Tuesday 30 August 2011 Italian alpinist Fabrizio della Rossa carried out what is believed to be the first solo ascent, and one of the rare repeats, of via Casarotto on Cima Civetta 3220m (Dolomites).

On 27/09/2011 the Swiss alpinists Patrick Aufdenblatten and Michael Lerjen-Demjen climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn via the Bonatti Diretissima (ED+ 1200m) in 7 hours 14 minutes.

On 16/09/2011 Libby Sauter and Chantel Astorga established a new female speed record up The nose in Yosemite, USA, climbing the route in 10 hours 40 minutes.

Trailer of some of the most important vertical moments, taken from the film Reel Rock 2011.

The French sports crag Cimai has been closed recently to climbing.

Pete Croft and Lisa Rands climb The Venturi Effect up the The Incredible Hulk, established by Croft and Dave Nettle in 2004.

On 1 May 2011 the XVIII Mezzalama Trophy was won by the international team comprised of Spaniard Jornet Burgada and the Frenchmen Bon Mardion and Blanc. The women's event was won by Pellissier, Pedranzini, Martinelli. The report and excitement of the great ski mountaineering marathon on Monte Rosa, by Lorenzo...

The start of the XVIII "Mezzalama" has been postponed to 05:30 on Sunday 1 May

Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is back in the Himalaya, at present in Shisha Pangma base camp, ready for an attempt up the South Face together with Don Bowie

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are currently attempting to free their Mescalito Dawn Wall project on El Capitan in Yosemite.

In autumn 2010 Simon and Samuel Anthamatten from Switzerland blitzed the West Face, Lurking Fear, Zodiac, Tangerine Trip, Lost in America, North American Wall, Mescalito, The nose, Salathé and the Linkup Half Dome - The nose in Yosemite Valley, USA

Sean Leary and Dean Potter have set a new Speed record on The nose, El Capitan, climbing the route in 2:36:45

At the end of August Matthias Trottmann completed his biggest project to date, Piz dal Nas (8b, 500m) up the North Face of Titlis, Switzerland.

On Saturday 21/08/2010 Chloé Graftiaux, the Belgian sport climbing champion and one of the strongest athletes in the world ranking, died after falling from the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (Mont Blanc).