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Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi has made the first ascent of Big Conviction, an 8C+ boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France.

Italian mountaineers Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have climbed Aguja Rafael Juarez in Patagonia via the classic route Corallo. This is their first summit this season and comes before attempting the east face of Cerro Torre with Matteo De Zaiacomo.

16-year-old climber Oriane Bertone has repeated Karma, the legendary boulder problem at Fontainebleau first ascended in 1995 by Fred Nicole. This is likely to be the first female ascent of iconic bouldering problem.

The video of Swiss climber Giuliano Cameroni making the fourth ascent of Off the Wagon, the 8C+ boulder problem freed by Shawn Raboutou in 2018 in Val Bavona, Switzerland and repeated by Cameroni in May 2021.

The video documenting the first ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan freed by Ryuichi Murai at the start of December 2021.

On 23 December 2021 Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Taurus, a new 9b sport climb at Byci Skala in the Czech Republic.

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of his Launch Pad Project at Mizugaki in Japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.

Rock climbers Nina Caprez, Jeremy Bernard and friends spent a week at the Corinth refugee camp in Greece with their 'Andrea Base Camp' van equipped with a climbing wall, to help the NGO Vasilika Moon. Nathalie Bini reports.

At Gaby in Italy’s Aosta Valley, Marcello Bombardi and Elias Iagnemma have both repeated Ziqqurat, the 8C boulder established in 2015 by Niccolò Ceria.

Belgian rock climber Simon Lorenzi has repeated Off the Wagon Low 8C+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. His is only the fifth ascent after Shawn Raboutou, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Giuliano Cameroni.

Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our article written in conjunction with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday,...

36-year-old Dutchman Jorg Verhoven has been climbing for over 25 years and his achievements span the climbing spectrum from big walls in Yosemite to 8C boulders, after having won the Lead World Cup 2006. His thoughts about the state of climbing indoors and outdoor feature in the fourth article of...

On 28 May 2021 British rock climber Craig Matheson made the first ascent of Hard Cheese at Bright Beck Cove in Langdale, UK. Graded E10 7a, this is a major addition to British trad climbing.

On 21 October 2021, New Zealand mountaineers Joe Collinson, Will Rountree and Sam Smoothy made the second descent of the 2000m Caroline Face of Aoraki / Mt Cook, at 3724m the highest mountain in New Zealand.

One of the great all-round climbers of our time, 33-year-old Austrian Barbara Zangerl, talks about the bond that is created when climbing. Check out the third article of our series created with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today and tomorrow as part of the 'Learn to Climb with Vibram' project.

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.