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The video summary of what happened last winter at Rocklands in South Africa, featuring Michele Caminati, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Nalle Hukkataival, Courtney Sanders, Chad Greedy etc.

The video of the Salewa RockShow 2013 stage which took place on 20 April at the climbing gym il.PUNTO at Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN).

At Magic Wood in Switzerland Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of The Understanding 8C. Furthermore, he has made the first repeat of the Daniel Woods problem La Force Tranquille 8C.

In April 2013, Stephanie Bodet, Yong Liu, Arnaud Petit, David Kaszlikowski and Tam Khairudin Haja made the first ascent of Damai Sentosa (280m, 6c+, 6b+ oblig) up the Dragon Horns (Bukit Nenek Simukut) on Tioman Island, Malaysia.

The video filmed last spring by OpenCircle starring the Ragni di Lecco at Palinuro, one of Italy's the most beautiful seaside climbing areas in terms of landscape and rock quality.

From 15 -16 June the final stage of the Italian Salewa Rock Show 2013 circuit took place at Città dei Sassi (Sassolungo, Sella, Dolomiti) above Val Gardena. Matilda Segui and Danilo Marchionne were elected "Climber of the Day" and will therefore represent Italy at Cube, the enormous Salewa climbing wall...

The backstage video of the film The Change which documents Adam Ondra and the first ascent of Change, his 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway.

In May 2013 Fabio Failla, Massimo Faletti, Fabio Failla, Massimo Faletti, Luigi Filocamo and Sergio Soraci made the first ascent of La vita tra le dita (200m, 6 pitches, 6b+ obl), a new climb up the north face of Monte Monaco (Sicily).

Czech climbers Jan Kares and Slavek Dostal establish the multi-pitch route Megalodon (220m, 7b+) at Dinopark, Baunei, Sardinia.

Video of American climber Ethan Pringle sending the boulder problem Sunseeker 8B at Mt. Evans, Colorado, USA.

In praise of climbing and nature's beauty. This is Jeef, the route first ascended in 1992 by the French brothers François & Arnaud Petit on Punta U Corbu in Bavella (Corsica). A small masterpiece, examined by Maurizio Oviglia and Arnaud Petit.

On 10/06/2013 Silvio Reffo repeated two 8c+ routes on the same day, Bucking Bronco and Warbeast, both freed recently by Markus Bock at Nago, Arco, Italy.

Domenico Intorre introduces the crag Subiaco in Valle dell’Aniene, Lazio, close to Rome, Italy

Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated the climb Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre, Aosta. This is the first 9a for the strong climber from Turin.

On 31 May 2013, 33 years after its first ascent, Maurizio Oviglia and Corrado Pibiri completed this historic route in southern Sardinia. Originally three pitches long, the route now offers six (plus two traverses) to reach the top of beautiful Perda asub 'e pari (also known as Garibaldi), one of...

Video by The Vertical Eye about Valerio Ballardini, one of the most active bolters of the crag Bus de Vela at Trento, Italy.