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After 6 years of efforts and intense climbing yesterday Tommy Caldwell, together with Kevin Jorgeson, made an important breakthrough in their attempt to free Dawn Wall on el capitan in Yosemite, freeing what it is considered to be the crux pitch of the route.

Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven has successfully repeated The Nose, el capitan, Yosemite, USA.

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.

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...

The videos by American climber Hans Florine that explain how to do the King Swing on the legendary rock climb The Nose, el capitan, Yosemite.

From 2 - 3 September 2014 disabled alpinist Vanessa François spent the night in a portaledge on the Grande Gendarme of Arête des Cosmiques (Mont Blanc) together with Liv Sansoz.

Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter has made the first free ascent of the rock climb '1975' on Little Goat Mountain, Bow Valley, Canadian Rockies

The video of Tad McCrea's last year of climbing in the mountains throughout the Western Hemisphere.

The video of Roger Schäli and David Hefti and their repeat of Golden Gate on el capitan, Yosemite, USA.

German climbers Tobias Wolf and Thomas Hering have made rare repeats of two difficult routes on el capitan in Yosemite: The Shaft (Muir Wall free variation) and El Nino.

Last weekend Jurica Levatić and his brother Perica Levatić won the 15th Big Wall Speed Climbing competition in Paklenica, Croatia in a record time of 15:16.

In redpointing Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain on Saturday 5 April , British climber Hazel Findlay has become the first British woman to climb 8c.

This evening at 21:00 at Courmayeur the award's ceremony of the Piolets d'Or 2014. All updates on twitter.

Timelapse video filmed in Yosemite, USA, by Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill.

From the most remote mountains in Nepal and Pakistan to the frozen lands of Alaska, via the imposing Masherbrum massif and symbollic Annapurna. Five ascents, carried out by some of the world's most talented alpinists, are in the running for Piolets d'Or 2014, the most important mountaineering award that will...

Charlie Porter, the legendary American rock climber and alpinist, has died aged 63 at Punta Arenas in Chile due to heart problems. Ivo Ferrari remembers.