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In the Canadian Rockies Raphael Slawinski has made the first ascent of two new icefalls: The God Delusion (175m, M8+ WI5+) and Nachtmahr (85m, M9 WI5).

Video profile of Tommy Caldwell, one of America's most accomplished rock climbers, on The Dawn Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite USA.

On 30/12/2012 Raphael Slawinski and Eamonn Walsh established Lacelle Qui Reste (40m, WI6) on Mt. Wilson, canada.

A brief analysis of the new grade WI 11, put forward for the first time in February 2012 by Klemen Premrl and Tim Emmett after having freed the single pitch ice climb Wolverine at the Helmcken Falls (canada).

The video of Rainbow Serpent, Shooting Star and Whiteman Falls, three ice falls repeated by Tanja Schmitt and Matthias Scherer in canada.

News from Patagonia: 48 alpinists summited Cerro Torre via the Ragni Route, while a variation finish was added called Directa Huarpe. The Cerro Pollone group was traversed by Japanese climbers Jumbo Jokoyama e Ryo Masumoto.

Part one of what happend, in alpinism and in climbing, in 2012. A summary, for obvious reason incomplete, of the climbs, the most beautiful achievements and also the most painful moments in 2012. In the hope that this résumé serves as a reminder and as a source on inspiration for...

Pirmin Bertle has made the first ascent of Le lézard communiste (8c/8c+) at Jansegg, Gastlosen, Swtizerland

The video of Will Gadd climbing up Spray Ice at the Helmcken Falls in canada.

Jain Kim and Hyunbin Min win the 7th stage of the Lead World Cup 2012 held in Mokpo, South Korea.

The sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2012 took place in Xining, China on 12-13/10/2012 and was won by Johanna Ernst from Austria and Sean McColl from canada. Stefano Ghisolfi placed third, putting Italy back on the podium after many years absence.

In early September Jason Kruk and Josh Lavigne climbed the North Face of Mt Alberta. In doing so they repeated the House - Anderson route to circa 3/4 height and then continued up new terrain (WI5, M7+++, 1000m, 06-09/09/2012). During the climb they discovered a magnificent, enormous cave.

The 12th World Climbing Championship took place in Paris last week. Lead was won by the Austrians Jakob Schubert and - for a record breaking fourth time - Angela Eiter. Boulder was won by Mélanie Sandoz from France and - for the third time - Dmitry Sharafudtinov from Russia. Yuliya...

Rustam Gelmanov from Russia and Anna Stöhr from Austria win the Bouldering World Cup 2012, Sean McColl and Akiyo Noguchi take silver, Jakob Schubert and Shauna Coxsey bronze. The final stage, which took place in Munich yesterday, was won by Akiyo Noguchi and Dmitrii Sharafutdinov.

In a thrilling final on Saturday 11/08/2012 Alex Puccio from the USA and Sean McColl from canada won the adidas Rockstars 2012.

The second stage of the Lead World Cup 2012 was won on Saturday 21 July by Sachi Amma from Japan and Hélène Janicot from France.