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Following a record-breaking season, Gelje Sherpa has published a series of proposals to make climbing Everest safer. By Alessandro Filippini.

On 28/05/2026 Fay Manners and Marco Malcangi skied a new line on Nevado Ranrapalca, the 6162m peak often described as 'one of the most breathtaking mountains of Peru's Cordillera Blanca.' The pair skied a complex route on the southwest ridge, through the col between Ranrapalca and Ocshapalca and have called...

On a climbing trip to Taghia in Morocco Iker Pou established two hard multipitch climbs: 'Club Ahmed' (8a, 260m) on Tuyat with Joseph Harris, and 'Aske' (8c?, 185m) with Ibai Ezio and Héctor Marrodán.

World Climbing has confirmed that the 2026 season will feature the richest prize purse in the history of the sport, with a total net prize money allocation of €850,000 across the 13 events of the World Climbing Series. The gross total is set to exceed €1 million, marking a significant...

On 8 March 2026 Philipp Brugger and Lukas Waldner made the first single day winter ascent of all three North Pillars of Piz Palü (3899m) in the Bernina Alps of Switzerland. The Austrian alpinists enchained the Bumiller Pillar, East Pillar and Spinas Pillar in 8 hours and 59 minutes.

Interview with the Italian alpinist Stefano Ragazzo, who from 21 February to 7 March made the first solo ascent of 'Riders on the Storm' on the Central Tower of Paine in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia. This legendary 1300m big wall was first ascended in 1991 by Kurt...

From 25-26 February 2026 Charles Dubouloz made a solo ascent of the west face of Pic d'Ossau in the Pyrenees. In doing so the 36-year-old French alpinist has completed his winter trilogy which includes 'Divine Providence' in the Mont-Blanc massif and the 'Gamma route' on the Barre des Écrins.

Raimundo De Andraca and Fernanda Carabias have made the first ascent of 'Sin obstáculos no hay camino' (600m, 5.12–, A1) on La Zaranda in Patagonia, Chile.

The documentary of the award-winning first ascent of Yashkuk Sar in Pakistan, carried out by the American alpinists August Franzen, Dane Steadman and Cody Winckler from 19 - 23 September 2024.

The ranking of the 10 most popular articles published in 2025 on Planetmountain.

In the little explored Denyai valley (Zanskar, India), the NKBV Expedition Academy carried out multiple technical first ascents of previously unexplored mountains. The youth team of the Dutch Alpine Club consisted of Folke Drost, Maël Durand, Claartje Meijs, Jan van der Meulen, Laura Oldenburger, Jules de Ruiter, Alexander Sternfeld, Joris...

Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund has made the first female ascent of 'Spomin', the 8c multipitch on Anića Kuk at Paklenica, Croatia

Climbing with John Kasaian, Laura Pineau has made the first female ascent of 'Wet Lycra Nightmare' on Leaning Tower in Yosemite, USA. First ascended by Jim Hewitt and Todd Skinner in 2004, the 9-pitch 8b is known for being the steepest big wall in the USA. The 25-year-old French climber...

In August 2025 a women's expedition comprised of Naomie Bürki, Pauline Laubscher, Gianna Müller, Caro North, Lea Schneider, Melanie Tenorio, Ramona Volken, and Ramona Waldner established a host of new climbs in the Graah Fjord and the Skjoldungen Fjord areas of Greenland. The alpinists travelled by fair means, ie public...

Iker Pou and his brother Eneko have established 'Vicios Ocultos' on Tiro Pedabejo in the Picos de Europa massif, Spain.

On 10 November 2025 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Norteado' (500m, 5.11+) on the West Face of Cuerno Norte in the Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile.