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Starting today, a new series about sport climbing called 'Natural Heights' is live on Red Bull TV. Split into four episodes, the first season features Janja Garnbret, Alberto Ginés López, Nika Potapova, and Jakob Schubert.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has redpointed 'Omen Nomen' (9a) at Arco, Italy.

On 29 November Jacopo Larcher from the South Tyrol, Italy repeated the E12 trad climb 'Bon Voyage' (E12) at Annot in France. This is the 4th ascent after James Pearson, Adam Ondra and Seb Berthe.

The video of Slovenian alpinist Aleš Česen and his British counterpart Tom Livingstone making the first ascent, alpine-style, of the West Ridge of Gasherbrum III in Pakistan's Karakoram.

On 13 November 2025 Jakob Schubert made the second ascent of 'Mount Doom', the 9A boulder problem in austria's Maltatal established in February 2025 by Nicolai Užnik.

The video of Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik's attempting to flash 'La Force Tranquille' 8C at Magic Wood, Switzerland.

At the crag Padaro above Arco, Italy, Filip Schenk has repeated 'Omen Nomen' (9a).

Slovenian climber Janja Garnbret has made quick work of Dreamtime at Cresciano, the first 8C boulder problem in the world put up by Fred Nicole in 2000.

From 12 - 27 October 2025 the Russian mountaineers Natalia Belyankina, Kirill Eizeman, Sergey Kondrashkin, Vitaly Shipilov and Andrey Vasilyev established a new route on the southwest face of Manaslu (8163m). The Russians climbed alpine style, without Sherpa support or supplementary oxygen. Anna Piunova reports.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced the calendar of events for the 2026 Climbing and Para Climbing season.

Interview with Italian alpinist François Cazzanelli, who on 20 October 2025, with Beppe Vidoni, Lukas Waldner and Benjamin Zörer, successfully completed the first ascent of Kimshung (6781m) in Nepal.

The Piolets d'Or 2025 will be awarded to the following climbs: the west ridge of Gasherbrum III in Nepal by Aleš Česen and Tom Livingstone, the southwest arête of Kaqur Kangri in Nepal by Spencer Gray and Ryan Griffiths, and the north pillar of Yashkuk Sar in the Karakoram...

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2024. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2025 award from 9 - 12 December 2025 during the celebration at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy).

The Greek island of Kalymnos, one of the world's premier climbing destinations, is preparing to host the International Kalymnos Climbing Festival from 16-19 October 2025.

The video of Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik making the first ascent of ‘Mount Doom’, the 9A boulder boulder problem in Maltatal, austria.

Slovenia's Domen Škofic has climbed an 8a on the wings of a glider at an altitude of 2500m.