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On 7 January 2026 Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd made the first BASE jump off Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia. Egorov reports.

After having disappeared for nearly ten years, Balthazar — the oldest bearded vulture in the wild — has been found. On 27 October 2025, a report came in about a bird in distress, and this call for help turned into an exciting discovery.

Climbing is now prohibited at Oliana, one of the world's foremost crags, located in Spain. The ban comes with the establishment of a 36-hectare protection zone aimed at preserving the prehistoric rock art in the area of the Contrafort del Rumbau

Watch Fabian Buhl and Felix Sattelberger Patagonia’s first fly & climb combo on Aguja Guillaumet.

Ben Kent reports about the climbing expedition to West Greenland last summer with Robbie Milne which resulted in three big new routes: 'Optimisme' (TD+ 6b, M5, 930m), 'Duddon Valley Syndrome' (E3/4 6a, 610m) and 'Simon’s Route' (E3 6a/A1, 868m). The climbs are all located on unnamed peaks close to Lake...

19-year-old Darius Rapa has repeated 'Es Pontas', Chris Sharma's deep water solo masterpiece off the island of Mallorca in Spain

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

Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder reports about his rare trad ascent of 'The Shark' (5.14b/8c) at Squamish in Canada.

David Göttler, Tiphaine Duperier & Boris Langenstein have carried out an alpine style ascent of Nanga Parbat (8126m) via the Rupal Face. The German descended the mountain by paraglider, while the French duo completed a ski descent.

This April French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon climbed the three great north faces of the Alps in less than a week. Védrines enchained the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses without using motorised transport.

32-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghioslfi has repeated 'Neanderthal', the 9b at Santa Linya in Spain freed in 2009 by Chris Sharma.

Belgium's Simon Lorenzi has successfully repeated 'Return of the Sleepwalker' in Red Rocks, USA. This marks the 28-year-old climber's fourth 9A boulder problem.

On 17 June 2024 Swiss alpinist Lars Lämmler completed what is believed to be the first paraglider flight off the summit of Alpamayo in Peru.

Watch American climber Michaela Kiersch bouldering in Rocklands in summer 2024, where she sent a long list of hard climbs including Amandla 8B+ despite a fractured finger.

Mikhail Mironov and Sergei Mironov are descending to 6100m where they will be rescued by Pakistani military helicopters

Russian mountaineer Sergey Nilov is reported missing on Gasherbrum IV after a serac collapsed. Climbing partners Mikhail Mironov and Sergei Mironov are injured and awaiting evacuation.

David Göttler has abandoned his ambitious expedition on Nanga Parbat for this year, due to unfavourable conditions during his final summit attempt. The German alpinist had hoped to climb the Rupal Face alpine style, initially with Mike Arnold, then with Tiphaine Duperier and Boris Langenstein.