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Late last year American climber Connor Herson repeated 'Bon Voyage', James Pearson's trad masterpiece at Annot in france.

Marie Pollet-Villard and Laurie Renoton from france have set the new female fastest known time on the famous Haute Route Chamonix Zermatt, requiring just 20:30 hours for the circa 100km traverse. The previous best was set by Valentine Fabre and Hillary Gerardi just three days earlier.

French climber Laura Pineau reports on her latest adventure: climbing 100 multi-pitch routes in Provence in under 50 days with Elsa Ponzo. Calanques, Verdon, Dentelles de Montmirail, Cap Canaille, Destel, Sainte-Victoire... 100 climbs, 681 pitches and a total of 17,765 vertical meters in 43 days.

French climber Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of 'Le Champ des Muses' (9b) at Romeyer in france.

On Wednesday 8 April 2026 the La Sportiva Climb World Tour 2026 kicks off at the BSide Climbing Gym in Turin. It will be followed by stops in Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Munich, and Vienna, as well as outdoor legs in Arco, Céüse, Freyr, Bohuslän, Zillertal, and Frankenjura. Special guests include...

William Boffelli and Mathéo Jacquemoud have set a new fastest known time on the famous Chamonix - Zermatt Haute Route traverse, stopping the clock after approximately 103km and 8200D+ in 13:27:49.

On Thursday 26 March 2026 French mountain guide Mathéo Jacquemoud reached the beach in Nice, having made a traverse of the Alps in 19 days. After setting off from Vienna on 7 March, the former ski mountaineering world champion negotiated 86,000 meters of elevation gain and 2,200 km in total...

Two years after the first expedition to Oman, the La Venta Geographic Explorations Association has returned to the mountains of Dhofar to explore Qanaf Cave in the depths of the Jabal Samḥān desert plateau. The report by Luca Imperio and Tullio Bernabei.

After much deliberation, Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has now suggested 9c for 'Café Colombia' he freed on 13 March 2026 at Margalef in Spain. The 27-year-old even considered proposing something even harder... This is only the fifth 9c in the world, after 'Silence' by Adam Ondra, 'DNA' by Seb Bouin,...

On 13 March 2026 Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo made the first ascent of his cutting-edge 'Café Colombia' at Margalef in Spain. Currently ungraded, the 40-move monster promises to join the ranks of the hardest climbs in the world.

Interview with French climber Erwan Legrand who on 11 February 2026 made the coveted first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, france. The 17-year-old has suggest 9b for the legendary line bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and attempted by many of the best climbers in the world...

French ski mountaineer Mathéo Jacquemoud has embarked on his L’Intégrale des Alpes project, with the aim of traversing across the entire Alps from Vienna to Nice on skis and without motorised transport.

From 2-3 March 2026 French alpinists Melvin Bou, Kilian Moni and Étienne Poteaux made the first ascent of 'Y’a comme un pecker dans la soupe' (420m, M8/A2) on the north face of Aiguille Orientale du Soreiller in the Écrins massif.

Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra who last week flashed two 8C boulder problems, Lion's Share at Brione and Celestite in Val Bavona. The 33-year-old has now flashed three 8c boulder problems, after Foundation's Edge at Fionnay last year

On 11 February 2026 Erwan Legrand made the long-awaited first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, france — one of the longest-standing sport climbing projects in the world. First bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in 1991, the legendary line had been attempted by many of the world's very best...

The Grand Prize of the 36th edition of the Maria Luisa Memorial Photo contest was awarded to Christoph Fischer for his photo entitled 'Fearless'. The competition attracted 18,089 photographs and 182 films entries.