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Italian climbers Pietro Vidi and Alessandro Larcher have successfully made a free ascent of 'Joy Division' (800m, 8b), on Mount Qualido in Val Di Mello, italy. The pair redpointed the first pitch, graded 8b, after having free climbed the rest of the route.

Edu Marin, climbing with Juan Pablo Caballero, has made the second repeat of 'Egoland' on the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, italy). The report by the Catalan climber about his ascent of this 8c/c+ max multi-pitch.

At La Stazione in Val Tanaro (italy) Stefano Carnati mananged to flash the 8c 'Paranoid'. A few days later he sent two 9a's, 'Prima Classe' and 'Vivi si Muore'.

On 7 September 2025 the Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and Marco Majori completed the coveted first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on Fitz Roy in Patagonia. The legendary climb up the Goretta Pillar was established solo by Renato Casarotto in 1979.

On 05/09/2025 Marco Malcangi and Fay Manners made the first ascent of 'Eppure Siamo Andati', a new climb on the IV pillar of Corno Grande Vetta Orientale, Gran Sasso d'Italia. The 200m new climb joins the final 250m of the historical Mario - Caruso (Luigi Mario, Emilio Caruso 1959) to...

Massimo Sacchi and Marco Sterni have rebolted 'La bellezza non conosce paura', their small masterpiece established ground-up in 1997 on Monte Robon in the Julian Alps, italy

Nicolò Guarrera, aka Pieroad, returned to italy on Saturday. The 32-year-old had set off on his round-the-world journey on foot five years ago and is now making his way from Trieste back to his home in the Vicenza highlands.

Climbing with Edu Marin, Marcello Bombardi has repeated 'Ego Land' on the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, italy). This is the first repeat of the the multipitch established by Bernardo Rivadossi and Massimo Faletti, and freed by Rivadossi and Luca Bana with difficulties up to 8c/c+ max (7c+ obligatory). The...

Watch James Pearson climb 'Diamante Grezzo' in Valle dell'Orco, italy, bolted by Marzio Nardi and the late Adriano Trombetta over 20 years ago.

On the 31st of July, Aurélia Lanoë and Silvia Loreggian set off from Ventimiglia in NW italy on their 'South 6 project'. The idea is to cross the Alps by bike from the west to east and free climb six major south faces: Corno Stella, Mont Blanc, Wenden, Rätikon, Marmolada,...

Introducing the Lamar crag Lamar Crag at the Lamar Lakes in Valle dei Laghi, Garda Trentino, italy. An easily accessible crag with short routes (5b to 6a), perfect orientation for climbing in summer, and ideal for beginners and children.

Swiss climber Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a rare free ascent of 'Joy Division', the 800m 8b on Monte Qualido in Val di Mello, italy. Established in 2004 by Simone Pedeferri, even today it is considered one of the hardest granite multi-pitches in Europe. Schild provides the...

On April 11, 2025, Roberto Parisse and Christian Tuttopetto completed the first ski descent of the east face of Pizzo Intermesoli (2,635m) in italy's Gran Sasso massif.

Due to ongoing rockfall from the Croda Marcora landslide (Sorapis Group, Dolomites, italy), the via Ferrata Berti is currently closed from both Cortina d'Ampezzo and San Vito di Cadore.

Italian alpinists Davide Bacci, Enrico Bittelli, Dario Eynard and Giacomo Meliffi have made the first ascent of 'L'oro dello Yukon' on Middle Huey Spire on the Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada.