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The international bouldering meeting by La Sportiva will take place from 6 to 9 May 2026 in Val Masino, Valtellina, the cradle of Italian bouldering. Online registration is now open and the new 'Give Melloblocco as a gift' initiative is still active.

Olivier Kolly, Filippo Sala and Silvan Schüpbach have made the first ascent of 'Le clin d’œil' on the north face of Dent Blanche (4357m) in Switzerland. The new route, climbed on 28 and 29 December 2025, forms part Schüpbach's 'The 6 Forgotten North Face' project.

Massimo Tofani introduces 'Ginedryo', the new drytooling crag at Collepardo in Central Italy. Dedicated to total dry, it features climbs up to D13- and was dedicated to Damir Casinelli Mihalj.

Hugo Parmentier and Symon Welfringer, accompanied by Arthur Delicque, have established 'Resurrection' on Punta Lunarda in the Bavella massif in Corsica. The route has yet to be freed but the climbers believe the difficulties lie somewhere in the region on 9a, making it a strong contender for one the hardest...

Kris Hampton of 'Written In Stone' analyses the early days of sport climbing when Lynn Hill managed to beat male competitors on the same competition route.

At Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux in France Laura Rogora has onsighted 'La Ligne Claire'. This is the second 8c+ onsight for the 24-year-old Italian Climber, following her first-go send of 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at Gorges du Loup in July.

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

On 7 September 2025 Colin Haley completed the coveted first winter solo of Cerro Torre. The 41-year-old American alpinist climbed via the famous Ragni Route and made one bivouac, 3 pitches below the summit.

The sixth and final stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 took place in Innsbruck, Austria, this weekend and was won by Olympic Champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Toby Roberts of Great Britain. Oriane Bertone of France and Anraku Sorato of Japan were crowned season champions; this is Bertone's...

Nicoletta Costi reports about She Rocks! the women's climbing workshop at Melloblocco 2025 organised by Caroline Ciavaldini.

The 18th edition of Melloblocco — the world’s largest bouldering — came to a close yesterday in Val Masino – Val di Mello, Italy. Four days of climbing and festivities in the valley drew over 2,300 registered participants and 8,000 attendees.

Melloblocco 2025 will take place from 7 - 10 May 2025 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Check out the latest updates about the biggest bouldering meeting in the world.

23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has sent her third 8c onsight, 'American Hustle' at Oliana in Spain.

In November 2024 Clémence Cadario, Joe Collinson, George Millets, Jordan Raymond and Romain Sacchettini completed the first descent of the East Face of Mt Hamilton in New Zealand. Collinson provides the details.

British rock climber Fay Manners reports about a climbing trip to Morocco towards the end of last year which resulted in the first ascents of three new trad climbs together with

The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal by Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell, and Alan Rousseau, and 'Tomorrow...