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First footage of Andrzej Bargiel's no‑oxygen ski descent of Nanga Parbat (8126m) down the Messner Route on the Diamir Face.

The video of Swiss climber Katherine Choong making the first female ascent of 'Zahir' (8b+, 300m) at Wenden in summer 2024.

On 30 June 2026 Andrzej Bargiel skied Nanga Parbat (8126m) without supplementary oxygen. The 38-year-old Polish ski mountaineer skied an unbroken line from summit to snowline via the Diamir Face.

Watch Adam Ondra climbing at Laboratorio above Laggio, Italy, where the Czech superstar made the first ascent of 'Big Twin' (9a+) before attempting an even harder project.

Watch Jakob Schubert make the September 2023 first ascent of 'B.I.G.', his 9c at Flatanger in Norway.

The video of Elias Iagnemma making the first ascent of 'Exodia', the first boulder in the world to be graded 9A+.

The video 'A day in Stanage' features Jim Pope & Elias Arriagada Krüger climbing some of the best boulders on gritstone: Crescent Arête, Not to be Taken Away, The Storm, Archangel, Deliverance, The Ace.

The video of American climber Connor Herson establishing 'Drifter’s Escape' at Squamish in Canada. Graded 9a+, this is as the world's first trad climb of this difficulty.

Cleaning a sport climb with dubious lower-offs, or retreating from a route with questionable protection, can sometimes be dangerous. UIAA mountain guide Jan Schneider from Germany illustrates a technique using a Prusik loop that increases safety while retrieving climbing gear.

Watch Adam Ondra climb Die Vertreibung der letzten Idealisten on the Nonnengärtner sandstone towers in the river Elbe River Valley in Saxony, Germany. 8c ground‑up, without chalk and 'one of the most meaningful climbing experiences I’ve had.'

The anticipation is building for this year's Melloblocco, scheduled from 6 to 9 May 2026 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. .With just two weeks to go, organisers have now released the program for thebiggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world.

Watch South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher repeating 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb at Annot in France first ascended by James Pearson in 2023.

Watch Czech climber Jana Švecová making the first ascent of 'Tokyo Drift' (8C) at the crag Lidomorna in Moravský Kras, Czech Republic.

The video of German climber Yannick Flohé repeating 'Excalibur' (9b+) at Arco in Italy.

On 11 March 2026 Adam Ondra made a flash ascent of Klem Loskot's 'Emotional Landscapes' at Maltatal in Austria. This is the Czech climber's fourth 8C flash.

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...