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16-year-old Italian climber Andrea Chelleris has sent three 9a's in Spain: '20 años después' at Siurana and 'Victima Perez' and 'Victimes del futur' at Margalef.

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2024. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2025 award from 9 - 12 December 2025 during the celebration at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy).

The video of Siebe Vanhee on the crux pitch of 'Riders On The Storm', the crown jewel of big wall climbing in Patagonia freed with Nico Favresse, Sean villanueva O’Driscoll and Drew Smith over an 18-day period in 2024. The 1300m line was established in 1991 by Kurt Albert, Bernd...

The video of the 2016 Italian-Belgian expedition to the Stewart valley on Baffin Island in Canada comprised of Matteo Della Bordella, Matteo De Zaiacomo, Luca Schiera, Nicolas Favresse and Sean villanueva.

In mid-May Spanish climber Ana Belén Argudo Marugan made the first ascent of 'Jai-Alai' (9a) at Margalef in Spain.

On 9 May 2025 Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven made the first female ascent of 'Rainshadow' (9a) at Malham Cove in England.

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.

American climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated 'Erebor' in Arco, Italy. The 9b was established by local climber Stefano Ghisolfi in 2021.

American rock climber Brooke Raboutou has become the first woman in the world to climb 9b+ with her redpoint of 'Excalibur' at Arco, Italy. Established by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2023 and repeated by Will Bosi in February 2025, this fierce, intense overhang stands as one of the hardest sport climbs...

Applications are open for the new Bernard de Launoit Prize for Mountain & Adventure. This €25,000 financial award supports young people in their quest for adventure. Deadline 1 February 2025

Spanish rock climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Stoking the fire', the 9b established in 2013 by Chris Sharma at Santa Linya, Spain.

During a short visit to villanueva del Rosario in Spain, 15-year-old Andrea Cheleris from Italy repeated a handful of hard climbs, including the onsight of 'Mundo Feliz' (8b+) and the redpoint of 'Mangarbo natural' (9a+).

Watch Belgian climber Anak Verhoeven sending 'Planta de Shiva' (9b) at villanueva del Rosario in Spain, May 2024.

Slovenian climber Domen Škofic has repeated Chilam Balam (9a+/b) at villanueva del Rosario in Spain.

This summer Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker and Sean villanueva O’Driscoll established a new climb up the centre of the Mirror Wall in Greenland. The 1000m big wall is graded 8b/R/A2+ and has been called 'Ryu-shin', in memory of their friend and climbing partner Keita Kurakami.

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2023. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2024 award during the celebration at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy) from 8 - 11 December 2024.