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As climbing grows through gyms and the Olympics, it faces a paradox: indoor popularity rises while outdoor crags risk closure. What future awaits the sport? Featuring Swiss climber Cédric Lachat, this award-winning documentary by Guillaume Broust explores climbing's shift from counterculture to mainstream.

On 3 April 2026 Sung Su Lee from South Korea repeated Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland. A day later, Makoto Yamauchi from Japan repeated 'Burden of Dreams' at Lappnor in Finland. Both boulder problems are graded 9A.

The video of Noway's Magnus Midtbø together with famous French barefoot climber Charles Albert bouldering together at Fontainebleau.

American rock climber Alex Honnold has successfully completed his free solo ascent of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan. The 40-year-old required 1 hour and 31 minutes to climb one of the tallest buildings in the world.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first ascent of 'Pôr Do Sol' at Sintra close to Lisbon. Graded 8C+/V16, it is currently the hardest boulder problem in Portugal.

The ranking of the 10 most popular articles published in 2025 on Planetmountain.

Ferrino celebrates International Mountain Day on December 11th with the exclusive premiere of the film "Transcardus - A BalkanSki Story" on the Ferrino Video youtube channel. The film, directed by Elisa Bessega, follows Enrico Mosetti's first ski traverse of the Sharr mountain range, with Lorenzo Barutta and Matteo Sarto.

Interview with British climber Rob Matheson who, aged 74, in April 2025 made an audacios repeat of 'The Bells, The Bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it has only seen a handful of repeats since its first ascent...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the world’s leading and most prestigious nature photography competition and touring exhibition, has revealed a first-look of highly commended images awarded in the 61st edition. Selected from a record-breaking 60,636 entries, the winners will be announced on Tuesday 14 October 2025.

The 2025 IFSC Youth World Championship began in Helsinki, Finland today and will run to o 3 August.

Watch Magnus Midtbø training with Janja Garnbret, in a bid to find out what the secret is to one of the greatest climbers of all times.

The second stage of the European Boulder Cup 2025 is currently taking place in Rome, Italy. Live streaming of the competitions begins at 9am CET.

In 2024 professional athlete Sara AlQunaibet survived a 13m groundfall in a climbing gym in France. The youtube channel Hard is Easy analyses the accident. Graphic content warning.

British climber Jim Pope has made only the third ascent of Dynamics of Change at Burbage South, England. This E9 7a trad climb was first ascended by Pete Whittaker in 2008 and repeated by Neil Kershaw in 2014.

Interview with Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl after her ground-breaking, historic flash ascent of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite.

Watch the first two episodes of 'The Crux', a four-part series documenting the journey of the world’s most elite climbers. Starring in the first two episodes are Paris 2024 Olympic champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Toby Roberts of Great Britain, while additional storylines also follow the paths of young...