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Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson Jonathan Siegrist are currently working the crux central pitches of the demanding Dawn Wall project on el capitan, Yosemite, USA.

On 28/10/2012 New Zealand's Mayan Smith-Gobat succeeded in the first female ascent of Punks in the Gym (32/8b+) at Arapiles, Australia.

American filmmaker Fred Padula has launched an appeal to raise funds to digitally restore the classic, award winning climbing film el capitan.

On 23/09/2012 Mayan Smith-Gobat and Chantel Astorga set a new speed record up The Nose on el capitan, Yosemite climbing the route in 7 hours and 26 minutes.

Mayan Smith-Gobat, together with David Falt, has made the third free ascent of Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Civetta, Dolomites. 750m, 8a in a ground-up, in a 32 hour single push with no bivy gear. Falt provides the report.

Video story of the historic rock climb Zombie Roof at Squamish (Canada) which includes the first free solo by Will Stanhope, narrated by local rock climber Perry Beckham.

Interview with Polish climber Marek Raganowicz who in April and May 2012 established a new big wall climb, Superbalance (VII, A4, M7+) up Polar Sun Spire on Baffin Island together with Marcin Tomaszewski.

Interview with American climber Hans Florine after his 17/06/2012 speed record on The Nose, el capitan, Yosemite set with Alex Honnold.

On 17/06/2012 Hans Florine and Alex Honnold set a new speed record up The Nose on el capitan, Yosemite in 2:23:46.

Video portrait of American rock climber Steph Davis.

On 11/06/2012 the American climbers Jes Meiris and Quinn Brett set a new female speed record up The Nose in Yosemite, climbing el capitan's most famous rock climb in 10 hours 19 minutes.

Video of Alex Honnold during his solo ascent in Yosemite up Mt. Watkins, el capitan and Half Dome.

Interview with American climber Alex Honnold after his immense and fast solo of the Yosemite Triple in Yosemite Valley, USA.

Alex Honnold has doubled his takings: after the fast ascent of the trio Mount Watkins, el capitan and Half Dome with Tommy Caldwell, between 5 and 6 June the 26-year-old US climber carried out an incredible and fast solo ascent of the Yosemite Triple once again.

The second edition of the Karl Unterkircher Award will take place on 6 July 2012 at Selva di Val Gardena in the Italian Dolomites. The alpinists nominated for this award are Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards for the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, Sean Villanueva, Ben Ditto,...

On 18-19 May 2012 Alex Honnold amd Tommy Caldwell became the first climbers to ascend el capitan, Half Dome and Mount Watkins in Yosemite in less than 24 hours.