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At Margalef in Spain Jorge Díaz-Rullo has repeated the 9b First Round First Minute, established by Chris Sharma in 2011.

22-year-old Scottish climber Will Bosi has made the first ascent of King Capella at Siurana, Spain and has proposed the grade of 9b+.

39-year-old American sport climber Dave Graham has repeated First Ley 9a+ at Margalef in Spain.

Climbing video: Adam Ondra attempting El Toro Salvaje, a potential 9c sport climb at Margalef in Spain.

Watch French climber Seb Bouin climbing a new sequence on the upper crux of Biographie at Céüse.

On the south face of Fitz Roy in Patagonia the alpinists Seán Villanueva O’Driscoll and Jonathan Griffin have made the first ascent of La Chaltenense (500m, 7a), a huge offwidth described by the first ascensionists as a 'king line'.

35-year-old Dutchman Jorg Verhoeven explains three of his most recent climbing projects

Climbing video: Adam Ondra making the first ascent of El Potro, a short and intense 9a sport climb at Margalef in Spain.

interview with French photographer Alex Buisse about his Mont Blanc Lines climbing poster project.

interview with Simon Lorenzi after the first ascent of Soudain seul, ie the sit start to Big Island at Fontainebleau in France, which the Belgian rock climber has graded 9A.

interview with Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll after the Fitz Roy Traverse in Patagonia, carried out solo from 5 to 10 February and christened the Moonwalk Traverse by the Belgian mountaineer. This is only the second time that the iconic skyline of Patagonia has been climbed in its entirety in a single...

Spanish climbers Iker Pou and Jorge Díaz-Rullo have both recently redpointed 9a+: Pou made the first ascent of Gran Guggenheim on the island of Mallorca, while Díaz-Rullo repeated La Rambla at Siurana.

Belgian climber Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll has made a solo ascent of the Fitz Roy Traverse in Patagonia. This is one of the most important climbs ever carried out in Patagonia.

Watch Tommy Caldwell and Adam Ondra discussing the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, talking about their climbing and more.

Today, Saturday 16 January 2021 at 16:58 local time, a team of 10 Nepalese mountaineers completed the highly coveted first winter ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world and the last 8000er to be climbed in the coldest season. News of the successful summit was provided by...

Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of Erebor at Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco. Graded 9b/+, this is currently the most difficult sport climb in Italy.