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Interview with Adam Ondra after the first repeat of Gioia 8C+ at Varazze, Italy.

Adam Ondra has made the first repeat of Gioia at Varazze in Italy, the 8C+ boulder problem freed by Christian Core in 2008.

Video of Ron Kauk on his boulder problem Midnight Lightning in Yosemite, USA.

The American magazine Outside has chosen Planetmountain as one of world's best 10 climbing sites.

Climbing and travel journal 2. San Vito Lo Capo: its climbing, Sicily, the history and sea as seen through the eyes of Nicoletta Costi and Nicola Noè.

Austrian climber David Lama has made the first repeat of Woher Kompass (8a+, 120m) and has freed Vamos a la playa (six pitches, 8b+) above Cevio in Switzerland's Tessin.

At Red River Gorge (USA) Adam Taylor has freed Southern Smoke Direct 5.15a, while Jorg Verhoeven has repeated 25 difficult routes including Pure Imagination 9a.

On 19/11/2011 Glen Plake and Rémy Lécluse carried out the first ski descent of the SE couloir of Punta Ceresole on Cresta Gastaldi (Gran Paradiso).

The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 was won in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday night by Ramón Julian Puigblanque, while the women's event was tied by Angela Eiter, Jain Kim and Mina Markovic. The overall Cup was won by Jakob Schubert and Mina Markovic, while Ramón Julian Puigblanque...

Encouraging news about Zaila Rakhmetov, the daughter of Guzel and Salavat Rakhmetov who in May 2010 was serioulsy injured at a crag in Turkey.

Encouraging news concerning Zaila Rakhmetov, the daughter of Guzel and Salavat Rakhmetov who in May 2010 was serioulsy injured at a crag in Turkey.

During their third evening entitled 'I am the mountains I have not climbed' the Italian alpinists Nives Meroi and Romano Benet talked about their mountaineering and life story. This was a special evening dedicated to a special story, as Manuel Lugli recounts.

Maurizio Manolo Zanolla and his new routes at two small, lost crags, Baule and Bilico high up in the Dolomites, for a climbing which is far removed from the usual perspectives.

Sonnie Trotter has made the second ascent of The Prophet (5.13d R) on El Capitan, Yosemite.

The aluminium marker at the top of Number Four Gully on Ben Nevis is being reviewed by the land owners, the John Muir Trust.

The penultimate stage of the Lead World Cup took place in Kranj, Slovenia last night and was won by Sean McColl from Canada and Jain Kim from Korea. Jakob Schubert from Austria and Mina Markovic from Slovenia have won the Lead World Cup 2011, one one stage ahead of schedule.