The news

In July 2007 the Slovenians Marko Lukic and Andrej Grmovsek made the first ascent of 'Never give up' (VIII+/IX-, VIII+ obl., 500m) on the Pilastro on the Tofana di Rozes (Dolomites).

Dave Macleod has made the first ascent of "To Hell and Back", E10 6c at Hell’s Lum, Cairngorms, Scotland.

On 21/08/07 Sonnie Trotter freed "The Path" 5.14 R (E10/E11) at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.

Rock climbing in the Zillertal - Austria's granite climbing Eldorado, just 1 hour from Innsbruck in the heart of the Tyrol.

Riccardo Scarian has made the third ascent of Solo per vecchi guerrieri, the multi-pitch desperate first ascended by Maurizio “Manolo” Zanolla on the north face of "El Colaz", Vette Feltrine (Dolomites).

Interview with the 14 year old Czech climber after his repeats of Abysse 9a (Gorges du Loup), Speed 8c+ (Voralpsee) and Silbergeier (Rätikon).

On 04/07/2007 Mauro 'Bubu' Bole and Gabriele Gorobey carried out the first free ascent of Donnafugata (750m; max 8a), first ascended by Christoph Hainz and Roger Schäli in 2004 on the S Face of Torre Trieste, Civetta, Dolomites.

On 26/07/2007 Alexander Huber made the first ascent of 'Pan Aroma' 8c through the great roof up the North Face of Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

Adam Ondra climbs Abysse, 9a in the Gorges du Loup on 01/08/2007, Hot Chili beans Volcano 8b+ on-sight on 02/08/2007, Speed 8c+ at Voralpsee on 03/08/2007 and makes a one-day repeat of Silbergeier 8b+, Rätikon, Switzerland on 27/07/2007

On 15 July the Austrians Markus Haid and Hansjörg Auer carried out the first one day ascent of "Arctandria" (8b) on Blamann Wall, Norway.

On 30/07/2007 Dave Graham made the fourth ascent of Realization / Biographie, 9a+ at Ceuse, France.

Rudy Moroder has climbed his first 8b+, "Non mollare" at Pian Schiavaneis, Dolomites, and on-sighted his first 8a, "Football fan" at Fraguel, Mallorca.

Dave Birkett has made the first ascent of another E9 6c at Cam Crag, Lake District, England.

On 15/07/2007 Chris Sharma made the first ascent of 'Three degrees of separation', a possible 9a at the Biografie sector in Ceuse, France.

Rock climbing in the Dolomites, Italy: route topos for the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Marmolada, Pale di San Martino and more.

On 03 July Barbara Raudner redpointed her second 8c, "Selbst ist das Kind" 8c at Austria's Adlitzgräben.