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From 10:00 today the Rock Master Festival continues at the Arco Climbing Stadium with the International Paraclimbing Cup.

The commemoration of the first attempt to climb to the summit of Monte Disgrazia, which started a series of events aimed at celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first ascent to the summit of this great mountain located between Valmalenco and Valmasino. Michele Comi has the story.

Slovenian alpinists Luka Krajnc and Luka Lindic have repeated Divine Providence up Grand Pilier d'Angle on Mont Blanc on-sight in 32 hours.

Four years after their first attempt, Martin and Florian Riegler now return to the Karakorum, Pakistan, together with Austrians Monika Mehlmauer and Christoph Mohl to attempt the virgin Darwo Chhok Peak (5850m).

At Rocklands in South Africa the American climber Paul Robinson has made the first repeat of King of Limbs, suggesting 8B/B+ instead of 8B+/C.

Registration is now online for Rock Junior, the youth climbing festival which will take place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 August 2012 at Arco (Lake Garda - Trentino, Italy) and which introduces the Rock Master Festival, 9 days of events, shows and competitions driven by a great love for...

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.

Stefano Ghisolfi has sent his first 8c+, L'extrema cura plus at Gravere and L'Avaro at Tetto di Sarre, Italy.

Video of Yosemite Valley, the heart of rock climbing in the USA and the world.

Melloblocco 2012 starts today and the time has come to reveal the boulder problems which are just waiting to be climbed.

The ninth Melloblocco, the world's most important bouldering meeting, takes place in Val Masino, Sondrio, Italy from 3 - 6 May 2012.

Austrian climber Johanna Ernst has sent her first 8c+, Open your Mind in Spain.

Spanish climber Nacho Sánchez has freed Insomnio at Cova de la Gota at Crevillente, Spain.

From 15 - 16 March 2012 Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli carried out the first winter traverse of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. The report by Simon Gietl.

The Piolet d'Or gets underway in Courmayeur and Chamonix today and 2012 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the world's most famous alpinism award. Four days of international alpinism at the foot of Mont Blanc to discuss, watch and celebrate alpinism in all its forms, to pay homage to Walter Bonatti...

The fith Tris Rotondo took place on 11 March in Valle Bredetto (San Gothard, Switzerland). The Super Tris event was won by Cédric Brodard, Vincent Mabboux and Nicolas Philipona, while the Main Tris (which also counted for the Swiss Championship) was won by Gerhard Schneider and Alexander Hug and by...