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Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter has made the first free ascent of the rock climb '1975' on Little Goat Mountain, Bow Valley, Canadian Rockies

The report by Diego Pezzoli about the first ascent of Baba Jaga (V 6a A2+, 180m),a new aid climb up the Maslana pinnacle, above Valbondione, Italy.

The video of Mayan Smith-Gobat and Benjamin Rueck on three superb trad climbs in Australia: Kachoong (Mount Arapiles), Passport to Insanity (The Fortress) and Welcome to Barbados (Red Cave).

The video of Tad McCrea's last year of climbing in the mountains throughout the Western Hemisphere.

The trailer of Valley Uprising, the documentary that retraces the history of rock climbing in yosemite Valley, USA.

The video of Roger Schäli and David Hefti and their repeat of Golden Gate on El Capitan, yosemite, USA.

German climbers Tobias Wolf and Thomas Hering have made rare repeats of two difficult routes on El Capitan in yosemite: The Shaft (Muir Wall free variation) and El Nino.

In June 2013 the South African climbers Duncan Fraser, Leonard le Roux and Benjamin de Charmoy made the first ascent of Dancing with the World (350m, 6c+).

Last weekend Jurica Levatić and his brother Perica Levatić won the 15th Big Wall Speed Climbing competition in Paklenica, Croatia in a record time of 15:16.

In redpointing Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain on Saturday 5 April , British climber Hazel Findlay has become the first British woman to climb 8c.

This evening at 21:00 at Courmayeur the award's ceremony of the Piolets d'Or 2014. All updates on twitter.

On 13 March the American climber Sean Leary died during a BASE jump accident in Utah, USA

Timelapse video filmed in yosemite, USA, by Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill.

From the most remote mountains in Nepal and Pakistan to the frozen lands of Alaska, via the imposing Masherbrum massif and symbollic Annapurna. Five ascents, carried out by some of the world's most talented alpinists, are in the running for Piolets d'Or 2014, the most important mountaineering award that will...

Charlie Porter, the legendary American rock climber and alpinist, has died aged 63 at Punta Arenas in Chile due to heart problems. Ivo Ferrari remembers.

Interview with Americans Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold who from 12 - 16 February 2014 carried out the coveted first traverse of the major ridge line of Fitz Roy in Patagonia.