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At Gorges du Loup Patxi Usobiaga repeats Kinematix 9a and on-sights Sikaplus 8b, Soul sacrifice 8b, New power generation 8b and Hot Chili beans bolcano 8b+, while Irati Anda sends Deverse satanic 8a+ and Cascade 8a. At the end of May Andra redpointed Ongi Etorri 8b at the Baltzola Cave,...

Great success at Arco for for the 5th Rock Junior: hundreds of young climbers protagonists of this authenic sport's festival.

Patrick Edlinger, one of climbing's greatest living legends, will be the star guest at Arco's Rock Junior on 17 and 18 June 2006.

On Monday 8th May 2006 Maja Vidmar joined the exclusive club of women capable of sending 8c by redpointing Osapski pajek at Ospo, Slovenia.

Martin Keller warns that disrespectful behaviour may result in closure of the Chrionico bouldering area in Canton Ticino, Switzerland

In April Alexandra Taistra from Poland redpointed Resistanza Atipica 8b at Ferentillo, Italy.

Rolando Larcher celebrates 25 climbing years by climbng 25° 8c at Celva, Trento.

Chris Sharma frees Lucky Lucka extension 8c at Odyssey, Kalymnos second go and repeats Draconian Devil 8b+, together with JB Tribout.

On 8/05 Maurizio Manolo Zanolla made the first ascent of "El Sior Favonio" 8c.

Stories, facts and adventures directly from the third edition of the Melloblocco, the largest international bouldering meeting which took place in Valle di Mello on 6 - 7 May, organised by the Lombardy Mountain Guides. Special gallery by Giulio Malfer.

With less than two days to go to the Melloblocco, Jacky Godoffe gives some advice to the 1300 pre-registered...

Monique Forestier from Australia has made the third ascent of the beautiful Larger Than Life, 31 (8b) at Centennial Glen, Blue Mountains. In mid-April Garth Miller freed one of the hardest routes on the continent, One on One 33/34 (8c/8c+) at Mini Ha Ha, Blue Mountains.

During the Easter break Luca Zardini carried out the first repeat of Drumtime, the route first ascended by Riccardo “Sky” Scarian at Fonzaso (BL) at the end of March.

American Lisa Rands continues to push for the psychological extreme with her first female ascent of Gaia E8 6c at Black Rocks, Peak District, England.

Kilian Fischhhuber repeats Dschungelfieber 8c/+ (Dschungelbuch, Austria). At Misja pec, Slovenia, he repeats Sanski par (extension) 8c+/9a together with Jorg Verhoeven, while Katharina Saurwein sends Mrtvaski ples (8b) and Corto (8a).

Josune Bereziartu has just on-sighted Hidrofobia 8b+ at Montsant, Spain and, in doing so, has become the first woman ever to on-sight 8b+!