5088 News found

The first stage of the Boulder World Cup 2024 was won yesterday at Keqiao in China by Janja Garnbret from Slovenia. Italy's Camilla Moroni won silver, China's Luo Zhilu won bronze.

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated 'Pungitopo' (8c+) at Red Point Wall close to Arco, Italy.

The last stage of the 2024 Vertical World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, today and was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret from France and Remi Bonnet from Swtizerland. The overall season title was won by Bonnet and Sarah Dreier from Austria.

Austrian alpinist Barbara Vigl reports about a repeat of the 'Gervasutti-Gagliardone' on the East Face of the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc massif, carried out in July 2023 by Vigl with Anna Truntschnig and Anna Zechling. Apart from possibly being the first all-female ascent of this route, the repeat underscores the...

Who has won the most medals in the Lead World Cup? Who has won the most medals at the Bouldering World Championships? Who are the fastest Speed climbers of all times? To answer these questions, Sport Climbing Stats was created by Fabio Palma to analyse the statistics of over 30...

The Italian La Venta association reports about its first expedition to explore the Qanaf Cave and depths of the desert plateau of Jabal Samḥān in southern Oman.

Sébastien Berthe has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The route was repeated for the first time by Adam Ondra in February 2023, and Berthe's is now the third ascent. The Belgian climber, who in 2023 flashed the adjacent 'Le...

Santiago Padròs reports about his February 2024 first ascents of two mixed climbs at Envers des Aiguilles in the Mont Blanc massif: 'Hypnotic Lain' on Pointe de Nantillons with Oliver Gajewski dedicated to Line van den Berg, and 'Folie Perseverante' on Capucin du Requin, climbed with Valérie Dupont and...

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has announced the list of nominated officials for the Summer Olympics, scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August in Paris, France.

The Grand Prize of the 34th edition of the Memorial Maria Luisa Photo contest was awarded to French photographer JB Liautard for his photograph entitled The Dune. Fifteen major awards and nine honorable mentions were assigned this year.

On 10/03/2024 the 20-year-old Italian climber Iris Bielli repeated 'Prinzip Hoffnung', the famous trad climb on the Bürser Platte, Austria, freed in 2009 by Beat Kammerlander.

The first stage of the European Speed Cup was won by Italy's Gian Luca Zodda and Germany's Franziska Ritter in Lublin, Poland, last weekend.

British rock climber Buster Martin has repeated 'Furia de Jabali' (9a+) at Siurana in Spain.

The video of Jorge Díaz-Rullo and the road to sending 'Bibliographie', the famous 9b+ at Céüse in France he repeated on 16 October 2023.

At La Pedriza in Spain, British rock climber Shauna Coxsey climbed 'Fotofobia Sit' (8B+/V14+).

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated 'La Rambla', the benchmark 9a+ located at Siurana in Spain.