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British rock climber Pete Whittaker has made the first free ascent of the second pitch of 'Eigerdosis' on the Profilveggen / Profile wall at Jøssingfjord in Norway. The previous aid climb is now a trad crack that checks in at 8c.

The video of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert repeating 'Es Pontas', the hardest deep water solo climb water on the island of Mallorca put up by Chris Sharma in 2006.

At Rhoscolyn on the island of Anglesey in North Wales Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated the E9 trad climb 'Olwen' while her husband James Pearson has repeated the E10 'Prisoners of the sun'.

American climber Connor Herson has made the second ascent of Crack of Destiny (5.14b/8c) and a fast repeat of Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c) at Squamish, Canada. Other repeats include Spirit Quest (5.14d/9a), Tainted Love (5.13d R/8b) and the multipitch Télmexw (5.13c/8a+).

Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of 'Baise moi' at the crag Saint Auban in the Verdon Gorge, France. The Frenchman climbed the route flash style and has suggested the grade 8c+.

The video of British rock climber James Pearson and the road that led him to making the first ascent of 'Bon Voyage', one of the hardest trad climbs in the world and located at Annot in France

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Livin' Large (8C+) at Rocklands, South Africa.

Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made a swift repeat of the multipitch Tarragó (8b+, 240m) at Montserrat in Spain.

Watch the film 'The Road to Century Crack', featuring Japanese climber Yuya Kitahira and his efforts to repeat Century Crack, one of the hardest offwidth cracks in the world, located at the Canyonlands, USA.

On 24 - 25 June 2023 Eivind Hugaas and Kalle Olsson completed what is likely to be the first free repeat of Skapelsen on Tågveggen (Tågwall) in Litldalen, Norway. The 700 m climb was first ascended in 1986 by Anders Lundahl and Eva Selin.

Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach and Symon Welfringer have established a new route up the South Pillar of Baintha Kabata (6250m) in the Karakorum, Pakistan.

On 24/07/2023 French climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Move Hard, the 9b at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2017 and repeated previously only by Stefano Ghisolfi.

Watch the video of Adam Ondra climbing and Will Bosi discussing 'Vasil Vasil', the world's third 9b+ first ascended by Ondra a decade ago.

Mat Wright has made the first ascent of the bold trad climb 'Magical Thinking' E10 7a at Pavey Ark, England.

Watch the first episode of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert deep water solo climbing on the island of Mallorca and making the first repeat of Chris Sharma's 'Alasha'. The crux consists of an 8A boulder problem 15 meters above the water.

Talented young Czech climber Pepa Šindel has repeated 'Hypoxia extension' 9a in Slovakia and, more recently, 'Sever The Wicked Hand' in Frankenjura, Germany