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At Gravere (Val di Susa, Italy) Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of TCT , a 9a dedicated to Tito Claudio Traversa.

The Italian Youth Championship will take place at Arco: from 31 My to 2 June the categories Under 14 , 12 and 10, while from 6 – 8 June the categories Under 20 , 18, 16.

From 1 - 4 May 2014 Ryan Jennings and Kevin Cooper made the first ascent of Stairway to Heaven up the North Face of Mt. Johnson, Ruth Gorge, Alaska

From 16 to 20 May 2014 the French alpinists Frédéric Degoulet, Benjamin Guigonnet, Hélias Millerioux and Robin Revest made the first ascent of Looking for the Void, a difficult new ice and mixed route up the West face of Siula Chico in the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru.

The video di Alexander Megos climbing Action Directe in the Frankenjura, Germany on 3 May 2014.

Igor Simoni introduces Albarracin, one of the most famous bouldering areas in Spain.

Climb China, the guidebook by Kevin Wojton, Karen Thang and Ana Pautler: a selection of the best climbs from China and Hong Kong.

The film directed by Keith Ladzinski of 3 Strings Productions, with Scott Adamson and Jesse Huey in search of the ice climbing potential in Zion National Park, USA.

The point of view of Udo Neumann about the first half of the Bouldering World Cup 2014.

The video of Adam Ondra onsighting Il Domani 9a ar Baltzola in Spain.

The video of Muriel Sarkany climbing Punt-X 9a at the Gorges du Loup, France.

An team of young alpinists comprised of Lise Billon, Pedro Angel Galan Diaz, Jeremy Stagnetto and Jérôme Sullivan have made the first ascents of the ice and mixed routes The Odyssey (M7, 6b, A1, 90°, 1100m) up the unclimbed Pyramid Peak and The Iliad (TD+ 900m) up Mount Boucansaud in...

In April 2014 Cecilia Buil and Sergio Almada made the first ascent of Piedra Bolada in Mexico via their new route Rastamuri (VI, 5.11/A4, 1030m).

Michele Caminati, this time as video maker, introduces the spirit of the recent Melloblocco 2014. Episode #1: the treasure map "explained" by Simone Pedeferri and the other side to Melloblocco, the live evening entertainment: meetings, videos, theatre with the main players of what climbing is all about.

In Germany's Frankenjura Alexander Megos has repeated The Essential 9a, Black Label 9a, Matador 9a and The Man that follows hell 9a+.

The video of the first ascent of Seltene Erden (80° M4+ V+), climbed by Johannes Bachmann and Manuel Tinkhauser on 8/04/2014 up Wildgall / Collaspro 3273m, (Rieserferner Group, Tauern Alps).