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This spring La Severina, the spectacular crag in Cilento in Campania, Italy, was developed further and currently features 30 pitches ranging from 6b to 8b+. Rolando Larcher provides the info, while a video by Sergio Morra introduces this 'overhanging forest of stalactites' located between San Severino di Centola and the...

On the 14th of May 2023 Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France climbed 100 different 7A boulder problems in Fontainebleau in a single day. Berthe provides the details of this challenging link-up which the pair completed by fair means, ie by bike or on foot.

The cliff Paligremnos - Plakias on the island of Crete in Greece has been declared a monument of Natural and Cultural Heritage. A recent Greek court order now prohibits the construction of a tourist resort above the crag which was at risk of closure. The rock and beach below are...

American rock climber Cedar Wright has launched the peculiar Dirtbag Fund, which will assign 5 grants of $1000 each to climbers who devote their lives to climbing on the road,

Cédric Lachat has made the first ascent of Fantasia in the Vercors, France. The 38-year-old climber has suggested 9b, making it the first of this grade for the Swissman.

The video of British rock climber Aidan Roberts flashing Momentum (8B+) in Val Bavona, Switzerland

Russian climber Vadim Timonov has made the first ascent of Blackflip sit, a boulder problem at Djan-tugan in Russia for which he has proposed the grade 8C+/9A.

The video of Adam Ondra downclimbing the 8c+ Odin's Eye at Flatanger in Norway.

On 20 April 2023 Polish climber Aleksandra Taistra repeated Genius (8b, 300m) on Monte Ginnircu in Sardinia, Italy. Established in 2010 by Fabio Palma, Domenico Soldarini and Matteo della Bordella, the line had previously been ascended completely only once before, by Pietro dal Prà in 2012.

French climber Sébastien Bouin makes the first ascent of Suprême Jumbo Love (9b+) at Clark Mountain, USA in November 2022.

The video of Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee attempting the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA, first ascended by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson.

The report by Michele Caminati who has made the first ascent of Toewalker on the porphyry crags at Bozen in the South Tyrol, Italy. The single-pitch trad climb is graded E7 6c.

The video of British climber Steve McClure making a fast repeat of 'Le Voyage' at Annot in France at the end of March 2023. Established by James Pearson in 2017, this 8b+/E10 is considered one of the hardest trad climbs in the country.

The video of Anna Hazlett, aka Anna Hazelnutt, repeating, and Tom Randall attempting, Prinzip Hoffnung at Bürs in Austria.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi attempting Burden of Dreams (9A) in Finland, together with Elias Iagnemma, Will Bosi and Shawn Raboutou.

French climber Loïc Zehani has made the first ascent of Mossoul 9b/b+ at Orgon.