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Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in Briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.

Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our article written in conjunction with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday,...

The brief climbing history to Mont Vert de Greuvetta in the Mont Blanc massif, summarised by Simon Richardson who, this autumn with Michael Rinn, climbed a series of new routes in the range.

American rock climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Goldrake, the 9a+ established in 2010 by Adam Ondra at Cornalba in Italy.

Swiss rock climber Katherine Choong has repeated 'Une Jolie Fleur dans une Peau de Vache' (300m, 8b) in the Verdon Gorge, France, and '6.4 Sekunden' (170m, 8b/+) at Engelberg in Switzerland.

Rafa Vadillo from Catalonia, Spain, reports about new ice climbs established in Swedish Lapland, in particular in the Stora Sjöfallet National Park and the Sarek National Park.

At the crag San Rocchino close to Camaiore in Tuscany, Italy, Gabriele Moroni then Lorenzo Bogliacino have repeated Naturalmente. Graded 9a+, the route was freed by Adam Ondra in 2017 and unrepeated.

The report by Tomas Franchini, currently in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, where he has climbed Nevado Ulta and Nevado Huandoy Norte.

Belgian climber Anak Verhoeven has made the first repeat of Patxitxulo 9a/+ at Oliana in Spain.

The 2021 Piolets d'Or awards for alpinism will be awarded in November at Briançon, France, to Pierrick Fine and Symon Welfringer for their ascent of Sani Pakkush and Ethan Berman and Uisdean Hawthorn for their ascent of Mount Robson. Catalan climber Silvia Vidal has received a special mention.

Interview with Laura Rogora after her first repeat of the 9b/+ Erebor at Eremo di San Paolo in Arco, Italy. With her It is the first time that a woman has climbed a route of this difficulty. Watch the uncut video of her ascent today at 16:00.

The trailer of the first ascent of Soudain Seul, the hardest boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France carried out by Simon Lorenzi in February 2021.

Laura Rogora has made the first repeat of Erebor at the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco. Graded 9b/+ and established by Stefano Ghisolfi in January 2021, it is considered the most difficult sport climb in Italy. This is the first time a woman has climbed a route...

On 24 September 2021 American climber Sean Bailey repeated Bibliographie 9b+ at Céüse in France.

British rock climber Steve McClure has made the second ascent of Lexicon, the E11 trad climb established only recently at Pavey Ark in England by Neil Gresham.

German climber Alexander Megos has made a first-go ascent of Intermezzo XY gelöst 9a at Plombergstein in Austria.