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On Sunday 14 June the brilliant 16-year-old French climber Luce Douady lost her life in an accident at a crag close to Grenoble, france.

At Ceuse in france Seb Bouin has repeated Biographie, the benchmark 9a+ freed in 2001 by Chris Sharma.

The uncut video of Adam Ondra sending Belly Full of Bad Berries at Indian Creek, USA.

Interview with Laura Rogora who redpointed Pure Dreaming Plus at Massone close to Arco, Italy and became the first Italian woman to climb 9a+.

At the crag Massone in Arco, Italy, Laura Rogora repeated Pure Dreaming Plus, a 9a+ sports climb first ascended by Adam Ondra. The Roman climber is now the first Italian woman, and only the fifth woman in the world after Margo Hayes, Anak Verhoeven, Angela Eiter and Julia Chanourdie to...

Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson start their Tour Des Alpilles with their young son today. Powered by their ebikes, during their 1-month trip the three will visit more than 10 different crags including historically important cliffs such as Buoux, Orgon, Volx and Mouriers.

15-year-old climber Oriane Bertone has climbed what she believes to be her first 8C boulder problem, Satan I Helvete low start at Fontainebleau in france. As the name suggests, this adds a low start to the famous problem put up by Dave Graham in 2003.

French climber Melissa Le Nevé has made the first female ascent of Action Directe, the masterpiece established by Wolfgang Güllich in Germany’s Frankenjura in 1991. This milestone 9a is one of the most famous and coveted sport climbs in the world.

The video of Sébastien Bouin climbing some of the classic routes in the Verdon Gorge in france during his Vintage Rock Tour.

In April 2019 Francesco Salvaterra and Vittorio Giovannella made the first ascent of Calypso (150m 6b, 6a ob.), a new multi-pitch sport climb in the Gola del Limarò canyon in the Sarca Valley close to Arco, Italy.

The video of the first ascent of Vuelo del Condor, the multi-pitch rock climb on Kuntur Sayana in Peru established by Charlotte Durif and Josh Larson in 2019.

The videos of Adam Ondra who at Roviště in the Czech Republic made the first ascent of the 9a+ sports climb Bohemian Rhapsody, and repeated the 8C boulder problem Iceberg at Holštejn.

We have received and publish the press release of The North Face that through its COVID-19 Explore Fund is committing € 1 million to support the outdoor communities affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Applications are welcome from companies and charities in the UK, Germany, france and Italy and are open...

The docu-film Chris Bonington - Life and Climbs (2015, 22 minutes) is now online. Directed by Vinicio Stefanello for the Municipality of Courmayeur, in this film great British mountaineer tells his life story.

france’s Anouck Jaubert and Italy’s Michael Piccolruaz have earned tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The video of Charles Albert making the first ascent of No kpote only at Fontainebleau in france. Freed by the French climber in January 2019, the boulder problem was repeated by Ryohei Kameyama who suggested 8C+/9A.