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The video of Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik making the first ascent of ‘Mount Doom’, the 9A boulder boulder problem in Maltatal, Austria.

Italian climbers Pietro Vidi and Alessandro Larcher have successfully made a free ascent of 'Joy Division' (800m, 8b), on Mount Qualido in Val Di Mello, Italy. The pair redpointed the first pitch, graded 8b, after having free climbed the rest of the route.

Edu Marin, climbing with Juan Pablo Caballero, has made the second repeat of 'Egoland' on the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, Italy). The report by the Catalan climber about his ascent of this 8c/c+ max multi-pitch.

On 11 August Janina Reichstein and Luisa Deubzer repeated 'Headless Children' (8b, 250m) on Schijenfluh, Rätikon. The pair made an ecopoint ascent, travelling to the mountain to work the route by train, bus and hitchhiking. Deubzer reports.

At La Stazione in Val Tanaro (Italy) Stefano Carnati mananged to flash the 8c 'Paranoid'. A few days later he sent two 9a's, 'Prima Classe' and 'Vivi si Muore'.

On 26 August Lara Neumeier repeated 'End of Silence', the 11-pitch 8b+ established by Thomas Huber in 1994 on the Feuerhörndl in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany

On 26/08/2025 German climber Yannick Flohé has made the first repeat of 'Ratstaman Vibrations' at Céüse. Originally bolted by Chris Sharma and subsequently freed by Alex Megos in 2022, Flohé believes the climb could be upgraded to 9b/+.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret has climbed 100 routes in 24-hours to raise over €60,000 for underprivileged children in sports.

Climbing with Edu Marin, Marcello Bombardi has repeated 'Ego Land' on the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, Italy). This is the first repeat of the the multipitch established by Bernardo Rivadossi and Massimo Faletti, and freed by Rivadossi and Luca Bana with difficulties up to 8c/c+ max (7c+ obligatory). The...

Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee has made the long-awaited first flash ascent of the trad climb 'Muy Caliente' (E9, 6c), at Stennis Ford, Pembroke, Wales

Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of 'Piz Dal Nas' on the North Face of Titlis in Switzerland. The 500m 8b was established ground-up by Matthias Trottmann and then freed by the Swissman in 2010.

French alpinists Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have made the first free ascent of 'Voie Lafaille' on the West face the Drus in the Mont Blanc massif. The route was established solo by French ace Jean-Christophe Lafaille in winter 2001.

Swiss climber Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a rare free ascent of 'Joy Division', the 800m 8b on Monte Qualido in Val di Mello, Italy. Established in 2004 by Simone Pedeferri, even today it is considered one of the hardest granite multi-pitches in Europe. Schild provides the...

British rock climber James Pearson has repeated 'Crac yr Meistri' (Master’s Crack), the E9 trad climb in the Nant Peris Quarry in the Llanberis Pass, Wales. Established by James McHaffie in 2022, it was repeated by Angus Kille later that year. Pearson reports.

Italian climber Laura Rogora has become the first woman in the world to onsight 8c+ with her ascent earlier today of 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at the Gorges du Loup in France.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has redpointed 'Crise de Panique' (8c+) at Bas Valais in Switzerland.