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American climber Alex Honnold has climbed up and down the famous 'Plumber’s Crack' Red Rock in just over 25 seconds.

On 10/04/2025 on the NE Face of Mont Greuvettaz (3684m) in the Triolet basin of the Mont Blanc massif Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Combo' (600m, AI5, M6).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the Long Beach area of Los Angeles as the venue for Sport Climbing at the Olympic Games LA28.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028 the three core disciplines of sport climbing - Speed, Lead and Boulder - will all have their own medals.

An American-French duo comprise of Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau has set the new women's Speed record on the Naked Edge in the Eldorado Canyon, USA, simul-climbing the 150m route and making the round-trip to the bridge in 37 minutes 8 seconds.

The record-breaking Speed ascent of Manaslu, achieved on 19 September 2024, by American mountain runner Tyler Andrews who set the fastest known time of just 9 hours and 52 minutes to the 8163m high main summit.

Interview with Pietro Bassotto, the 61-year-old Italian climber who recently made the first ascent of 'Mata Leao' (8c+) at the La Terrazza crag in Novalesa, Val di Susa, Italy.

German alpinist Robert Jasper has been awarded the 'Primus Inter Pares 2024' prize from the Polski Związek Alpinizmu, the Polish Alpine Club. This award recognises his extraordinary life's work and his pioneering first ascents in the field of alpinism

Spanish rock climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Stoking the fire', the 9b established in 2013 by Chris Sharma at Santa Linya, Spain.

Italian climber Laura Rogora has redpointed Bombardino (9a+) at Arco, Italy, on her fourth attempt of the day.

On 17 June 2024 Swiss alpinist Lars Lämmler completed what is believed to be the first paraglider flight off the summit of Alpamayo in Peru.

British climber Toby Roberts has climbed his hardest sport climb to date, Gancho Perfecto (9a+) in Margalef, Spain.

Spanish alpinist Jordi Corominas has been named as 2024 recipient of the Piolets d'Or Carrière. He will receive the 16th Walter Bonatti - Piolets d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award at the international festival in San Martino di Castrozza (Dolomites, Italy) in December.

Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold is the twelfth recipient of the Paul Preuss Prize, awarded each year in memory of the bold Austrian alpinist. Instated in 2013, past winners are Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander, Bernd Arnold, Heinz Mariacher, Catherine Destivelle, Thomas Huber and...

On 01/09/2024 the Italian-Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz climbed the four ridges of the Matterhorn in 7 hours 43 minutes and 45 seconds. Furggen Ridge ascent, Hörnli Ridge descent, Zmutt Ridge ascent and Lion's Ridge descent, without external support and gear stashes on the mountain.

Natalia Kalucka of Poland and Ludovico Fossali of Italy have win gold at the European Speed Climbing Championships.