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25-year-old Yannick Flohé has repeated Janus (9a+) at Angerstein in the Frankenjura, germany.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has repeated 'Hades' (9a) at Götterwandl in Nassereith , Austria.

The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal by Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell, and Alan Rousseau, and 'Tomorrow...

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.

Belgian climber Hannes Van Duysen has repeated 'Es Pontás', the 9a+ DWS on Mallorca in Spain first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Watch the video of Tom Randall climbing his hardest offwidth crack to date, the 60m bridge crack Autobahn in Berlin, germany.

The 60th edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the most important award dedicated to nature photography promoted by the Natural History Museum of London, has been won by Shane Gross of Canada for his photo of a mass of western toad tadpoles swimming below lily pads in Cedar Lake.

On 25 September 2024, Michal Korban successfully climbed Action Directe, the most famous 9a in the world established in 1991 in Frankenjura, germany, by Wolfgang Güllich.

British rock climber Tom Randall has made the first ascent of Autobahn, a 60m offwidth bridge crack in Berlin, germany.

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2023. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2024 award during the celebration at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy) from 8 - 11 December 2024.

German climber Alexander Megos has made the third ascent of 'Move' at Flatanger in Norway, suggesting an upgrade to 9b/+.

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

German climber Alexander Megos has repeated Change, the 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2012 and hitherto repeated by only Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 and Seb Bouin in 2022.

On Tuesday 30 July Siebe Vanhee, supported Tommy Caldwell, succeeded in making a one-day ascent of 'Odyssee' on the Eiger North Face. The 33-pitch outing was completed in 2015 by Roger Schaeli, Simon Gietl and Robert Jasper with difficulties up to 8a+.

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It's been an intese day of Men's Boulder e Women's Speed

In Speed Aleksandra Mirosław sets a new world record at 6.06 seconds

The fourth stage of the Speed World Cup was won by Lijuan Deng of China and Ludovico Fossali of Italy.