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The video portrait of Dean Potter, one of the world’s leading climbers who lost his life on 16/05/2015 aged 43 in a wingsuit accident in Yosemite Valley, USA, together with Graham Hunt.

On 10/03/2024 the 20-year-old Italian climber Iris Bielli repeated 'Prinzip Hoffnung', the famous trad climb on the Bürser Platte, Austria, freed in 2009 by Beat Kammerlander.

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated 'La Rambla', the benchmark 9a+ located at Siurana in Spain.

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has repeated Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland. Success caps a stellar year for Schubert who in September made the first ascent of BIG (9c) at Flatanger in Norway.

Interview with Jakob Schubert after the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger in Norway last week. The 32-year-old Austrian has now called the climb B.I.G. and suggested the grade 9c. This is currently the third route in the world with this grade, after Silence at Flatanger and DNA in...

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2022. The honoured ascents will receive the 2023 Piolets d'Or award during the celebration in Briançon, France, from 14 to 16 November

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger. Bolted by Adam Ondra in 2013, the line was defined by the Czech climber as 'the true king line of the cave.'

Watch Austrian climber Jakob Schubert attempt 'Project Big' at Flatanger in Norway live on youtube today at 17:30.

The video of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert repeating 'Es Pontas', the hardest deep water solo climb water on the island of Mallorca put up by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Remembering Ermanno Salvaterra, the great Italian mountaineer of the Brenta Dolomites and Patagonia, who perished yesterday while climbing on Campanile Alto di Brenta.

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Livin' Large (8C+) at Rocklands, South Africa.

Watch the first episode of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert deep water solo climbing on the island of Mallorca and making the first repeat of Chris Sharma's 'Alasha'. The crux consists of an 8A boulder problem 15 meters above the water.

Experienced alpinists Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer have made the first ascent of Yernamandu Kangri, a 7180m peak in Pakistan's Karakorum. The pair climbed alpine style and needed three bivouacs.

On 11 June 2023 Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold soloed the three ridges on the legendary Salbitschijen in 9 hours, 36 minutes and 55 seconds.

The video of American climber Michaela Kiersch sending her first 9a+, La Rambla at Siurana in Spain.

On Saturday 22 April 2023 at 5:30 the XXIII Mezzalama Trophy will begin from from Breuil-Cervinia. The legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif will be streamed live as of 8:15.