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Watch South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher repeating 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb at Annot in France first ascended by James Pearson in 2023.

On 21 April 2026 French climber Oriane Bertone sent Kheops (8B) and Gecko assis (8B+) in Fontainebleau.

The report by mountain guide Giancarlo Maritano of a short ski touring trip in Norway, not to the more famous Lofoten Islands and the Tromsø area, but to the Nordland county. Based in Narvik, the group skied the peaks of Rivtind (1452m), Storfjellet (1633m), Nevertind (1420m) and Spanstinden (1457m), discovering...

From 3 to 6 April 2026, French alpinists Pierre Girot, Kilian Moni, Hugo Peruzzo and Arthur Poindefert established 'Jorassique Pâques' on the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif. Graded ED+ M7 A3, the 1100-metre route climbs to Pointe Whymper on the north face. Poindefert reports.

17-year-old Gianluca Vighetti has sent 'Bombardino' (9a) at Bus de la Stria in Arco, Italy on his second attempt and in a single day.

Late last year American climber Connor Herson repeated 'Bon Voyage', James Pearson's trad masterpiece at Annot in France.

Marie Pollet-Villard and Laurie Renoton from France have set the new female fastest known time on the famous Haute Route Chamonix Zermatt, requiring just 20:30 hours for the circa 100km traverse. The previous best was set by Valentine Fabre and Hillary Gerardi just three days earlier.

French climber Laura Pineau reports on her latest adventure: climbing 100 multi-pitch routes in Provence in under 50 days with Elsa Ponzo. Calanques, Verdon, Dentelles de Montmirail, Cap Canaille, Destel, Sainte-Victoire... 100 climbs, 681 pitches and a total of 17,765 vertical meters in 43 days.

On 2 April 2026 Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik has made the first ascent of 'Bügelbrett' in Maltatal, Austria. The boulder problem adds 7 moves into 'Bügeleisen' and has been graded 8C+.

Baltazar Calera, Joaquin Guglielmetti, Santiago Guglielmetti and Matías Tapia Artigas have completed the first ascent of 'Ira de Gugal' on Punta Zanzi in Chile.

On 3 April 2026 Sung Su Lee from South Korea repeated Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland. A day later, Makoto Yamauchi from Japan repeated 'Burden of Dreams' at Lappnor in Finland. Both boulder problems are graded 9A.

Rebolting in Sardinia: thanks to Marco Bigatti, Bruno Fonnesu, Maurizio Oviglia and Simone Sarti, 40 sport climbs have been rebolted at the historic crag Torrioni di Masua in southwest corner of the island. The report on the recent restyling by Oviglia.

Julia Cassou, Amelie Kühne, Belen Prados, Caro North have repeated the 'South African route' on the east face of the Central Tower of Paine in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia. After fixing and the first pitches, they spent a total of 13 days making a capsule-style push to...

French rock climber Charles Albert has made the first ascent of 'Charlatan' in Fontainebleau. As per usual, 'Barefoot Charles' climbed the boulder problem without climbing shoes and has suggested 9A.

On Thursday 26 March 2026 French mountain guide Mathéo Jacquemoud reached the beach in Nice, having made a traverse of the Alps in 19 days. After setting off from Vienna on 7 March, the former ski mountaineering world champion negotiated 86,000 meters of elevation gain and 2,200 km in total...

A 60-year-old climber from the Czech Republic perished on Friday 27 March 2026 following a fall on the island of Kalymnos in Greece. The exact circumstances of the accident are still under investigation by the relevant authorities but preliminary reports indicate bolt failure was the cause of the fall.