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Giuseppe Bagattoli, Andrea Calzà, Giampaolo Calzà and Omar Oprandi have completed 'Spina' on the central face of Monte Colodri at Arco in Valle del Sarca, Italy. Giampaolo 'Trota' Calzà reports about the first ascent of the climb dedicated to Mauro Giovanazzi 'Spina' who perished in an avalanche in 2013.

Melloblocco 2025 will take place from 7 - 10 May 2025 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Check out the latest updates about the biggest bouldering meeting in the world.

Arthur Poindefert reports about the first ascent of 'Géant dans l’âme' on the north face of Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif, established on 11/04/2025 together with Mathis Garayt and Kilian Moni. The 500m mixed climb has been graded M8+, ED

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.

On 7 March 2025, Emanuele Andreozzi and Stefano Falezza made what is likely to be the first winter ascent of 'Via Dell’Eva-Taddei' on the north face of Cima Busazza (Presanella, Italy). The summer climb, first ascended in 1969 and originally graded V+, was reinterpreted by Andreozzi and Falezza in a...

From 8-10 February 2025, the team of Polish climbers consisting of Michał Czech, Maciek Kimel and Tomek Klimczak made the first free ascent of the classic 'Direttissima' on the east face of Rysy in the High Tatras, Slovakia. The 13-pitch, 450m mixed climb is now graded VII M8+ and was...

From 10 to 12 January 2025, the eighth Eiskletterfestival Osttirol Ice Climbing Festival, Austria, will take place at the Eispark Osttirol close to the Matreier Tauernhaus. This year's guest of honour will be the mountaineer Rudolf Hauser.

Climbing with Jamie Lowther from Scotland, Sweden's Hannes Puman has completed a free ascent of 'The Nose' on El Capitan in Yosemite via what is known as the Schnaz Variation.

Interview with Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl after her ground-breaking, historic flash ascent of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite.

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has flashed 'Freerider' (VI 5.13a), making her the first person in history to flash El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

Slovenian climber Domen Škofic has repeated Chilam Balam (9a+/b) at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.

From 22 August to 26 September a small team of four Slovenian women comprised of Ana Baumgartner, Urša Kešar, Anja Petek and Patricija Verdev climbed four new routes in the Indian Himalaya. These include the alpine style first ascent of the previously unclimbed Lalung I (6,243m).

A Scottish-Slovak team comprised of Callum Johnson, Tim Miller, Simon Smith and Miška Izakovičová recently returned from a highly successful climbing expedition to the Torsukattak Fjord in southern Greenland where they established multiple new climbs, including 'Mussels for Tea, Packrafts in the Sea' (E6 6b (7b), 1350m) and 'Texture like...

American climber Michaela Kiersch recently returned from a highly successful bouldering trip to Rocklands in South Africa, where she amassed a huge list of ascents that include Amandla 8B+. What makes her repeats even more impressive is the fact that prior to the trip the 29-year-old had fractured her...

Janja Garnbret gold, Brooke Raboutou silver, Jessica Pilz bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics

1. Janja Garnbret 2. Brooke Raboutou 3. Jessica Pilz 4. Ai Mori 5. Erin McNeice 6. Chaehyun Seo 7. Oceania Mackenzie 8. Oriane Bertone

19-year-old Brit Toby Roberts has won the Combined Boulder & Lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Toby Roberts gold, Sorato Anraku silver, Jakob Schubert bronze

1. Toby Roberts 2. Sorato Anraku 3. Jakob Schubert 4. Colin Duffy 5. Hamish McArthur 6. Adam Ondra 7. Alberto Ginés Lopez 8. Paul Jenft