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Yesterday 74-year-old British climber Rob Matheson made a rare repeat of 'The Bells, The Bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it was first ascended in 1980 by John Redhead.

The film 'Edge of Reason' that documents the record breaking ascent of Broad Peak carried out by Benjamin Védrines in 7 hours 28 minutes on 19 July 2022. The French mountaineer then became the first person in the world to paraglide off the summit.

Watch Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl making the first repeat of 'The Gift' (8c, 350m) on the Drusenfluh the Rätikon massif in Austria, summer 2024.

Over 1200 climbers have already registered for Melloblocco 2025, the biggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world scheduled to take place in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy, from May 7th to 10th.

The video of Adam Ondra attempting to flash as many 8B boulder problems in a single day at Fontainebleau in France, in February 2025.

Watch French climber Mejdi Schalck repeat 'Es Pontas' (9a+) on the island of Mallorca, Spain. The classic deep water solo was established by Chris Sharma in 2006.

The video of Chris Sharma establishing the 9a deep water solo 'Black Pearl' in Mallorca, Spain.

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.

The Grand Prize of the 35rd edition of the Maria Luisa Memorial Photo contest was awarded to Rajarshi Banerji for his photo entitled 'Black panther under the stars'. The competition attracted 18,684 photographs and 199 films entries by 1,590 registered photographers from 95 countries.

Watch Adam Ondra repeat 'Soudain Seul', the 9A boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France.

The footage of Pete Whittaker making the first ascent of 'Dynamics of Change' at Burbage South, UK, in 2008.

In 2024 professional athlete Sara AlQunaibet survived a 13m groundfall in a climbing gym in France. The YouTube channel Hard is Easy analyses the accident. Graphic content warning.

On his first visit to Buoux in France Alexander Megos repeated a slew of classic testpieces. His standout ascent is a flash of ‘Agincourt’, the historic 8c established by Ben Moon in 1989.

The video of the first ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West face of the Drus in the Mont Blanc massif, carried out by French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino from 26 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.

The video of Adam Ondra's flash of the 8B+ boulder problem 'El Elegido' at La Pedriza in Spain.

Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated 'The Full Journey', the 9b at Margalef in Spain first climbed in 2022 by Alex Megos.