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 The search continues for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard: Alex Txikon and his team were transported to Nanga Parbat today and immediately began reconnaissance flights on the mountain. The search operations will continue tomorrow, weather conditions permitting.

On 12 January 2019 Cristian D’Anzul made a rare repeat of Colpo di Fulmine 8b+ at the beautiful crag Medveja in Croatia.

Isabelle Faus has climbed Memory is Parallax, an 8b+ boulder problem at Elkland, Rocky Mountain National Park, USA.

On 6 February 2019 French alpinists Paul Bonhomme and Stephane Roguet made the first ski descent of the East Face of Mt. Étale in France.

The fourth stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2019 takes place in Corvara / Rabenstein in Val Passiria, Italy this weekend.

Climbing alone and ground-up, last spring German alpinist Alexander Huber made the first ascent of Mauerläufer (200m, 8b+) up Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.

Interview with the 23-year-old Italian climber Lorenzo Puri, who recently climbed his 100th boulder problem graded 8A or harder.

At Varazze (Italy) Giorgia Tesio climbed her first 8b boulder problem, Fortunadrago. Repeated on the same day by Simone Raina, this historic bloc was the first 8b in the area, freed by local Christian Core.

Italian rock climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated Off the Wagon, the famous boulder problem graded 8b+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland.

At Margalef in Spain, Basque climber Iker Pou has made the first ascent of Artaburu, his hardest sport climb to date.

Egyptian rock climber Wafaa Amer report about her repeat of Hyaena, the milestone in Italian sports climbing freed by Andrea Gallo in 1986 at Finale Ligure.

The video of Adam Ondra at Smith Rock in Oregon attempting to onsight To Bolt Or Not To Be, the first 8b+ in the USA freed by Jean-Baptiste Tribout in 1986.

Swedish rock climber Matilda Söderlund has repeated Pure Imagination 8c+ at Red River Gorge, USA

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made the first repeat of El bon combat, the superbly difficult route freed by Chris Sharma in 2015 at Cova de Ocell in Spain.

American climber Shawn Raboutou has made the long-awaited first ascent of Off the Wagon Low, in Val Bavona. Reportedly graded 8C+, this is now the hardest boulder problem in Switzerland.

French climber Mélissa Le Nevé has repeated Golden Ticket, an 8c+ sports climb at Red River Gorge, USA.