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The film Ascend, documenting the work of the organisation empowering women in Afghanistan through climbing.

On 11 March 2023 French rock climber Hugo Parmentier sent his first 8C boulder problem, Le pied à Coulisse at Fontainebleau in France.

The film 'Stacked' featuring Robbie Phillips and Alex Moore attempting to climb in a single day the three seastacks 'The Old Man of Hoy', 'Am Buichaille', and 'The Old Man of Stoer'.

The video of German climber Alexander Megos attempting to flash 'Za Staro Kolo in Majhnega Psa' , the famous 8c+ at Mišja Peč in Slovenia first ascended in 1992 by Tadej Slabe and considered one of the hardest climbs in the world at the time.

On 28 March 2023 Chris Sharma completed the first ascent of Sleeping Lion at Siurana in Spain. Graded 9b+, this is the 41-year-old's most difficult first ascent to date and one of the hardest sport climbs in the world.

On 23/03/2023 at Annot in France British rock climber Steve McClure made a fast repeat of 'Le Voyage', the difficult trad climb first ascended by James Pearson in 2017.

Climbing is currently prohibited on a selection of climbs at Mišja Peč in Slovenia due to nesting birds.

Watch the film Mastery by Wedge climbing, featuring Aidan Roberts pushing the limits of bouldering.

American rock climber Anna Hazlett, aka. Anna Hazelnutt, has repeated the 8b/+ E9/E10 trad climb Prinzip Hoffnung located at Bürser Platte, Austria.

The video of Adam Ondra onsighting Water world (9a) at Osp / Mišja peč in Slovenia.

Blind British paraclimber Jesse Dufton, together with Molly Thompson and Paul Donnithorne, has the first ascent of the 100m multi-pitch rock climb 'Eye Disappear' at Heavy Rock in the Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco

The video and an interview with Austrian climber Jakob Schubert regarding his attempts of DNA, the 9c sport climb located in the Verdon Gorge in France established by Sebastién Bouin in 2022.

Will Bosi is currently in Finland attempting Burden of Dreams (9A), the hardest boulder problem in the world established by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016. The Scottish climber is streaming his progress live on Instagram.

The video of French climbers Nicolas Pelorson and Lucien Martinez illustrating all the moves of Bombé Bleu, the legendary project at Buoux in France. Bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and also referred to as Chantier, this route has never been climbed before.

From 4 to 7 May 2023 Melloblocco, the biggest bouldering meeting in the world, returns to Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Pre-register online on www.melloblocco.it.

On 3 February 2023 in Val Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland, Niccolò Ceria repeated the boulder problem Off the wagon low (8C+)