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On Sunday 14 June the brilliant 16-year-old French climber Luce Douady lost her life in an accident at a crag close to Grenoble, France.

At Ceuse in France Seb Bouin has repeated Biographie, the benchmark 9a+ freed in 2001 by Chris Sharma.

Interview with Laura Rogora who redpointed Pure Dreaming Plus at Massone close to Arco, Italy and became the first Italian woman to climb 9a+.

Sport climbing at Arco Italy: at Massone Laura Rogora has made the first female ascent of Underground, a historic 9a established in 1998 by Manfred Stuffer.

The historic Cassin - Ratti route the north face of Cima Ovest di Lavaredo in the Dolomites, established by Riccardo Cassin and Vittorio Ratti with two bivouacs from 28-30 August 1935, is a landmark in climbing history. Italian Mountain Guide Carlo Cosi recalls his summer 2019 repeat with Sara Mastel.

At the crag Massone in Arco, Italy, Laura Rogora repeated Pure Dreaming Plus, a 9a+ sports climb first ascended by Adam Ondra. The Roman climber is now the first Italian woman, and only the fifth woman in the world after Margo Hayes, Anak Verhoeven, Angela Eiter and Julia Chanourdie to...

At Massone close to Arco in Italy Laura Rogora has redpointed Pure Dreaming 9a, while at Monte Colt she climbed the 8c’s Riflessi and Terra Piatta.

The video of Jakob Schubert training at home during lockdown in Austria and his subsequent first 10 days climbing outdoors.

News broke a few hours ago that a team of mountaineers belonging to a Chinese expedition which aims to measure the height of Everest has reached the summit having climbed up the Tibetan side of the mountain and fixed ropes to the tip. The Chinese expedition is the only expedition...

At the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy, Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of Beginning 9a/+.

On Sunday 17 May 2020 at 18:30 the Italian Ragni di Lecco climbing club invites everyone to have a drink in memory of Matteo Bernasconi. Here is how the Ragni di Lecco, to which Berna belonged, explain the initiative.

The video of Sébastien Bouin climbing some of the classic routes in the Verdon Gorge in France during his Vintage Rock Tour.

In April 2019 Francesco Salvaterra and Vittorio Giovannella made the first ascent of Calypso (150m 6b, 6a ob.), a new multi-pitch sport climb in the Gola del Limarò canyon in the Sarca Valley close to Arco, Italy.

Slovenian rock climber Jernej Kruder has made the first ascent of Peščena ura, a 9a sports climb at the picturesque crag Sopota.

Sport climbing in Austria: Barbara Zangerl has repeated Unleashed 8c+ and Instructor 8c+/9a in her home Vorarlberg region.

French rock climber Mélissa Le Nevé has repeated Bionic commando, an 8c+ sports climb at the crag Jesuswand in Germany.