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Nicola Bertoldo, Diego Dellai and Marco Toldo belonging to the Roccia 4 Gatti di Arsiero mountaineering club have climbed the enormous icefall located inside the Brezno pod Velbom cave, at an altitude of 2050m on the Slovenian side of Monte Canin. Dellai reports of the repeat of what is considered...

On 14 and 15 of April 2023 Jack Cramer, Tad McCrea, Vitaliy Musienko made the first ascent of Troll Toll (600m, M5) on the ENE Face of Mount Morrison in California, USA. Located in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada, this mountain is also known as the 'Eiger of...

The first stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup was won in Hachioji, Japan, last weekend by Brooke Raboutou and Mejdi Schalck. This is Raboutou's first ever IFSC World Cup gold medal, Schalck's second.

On Saturday 22 April 2023 at 5:30 the XXIII Mezzalama Trophy will begin from from Breuil-Cervinia. The legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif will be streamed live as of 8:15.

24-year-old climber from Italy, Stefano Carnati, has repeated Erebor at Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy. First ascended in 2021 by Stefano Ghisolfi, this power endurance testpiece has been repeated by Laura Rogora, Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert.

The video portrait of Connor Herson, the young American hailed as one of the most well-rounded climbers of his generation, with groundbreaking ascents to his name such as The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite aged 15 and the 9a+ sport climb Empath, repeated on gear.

The report by Slovenian alpinist Gašper Pintar who on 28 and 29 March 2023 completed a remarkable solo climb of the famous Čop Pillar on the North Face of Triglav in Slovenia. Although technically no longer in the calendar winter, the ascent was carried out in conditions akin to the...

The video of Pete Whittaker and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll making first free ascents in the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre massif in Patagonia.

The video of Claudia Ghisolfi's battle, from injury to redpointing her first 9a, TCT at Gravere in Italy.

A crowdfunding campaign to finance a solar powered pump to supply drinking water to the village of Taghia in Morocco has been launched. Called Eguzkiz Blai, the project is spearheaded by Iñaki Arakistain, Alex Honnold, Aitzol Ibarzabal, Arnaud Petit, Christian Ravier and Sean Villanueva O´Driscoll.

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has managed to flash 'Le Voyage' (8b+/E10) at Annot in France. First ascended by James Pearson in 2017, it is considered one of the hardest trad climbs in France.

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

The documentary of the first ascent of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia, completed on 16 January 1963 by British mountaineers Chris Bonington and Don Whillans.

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

Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world, viewed through the eyes of the historic promoters Michele Comi, Nicola Noè and Stefano Scetti. Over 2000 climbers have already registered for the 16th edition which will be held in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy from 4 to...

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'.