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The film Love featuring American rock climber Paige Claassen and her efforts to balance her climbing and her career.

The sixth and final Boulder World Cup concluded in Innsbruck, Austria on Friday 16 June and was won by Sorato Anraku from Japan ahead of teammate Meichi Narasaki and Sam Avezou of France. Sorato was also crowned overall Boulder World Cup winner, Dohyun Lee won silver, Tomoa Narasaki bronze.

Last night in Innsbruck, Austria, Janja Garnbret from Slovenia won the sixth and final stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup. Natalia Grossman (USA) placed second, Nonaka Miho (Japan) placed third. For the third year in a row the overall Boulder World Cup winner was Natalia Grossman; Nonaka placed second,...

Interview with Simon Gietl after the first ascent of Goldfish on Meru South in India, carried out alpine style from 11 - 13 May 2023 with Mathieu Maynadier and Roger Schäli. Interview by Bulgarian journalist Tanya Ivanova.

A selection some of the most beautiful photos taken Giovanni Danieli and Davide Terenzi, two of the by official photographers of the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 that took place in mid-June in Bressanone / Brixen, Italy.

On Sunday night the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, by 18-year-old British climber Toby Roberts. Dohyun Lee (South Korea) and Yoshiyuki Ogata (Japan) placed second and third respectively.

Saturday evening at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won by Natalia Grossman (USA), ahead of Chaehyun Seo from South Korea and Staša Gejo from Serbia.

The report by Florian Riegler from the South Tyrol, Italy, who at Nago close to Arco freed his multi-pitch sport climb Stile di vita (8c, 100m).

On Saturday 3 June French rock climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in Southern France first ascended by Alex Megos in summer 2020 and repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi and Sean Bailey in summer 2021.

The video of American climber Michaela Kiersch sending her first 9a+, La Rambla at Siurana in Spain.

Last weekend Oriane Bertone of France and Lee Dohyun of South Korea claimed their first-ever World Cup gold medals by winning the Prague stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret claim silver, Flavy Cohaut and Mejdi Schalck bronze.

Italian climber Federica Mingolla has repeated Hotel Supramonte, the famous multi-pitch climb in the Gola di Gorropu gorge in Sardinia, established ground-up between 1998 and 1999 by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani.

This spring La Severina, the spectacular crag in Cilento in Campania, Italy, was developed further and currently features 30 pitches ranging from 6b to 8b+. Rolando Larcher provides the info, while a video by Sergio Morra introduces this 'overhanging forest of stalactites' located between San Severino di Centola and the...

The cliff Paligremnos - Plakias on the island of Crete in Greece has been declared a monument of Natural and Cultural Heritage. A recent Greek court order now prohibits the construction of a tourist resort above the crag which was at risk of closure. The rock and beach below are...

On 20 April 2023 Polish climber Aleksandra Taistra repeated Genius (8b, 300m) on Monte Ginnircu in Sardinia, Italy. Established in 2010 by Fabio Palma, Domenico Soldarini and Matteo della Bordella, the line had previously been ascended completely only once before, by Pietro dal Prà in 2012.

On 4 May 2023 in Valle dell'Orco, Italy, Federica Mingolla and Matteo Sella made the first free ascent of 'E ti vengo a cercare'. In 1980 Ugo Manera and Isidoro Meneghin established all but the last pitch and the route lay remained unfinished until now.