The news

The video by Tyler Stableford with the introspection of Steve House.

Antonio Boscacci, the great climber, alpinist, mathematician, writer, photographer and one of the most visionary inventors of the new climbing in Val di Mello and further afield died tody aged 63 after battling long against illness.

The video of Gaz Parry climbing Reservoir Dogs E8 7a at Widdop, England.

In May Hansjörg Auer from Austria on-sighted the famous route Strawberries first ascended by Ron Fawcett in 1980 at Tremadog in Wales. In more than 30 years this trad climb has only been on-sighted by Stefan Glowacz and Jorg Verhoeven.

Michele Caminati has made the first ascent of Il Dado è tratto!, a new trad climb graded E7 6c at Lagoni, Italy.

Video of Swiss alpinist Stephan Siegrist and the slackline traverse on the Matterhorn (4478m).

The North Face of Grossglockner: Pallavicinirinne and Mayerlrampe introduced by Vittorio Messini, Mountain Guide Kals am Großglockner.

On 18-19 May 2012 Alex Honnold amd Tommy Caldwell became the first climbers to ascend El Capitan, Half Dome and Mount Watkins in Yosemite in less than 24 hours.

Video of the fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2012 in Innsbruck won by Anna Stöhr and Kilian Fischhuber.

Stefano Ghisolfi has sent his first 8c+, L'extrema cura plus at Gravere and L'Avaro at Tetto di Sarre, Italy.

The video of American climber Daniel Woods and his flash ascent of the boulder problem Entlinge 8B+/C at Murgtal in Switzerland.

At Murgtal in Switzerland Bernd Zangerl has freed the traverse Normopath and also made the first repeat of Ragtime ay Amden. Both boulder problems are graded 8B+.

On 17 May Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and David Göttler reached the summit of Nuptse (7861m) via the long and difficult North Ridge Scott route. A beautiful and testing climb, far removed from the nearby crowds at Everest.

The video of the ski and snowboard descent of the NE Face Mt. Grivola carried out by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano on 14/05/2012.

The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2012 was won on Saturday 19 May in Innsbruck (Austria) by Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr.

On Saturday 19 May 2012 three alpinists - a German, a Canadian and a Korean - lost their lives on the South Face of Everest, in part due to a sudden storm. Another two alpinists are reported missing, while other alpinists in difficulty were rescued by helicopter from Camp 2....