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At La Pedriza in Spain, British rock climber Shauna Coxsey climbed 'Fotofobia Sit' (8B+/V14+).

Toru Nakajima has made the first ascent of 'Regret' at Ena in Japan. No grade has been put forward as yet but this 3-move problem promises to be intense.

The video of the 2022 climbing trip to the Ak-Su Valley in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan of Federica Mingolla and Niccolò Bartoli, during which they made the first ascent of the big wall 'Vivere la vita' (7b, 800m) on the south buttress of Peak Slesova, also called Peak 3850,...

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated 'La Rambla', the benchmark 9a+ located at Siurana in Spain.

On Cerro Trinidad Central in Valle Cochamó in Chile the Italian climbers Angelo Contessi, Diego Diaz and Leo Gheza have established the big wall 'Nunca say Nunca' (5.12+/A1/1000m). Gheza reports.

On 2 and 3 February Martin Feistl and Simon Gietl made the first ascent of Aura (M6 AI5, 1200m) a new mixed climb on the northeast face of Langkofel / Sassolungo above Val Gardena in the Dolomites.

Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made the third ascent 'Sleeping Lion', the 9b at Siurana in Spain established by Chris Sharma in March 2023 and repeated in January 2024 by Alexander Megos.

On 17 February Fay Manners and Tom Lafaille made the first ski descent of the Arête Charlet Straton on Aiguille d’Argentiere in the Mont Blanc Massif. Manners reports about the 5.4 line they have called 'Stratonspherique'.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi climbing Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.

Dimitris Daskalaki, Spyros Kyriakou and Christos Tsoutsias have made the coveted first winter ascent of 'Scream of the Butterfly' on Tsouka Rossa (1987m) in Greece.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the second ascent of 'Return of the Sleepwalker', the 9A/V17 at Red Rocks, USA, established by Daniel Woods in 2021. Bosi made the ascent after 12 sessions and has now climbed 3 boulders at the world’s hardest grade.

On 14 February 2024 Mark Herbison, Josh Lavigne and Christina Lustenberger made the first ski descent of the South Couloir of Mount Sir Sandford (3519m), the highest peak in the Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Lustenberger reports.

Over a 18-day period from 24 January to 10 February 2024 'Riders on the Storm', one of the most famous big wall climbs in Patagonia located on the Central Tower in the Torres del Paine massif, was finally climbed free by Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee, Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and Drew...

On Wednesday 14 February Adam Ondra made the first repeat of 'Bon Voyage', the E12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The Czech climber needed 3 days of effort and has confirmed the grade of E12 (9a).

The video of Germany's Florian Wientjes making the second ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ put up by Ryuchi Murai in 2021 at Mizugaki in Japan.

Samuel Holzknecht, Simon Messner and Cesare Olivetti have made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'La Penultima' on Elferkofel / Cima Undici in the Sexten Dolomites, Italy. The 450m climb above Fischleintal ends at the Cengia degli Alpini ledge.