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Scottish climber Dave Macleod has freed the The Long Hope Route at St John's Head, Hoy, Orkneys, Scotland

Giorgio Tagliasacchi informs that climbing is banned at the new bouldering area Codoleddu in Sardinia.

All the nominations for the VIth Arco Rock Legends, the sport climbing Oscars scheduled to take place on Thursday 21 July 2011 at Arco (Italy) with two awards, the Salewa Rock Award and the La Sportiva Competition Award. The celebration will be held during the Arco 2011 IFSC Climbing World...

The French company Petzl has issued a recall which concerns its GRIGRI 2’s (D14 2O, D14 2G, D14 2B ) with the first five digits of the serial number between 10326 and 11136.

On 24/05/2011 Fabio Meraldi and Diego Giovannini established a new route up the East Spur of Kahiltna Peaks West (3914m, McKinley-Denali mountain chain, Alaska).

Interview with the American climbers Alex Honnold and Ray Jardine after Honnold's solo of The Phoenix (5.13a) in Yosemite Valley.

Video of Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey during the first ascent of the Cartwright Connection on Mount Hunter in the Denali National Park, Alaska

On 13/06/2011 12-year-old Eva Scroccaro from Italy, redpointed Masochismo at Baratro, her first 8b.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces three new crags in Southern Sardinia: Cave of dreams, Villasimius e Broadway

Video of rockfall off Half Dome, Yosemite, USA, which took place on 27/05/2011 and thankfully injured no one.

At the start of May Alexander Ruchkin and Mikhail Mikhaylov carried out the first ascent of the Shark's Tooth (1555m) in Greenland via their route 'Dance on Tiptoes' (1210m, VII A2, 6c).

Swedish skier Andreas Fransson has carried out the first ski descent of the South Face of Denali (6197m), while British alpinists Jonathan Griffith and Will Sim have sped up the Cassin ridge in 14 hours 40 minutes.

In April 2011 Simon Montmory established Inspiration (150m, 7a+ ) on Telendos, Kalymnos, Greece

Leo Houlding provides the details of The Prophet, his October 2010 new route on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

On 16 April 2011 Nicola Tondini managed the second free ascent of "Testa o Croce" (185m, 8b max, 7c obligatory), the route on the Monte Cimo buttress (Val d’Adige) established together with Nicola Sartori in autumn 2009 and which Sartori had freed in April 2010.

Interview with British mountaineer Matt Hellinker after his first ascent of the Cartwright Connection, up Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter in the Denali National Park, Alaska together with Jon Bracey.