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Germany’s Lena Herrmann has redpointed her second 8c, Father and son 8c in the Frankenjura.

In September 2014 Alexandra Schweikart and Christopher Igel made the first ascent of Della Funivia (7c, 300m), a new multi-pitch climb in Valle Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland.

Dave MacLeod, Calum Muskett and Jacob Cook have made the first free ascent of Disco 2000 (8a+) on Blamman, island of Kvaløya in Norway.

German climber Roland Hemetzberger has made the first free ascent of his new 8c multi-pitch Delirium on the Fleischbank sector of the Wilder Kaiser.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter has made a remarkable onsight of the 8b/+ Tanz der Moleküle at Lechtal, Austria.

The list of athletes that will take part in Rock Master 2015 on Saturday, 5 September. The men’s lineup: Stefano Ghisolfi, Sean McColl, Adam Ondra, Ramon Julien Puigblanque, Jakob Schubert, Domen Skofic, Gautier Supper, Francesco Vettorata. The women’s lineup: Mathilde...

On Friday, September 4, 2015 the Arco Rock Legends will celebrate its 10th edition and assign the prestigious Salewa Rock Award and La Sportiva Competition Award during the Rock Master Festival and the World Youth Climbing Championships 2015. Those nominated...

Interview with Nina Caprez who, together with Marc le Menestrel, repeated Hannibals Alptraum, the smooth limestone testpiece first climbed in 1986 by Martin Scheel and Robert Bösch in Switzerland’s Rätikon massif.

The video of American climber Jonathan Siegrist redpointing Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a at Ceuse, France.

Aerial footage of the Argentière glacier taken last week by Yannick Boissenot.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter reports about her recent trips to Greece where, close to Leonidio, she and her partner Bernie Ruech developed Nifada. The new crag currently hosts 14 routes up to 8c+.

In April 2015 the Iranian climbers Hassan Gerami, Hamid Reza Shafaghi and Farshad Mijoji made the first ascent of The Change Experience (8b, A2 442m), a new multi-pitch rock climb up the Karambony tower (Ecole) located in the Tsaranoro massif,...

Footage of Ben Moon’s redpoint of Rainshadow 9a at Malham Cove.

British climber Ben Moon has made the 4th ascent of Rainshadow 9a at Malham Cove, England.

At the Bärenschluchtwänden crag in Frankenjura, Germany, Lena Herrmann has redpointed Klondike Cat (11-/ 8c).

British rock climber Mina Leslie-Wujastyk has made the first female ascent of Bat Route 8c at Malham Cove, England.