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On Tête aux Chamois at Glacier 3000 in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland, Melanie Grünwald and Fay Manners made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Elles Aussi' (M7+ A0).

French climber Esteban Daligault has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

Raimundo De Andraca and Fernanda Carabias have made the first ascent of 'Sin obstáculos no hay camino' (600m, 5.12–, A1) on La Zaranda in Patagonia, Chile.

On 20/01/2026 French alpinists Melvin Bou and Kilian Moni made the first ascent of 'Une histoire d'amitié' on the huge, untouched west face of Roc de Garnesier close to Lus-la- Jarjatte in France. This is their second new climb in the Dévoluy massif this season after 'Saute Aure et God...

On 6 and 7 January 2026 French alpinists Melvin Bou, Kilian Moni and Raphael Olbrecht made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Saute Aure et God Homme' (AI 5, M11 135m) on the rarely-formed classic Cascade de Saute Aure icefall in the Dévoluy massif of the Hautes-Alpes in France....

The Pro Climbing League makes its competition debut on 28 February 2026 in London (UK) with an exciting head-to-head format of sixteen climbers (eight men and eight women) competing on identical boulders.

Fay Manners and Solenne Piret have made the first ascent of 'Win Oumalou' (From the Shadows) on Jebel Inslif above Zaouia Ahansal close to Taghia in Morocco.

Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund has made the first female ascent of 'Spomin', the 8c multipitch on Anića Kuk at Paklenica, Croatia

The report by Francesco Ratti who with Alessandro Beltrami and Manuel Chasseur climbed 'Filo Sureste' on Cerro Torre. A journey into the history of climbing via one of the most famous routes in Patagonia, the Southeast Ridge, formerly known as the 'Compressor Route'.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has officially become World Climbing. The rebrand highlights the evolution of climbing, nearly 19 years after the organisation’s founding

On 29 November Jacopo Larcher from the South Tyrol, Italy repeated the E12 trad climb 'Bon Voyage' (E12) at Annot in France. This is the 4th ascent after James Pearson, Adam Ondra and Seb Berthe.

Matteo De Zaiacomo recounts the first ascent in August 2024, with Chiara Gusmeroli, of 'Azzardo Estremo' on Sckem Braq in the Nangma Valley in Pakistan. 900 metres long, the route was opened alpine style and consists of 26 pitches with difficulties up to 7a and A3.

Johannes Malchow and Sebastian Eifler have made the first ascent of 'Benjo-Delight' on the famous Dragon Horns on Tioman Island in Malaysia. Malchow reports.

During her year as Slovenia's 'Godmother of Sport', Janja Garnbret exceeded all expectations by raising nearly €320,000 to support young underprivileged athletes.

Interview with British climber Rob Matheson who, aged 74, in April 2025 made an audacios repeat of 'The Bells, The Bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it has only seen a handful of repeats since its first ascent...

Nicholas Farenzena reports about 'Baila Morena', the new climb he established with Gabriele Walicki on the south face of Corno del Framont in the Civetta - Moiazza of the Dolomites.