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The video of the first BASE jump off Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia, carried out on 7 January 2026 by Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd

On 08/06/2025 Elisa Bessega and Enrico Mosetti completed a rare descent of the west face of Mount Tetnuldi (4858m) in Georgia.

The film Chasing Shadows tells the compelling journey of Benjamin Védrines on K2. After an initial attempt where tragedy was narrowly avoided, Védrines is more determined than ever to achieve an extraordinary feat: climb the world's second highest mountain in a single day, without supplementary oxygen, and fly down by...

On 28/01/2026, Leo Gheza and Luca Matteucci established 'Over the Trip' (WI6, M8, R, 100m) in Valsavarenche (Aosta Valley, Italy). The mixed route runs alongside the classic ice climb 'Trip in the night'.

21-year-old climber Italian climber Iris Bielli has sent her first 8c+, 'Il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio' at Sasso Pelo in Lombardy.

The UK-based charity GRIT & ROCK has announced the opening of applications for its 2026 Expedition Grant Awards, a dedicated $15,000 funding pool aimed at advancing female participation in groundbreaking alpine climbing. The application deadline is 31 March 2026.

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

The trailer of the first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on Fitz Roy in Patagonia, carried out on 07/09/2025 by Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and Marco Majori.

On 23/01/2026 Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini made the first ascent of 'Out of the Dark' on the north face of North Face of Laserz, Lienz Dolomites, Austria.

On 20/01/2026 Austrian alpinists Martin Sieberer and Lukas Waldner completed the first winter ascent of 'Schutzengelweg' on the North Face of Sagwandspitze in the Valsertal valley in Tyrol, Austria. First ascended in summer 1982 by Andreas Orgler and Reinhard Schiestl, this is the first known repeat in 34 years.

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...

Umberto Bado, with Paolo Giacobbe, Amedeo Giobbio and Luca Ponziani has established 'Smooth Criminal', a mixed climb next to the classic icefall 'Thriller '92' in Valle del Lys (Valle di Gressoney). Bado reports.

Watch Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon climb the Grandes Jorasses via the Colton-McIntyre route, as part of their April 2025 Alpine Trilogy which resulted in them enchaining in 6 days and without motorised transport the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses.

On 7 January 2026 Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd made the first BASE jump off Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia. Egorov reports.

On 8 January 2026, in Valsavarenche (Aosta Valley, Italy), the mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Giovanni Ravizza established 'Le Fantôme du Bricolage'. This is a mixed variant of the rarely formed ice climb 'Il fantasma di ghiaccio', first ascended in 1993 by A. Cambiolo, B. Gilardi, X. Iturrate, R. Lale,...

The documentary of the award-winning first ascent of Yashkuk Sar in Pakistan, carried out by the American alpinists August Franzen, Dane Steadman and Cody Winckler from 19 - 23 September 2024.