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The report by Luca Vallata, a mountain guide from Belluno, who together with Fabio De Cesero established 'La Poderosa', a route that climbs the famous North Overhangs of Campanile di Val Montanaia in the Friulian Dolomites. The climb is dedicated 'to all the good people in Gaza and the West...

In the Ak-Su Valley in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan Leon Dobrzański, Piotr Kowalczyk and Paweł Zieliński from Poland made the first ascent of 'Phillar of Experience' (VII- 1000m (~1900m) on Pik 4300.

On 20/09/2025 Italian climber Claudia Ghisolfi sent her second 9a, TTT in the Gorges Du Loup in France.

On 24 August 2025 Massimo Da Pozzo and Giordano Riello made the first ascent of 'Cerullova' on Torre Grande in the Cinque Torri group abovea Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites.

The video of Siebe Vanhee on the crux pitch of 'Riders On The Storm', the crown jewel of big wall climbing in Patagonia freed with Nico Favresse, Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and Drew Smith over an 18-day period in 2024. The 1300m line was established in 1991 by Kurt Albert, Bernd...

On 7 September 2025 Colin Haley completed the coveted first winter solo of Cerro Torre. The 41-year-old American alpinist climbed via the famous Ragni Route and made one bivouac, 3 pitches below the summit.

On 26 August Lara Neumeier repeated 'End of Silence', the 11-pitch 8b+ established by Thomas Huber in 1994 on the Feuerhörndl in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret has climbed 100 routes in 24-hours to raise over €60,000 for underprivileged children in sports.

The video of Connor Herson making the rare repeat of 'Magic Line' (8.14c/8c+), one of the most difficult crack climbs in Yosemite Valley.

Climbing with Edu Marin, Marcello Bombardi has repeated 'Ego Land' on the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, Italy). This is the first repeat of the the multipitch established by Bernardo Rivadossi and Massimo Faletti, and freed by Rivadossi and Luca Bana with difficulties up to 8c/c+ max (7c+ obligatory). The...

Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee has made the long-awaited first flash ascent of the trad climb 'Muy Caliente' (E9, 6c), at Stennis Ford, Pembroke, Wales

On Saturday 9 August the Italians Manrico Dell'Agnola, Antonella Giacomini, Maurizio Giordani and Nancy Paoletto completed 'Il mistero del Phandambiri' (The Mystery of Phandambiri) on the SE Pillar of Phandambiri, also referred to as Mount Panda. The climb reaches the mountain's main summit and comes in the wake of...

In August François Cazzanelli, Michele Cazzanelli and Stefano Stradelli hanno made the first ascent of 'Il Nodo Infinito' on Pic Tyndall (4241m) on the south face of the Matterhorn.

Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of 'Piz Dal Nas' on the North Face of Titlis in Switzerland. The 500m 8b was established ground-up by Matthias Trottmann and then freed by the Swissman in 2010.

24-year-old Dylan Chuat from Switzerland has repeated 'Move' at Flatanger in Norway. Chuat reports about the 9b/+ freed by Adam Ondra in 2013

On the 31st of July, Aurélia Lanoë and Silvia Loreggian set off from Ventimiglia in NW Italy on their 'South 6 project'. The idea is to cross the Alps by bike from the west to east and free climb six major south faces: Corno Stella, Mont Blanc, Wenden, Rätikon, Marmolada,...