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At Mišja Peč in Slovenia the Italian climber Laura Rogora has made short work of two reference 9a's, 'Sanjski par extension' and 'Martin Krpan'.

Maurizio Oviglia shares the latest news and discusses the curent safety situation of sport crags in Sardinia. This first chapter is dedicated to the wild southwest coast and the crags at Gonnesa, Iglesias, Buggerru and Masua.

Watch the inspiring documentary '100 Stars at Stanage' by Ben Menashe that follows two climbers, Richard Holdsworth and Harry Martin, as they attempt to climb 100 stars in a single day at Stanage Edge (UK) in support of the charity Climbers Against Cancer.

The third edition of 'Baunei, Sport climbing', the compact climbing guidebook by Maurizio Oviglia, has been published by Pietra di Luna Edizioni. One of the best-selling guidebooks to the east coast of Sardinia, Italy, features all the crags in the Baunei area, as well as the multi-pitch climbs on Pedra...

The crag Castel Madruzzo is located less than half an hour from Arco, Italy, and features 24 climbs from 6a to 7c+.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to rebolt the most at-risk sport climbs at Castello dell’Iride, one of the most beautiful crags in Sardinia.

Parks Victoria and the Victorian Government in Australia have announced huge increases in areas banned to rock climbing. According to the Australian Climbing Association Victoria, the new legislation will affect half of the climbing at the world-famous crag Arapiles.

Last summer a small expedition of British climbers composed of Indie Fallowfield, Ben Kent and Chris Moore established a series of new routes on hitherto unclimbed west face of Innaarsuit, west coast of Greenland. The trio reached the world's largest island by sailing boat. Kent provides the details.

The development of Gola di Mikado, a beautiful new sport climbing crag near Capo Pecora in Sardinia, has been completed thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. All the details directly from Maurizio Oviglia, who bolted the routes together with Antonio Iaria and Tatjana Goex

From Ukraine comes the terrible news that the extremely talented strong climber Maksym Petrenko was killed in battle close to Toretsk.

The 23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made the first female ascent of Goldrake (9a+) at Cornalba, Italy, and onsighted Jedi (8b).

The video of Adam Ondra exploring a new sector at the historic crag Buoux in southern France.

Maurizio Oviglia and Tatjana Göx have developed a spectacular new sports and trad area called Andromeda on the SW coast of Sardinia, on the Murru Biancu promontory between Portixeddu and Capo Pecora. Currently the crag has 11 routes up to 6c, and a fundraiser has been launched to complete the...

Keita Kurakami has died aged 38. The Japanese climber had made a name for himself for making the first rope-solo free ascent of The Nose in Yosemite, as well as pushing the limits of highball boulder problems established ground-up.

On 5 June 2024 the Italian-Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz made the first ascent of 'Persefone Extension', a new extreme drytooling climb in the Gran Borna cave at La Thuile in Italy. 54 meters long and graded D15, the route was established DTS style and is dedicated to his late friend...

A large portion of Sessi, one of the best crags in the entire Valle di Susa, has succumbed to rockfall. Carlo Giuliberti reports.