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On 30/08/2024 German climber Lara Neumeier, belayed by Nadine Wallner, redpointed 'Headless Children' (8b, 250m) on Schijenfluh in the Rätikon massif.

Natalia Kalucka of Poland and Ludovico Fossali of Italy have win gold at the European Speed Climbing Championships.

Papa Ionut and Alex Manoliu recently returned from the Ak-su valley in Kyrgystan, where they established Pamir Rainy Avenue (700m). The Romanian climbers report.

On 23 and 24 July 2024 German alpinists Christian Bickel and Micha Rinn climbed all the peaks of the famous Tre Cime di Lavaredo skyline in one single push. Despite its obviousness, this is likely to be the first integral...

German climber Alexander Megos has repeated Change, the 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2012 and hitherto repeated by only Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 and Seb Bouin in 2022.

Felix Kiem and Patrick Tirler have made the first repeat of 'Space Vertigo' on Cima Ovest at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. The young alpinists from the South Tyrol, Italy, climbed the route ground-up from 23- 25...

Janja Garnbret gold, Brooke Raboutou silver, Jessica Pilz bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics

1. Janja Garnbret 2. Brooke Raboutou 3. Jessica Pilz 4. Ai Mori 5. Erin McNeice 6. Chaehyun Seo 7. Oceania Mackenzie 8. Oriane Bertone

Speed: Veddriq Leonardo oro, Wu Pen argento, Samuel Watson bronzo

Boulder & Lead: Janja Garnbret, Jessica Pilz, Brooke Raboutou, Ai Mori, Oriane Bertone, Oceania Mackenzie, Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo qualify for the final on Saturday

Thursday 8 August:...

Speed Climbing: Aleksandra Mirosław wins gold, Lijuan Deng silver, Aleksandra Kalucka bronze

Boulder & Lead: Sorato Anraku, Toby Roberts, Adam Ondra, Alberto Gines Lopez, Jakob Schubert, Paul Jenft, Colin Duffy & Hamish McArthur qualify for the final on Friday

Wednesday 7...

British rock climber James Pearson has made the long-awaited first repeat of Dave MacLeod's 2008 masterpiece 'Echo Wall' on Ben Nevis in Scotland.

Climbing alpine style from 1-6 July 2024, Czech mountaineers Jaroslav Bansky, Radoslav Groh and Zdeněk Hák completed the first ascent of Muchu Chhish (7,453m) in the Karakoram, Pakistan. Hák reports about the climb up the peak famed for having been the...

Iker Pou, Eneko Pou and Micher Quito have made the first ascent of 'Puro Floro' on the SE Face of Nevado Copa (6190) in Peru.

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...

The Italian climber Pietro Vidi has sent his first 8C+ boulder problem, 'Fuck the System' at Fionnay in Switzerland.

A fortnight ago French rock climber Soline Kentzel climbed her hardest route to date, Le Voyage (E10/8b+) at Annot in France. First ascended by James Pearson in 2017, the route is still ranked as one of the hardest trad climbs...

We have received and published the following open letter entitled 'Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation'. Promoted by Michel Piola, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia, it has currently been signed by...