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Czech climber Adam Ondra has repeated 'Soudain Seul' in Fontainebleau, france. The problem was originally established by Simon Lorenzi in 2021 and graded 9A, and is Ondra's hardest to date.

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has made the fourth free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. First climbed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2015, it was repeated by Adam Ondra in 2016 and is...

The report by La Venta about the December 2024 expedition to the Amazon rainforest in south central Colombia, more precisely to the Serranía del Chiribiquete National Natural Park, to explore and study a new area of rock cliffs and caves...

Watch the video of French climber Laura Pineau repeating 'Greenspit' in Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

Last August, the Italians Daniele Bonzi, Francesco Fumagalli and Thomas Triboli travelled to the Fox Jaw Cirque in East Greenland, where they completed the first traverse of the first three towers: Baby Molar, Molar, and Incisor. Named 'Trident VI Orobica',...

German alpinist Robert Jasper has been awarded the 'Primus Inter Pares 2024' prize from the Polski Związek Alpinizmu, the Polish Alpine Club. This award recognises his extraordinary life's work and his pioneering first ascents in the field of alpinism

The video portrait for the La Sportiva Living Legends series of Adam Ondra, the leading climber of his generation. The 30-year-old Czech is the first climber to redpoint a route with a proposed grade of 9c ('Silence', Flatanger, Norway 2017),...

On 16/01/2025 Paul Bonhomme made the first ski descent of ‘De l’autre coté du ciel’ down the North Face of Tête d’Eslucis (2764m) in the Écrins massif in france. The report by the French mountain guide.

On 14/11/2024 Sébastien Bouin made the first ascent of 'Wolf Kingdom' (9b+) at Pic Saint Loup, france.

Spanish rock climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Stoking the fire', the 9b established in 2013 by Chris Sharma at Santa Linya, Spain.

The first stage of the 2024/2025 Ski Mountaineering World Cup was held in Courchevel, france last weekend. On Saturday the Sprint was won by Emily Harrop and Oriol Cardona Coll, while on Sunday the Vertical was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret...

Daniel Ladurner reports about the first ascent, carried out with Mathieu Maynadier and Francesco Favilli on 5 January 2024, of the mixed route 'Birthday Crack' in Vallunga / Langental, Dolomites, Italy. A way to remember Favilli, who died tragically in...

The report of the second day of the Piolets d'Or 2024 in San Martino di Castrozza, Dolomites.

Watch Adam Ondra attempt to repeat DNA, Seb Bouin's 9c masterpiece at La Ramirole in the Verdon Gorge, france.

The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal...

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...