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French mountaineers Charles Dubouloz and Symon Welfringer have made the first ascent of the hitherto unclimbed West Face of Hungchi (7029m) in Nepal. Their 1700m high new route, 'Le cavalier sans tête', was climbed alpine style from 17 - 19 May and involved a descent via the mountain's east face.

Eddie Fowke reports about the first leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series held in Shanghai 10 days ago. The second leg will take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 June and the combined results will enable the world’s best competition climbers to gain a place for the Paris...

The second half of the men’s and women’s Boulder & Lead qualifications opened day two at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China. Every competition round will be streamed live on Olympics.com. 

The opening competition day of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Boulder & Lead in Shanghai, China, concluded with Lee Dohyun and Ievgeniia Kazbekova at the top of the Boulder & Lead provisional rankings.

The second stages of the Speed World Cup 2024 and Boulder World Cup 2024 will take place in Salt Lake City, USA, from 3 - 5 May 2024.

The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2024 was won last weekend in Wujiang, China, by Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret and Great Britain’s Toby Roberts.

The first stage of the Boulder World Cup 2024 was won yesterday at Keqiao in China by Janja Garnbret from Slovenia. Italy's Camilla Moroni won silver, China's Luo Zhilu won bronze.

The international competition season will begin tomorrow at Keqiao in China with the first stage of the IFSC Boulder World Cup 2024. 136 athletes from 33 countries and territories will compete in the opening event.

Toru Nakajima has made the first ascent of 'Regret' at Ena in japan. No grade has been put forward as yet but this 3-move problem promises to be intense.

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated 'La Rambla', the benchmark 9a+ located at Siurana in Spain.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi climbing Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.

The video of Germany's Florian Wientjes making the second ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ put up by Ryuchi Murai in 2021 at Mizugaki in japan.

On 20/12/2023 Japanese climber Tomoa Narasaki flashed 'Gakido', a boulder problem at Chigobudau previously rated 8C+. After using a slightly different sequence, Narasaki suggested 8B+. He then freed the sitstart project at 8C, calling it 'Ashuradō'.

The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC athletes, professional climbers, and associations have already co-signed the letter....

The IFSC Boulder & Lead Asian Qualifier is currently taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia, with four tickets up for grabs for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,

From 29 - 31 October 2023 Czech mountaineers Jakub Vlček and Marek Disman have made the first ascent of 'Honzova cesta' on Tengi Ragi Tau (6938m) in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal.