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Christopher Webb-Parsons, Shinta Ozawa, Mauricio Huerta, Klemen Becan and Jabee Kim all qualified today in Arco for the Rock Master Festival Men's Boulder Final on Sunday. Mathilde Becerra, Yulia Abramchuk, Annalisa De Marco and Aya Onoe are the women qualifiers.

At the sea cliff Sagres Leopoldo Faria has made the first ascent of Peixe Porco, the first 9a sport climb in Portugal.

Alex Honnold and Josh McCoy have made the first free ascent of Mi Regalo Favorito at El Portreo Chico in mexico.

The video by Anson Fogel and Skip Armstrong that documents the search for the perfect waterfall in the Mexican jungle.

Part one of what happend, in alpinism and in climbing, in 2012. A summary, for obvious reason incomplete, of the climbs, the most beautiful achievements and also the most painful moments in 2012. In the hope that this résumé serves as a reminder and as a source on inspiration for...

This year’s novelty, the International Open Bouldering Open, has just finished. The best 4 will compete with the Rock Master champions on Sunday.

The results of the Rock Master International Open Lead: Malamid, Fakhritdinova, Dufraisse, Rosero, Kremer and Primozic, Becan, Reffo, Ravanal and Camacho all qualify for the legendary Rock Master.

The Rock Master International Open Lead began this morning at 9.00am, with 14 men and 8 women. The best 5 athletes qualify for the final stages of the legendary Rock Master trophy.

At the end of April American climber Cody Roth made the first trad ascent of Mainliner at Las Conchas the Jemez Mountains, New mexico, USA. At 5.14a/b R (8b+/8c) this checks in as one of the harder trad pitches in North America.

On the big wall El Gran Trono Blanco in mexico Alex Honnold and Will Stanhope have repeated the Pan-American route and freed Giraffe (8a).

In September 2011 a group of five speleologists and mountaineers of La Venta Association spotted a possible track of dinosaur footprints at 3025 meters on the North-east ridge of Mount Pelmo in the Dolomites.

More than 2200 people have pre-registered for the 8th Melloblocco, the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting due to take place in Val Masino, Italy from 5 - 8 may 2011.

American alpinist Joseph Puryear has died in Tibet while attempting Labuche Kang (7367m) together with David Gottlieb.

Bernd Rathmayr and Reto Ruhstaller have established Transocean (7b+, 7a+ obl., 230m) on the Wendenstöcke in Switzerland.

Leopoldo Faria, Rui Rosado, Ana and Bruno Silva Gaspar from Portugal have established "Off-Dido" (7a+ 550m) on the Babar Wall in the Nangmah Valley in Pakistan.

In March an international group of climbers including Leopoldo Faria from Portugal forged a 400m line up poor rock on El Gigante in mexico.