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Italian alpinists Davide Bacci, Enrico Bittelli, Dario Eynard and Giacomo Meliffi have made the first ascent of 'L'oro dello Yukon' on Middle Huey Spire on the Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada.

Dani Arnold, Alexander Huber and Simon Gietl have made the first ascent of 'Kolibri' on Jirishanca in Peru.

The video of the 2016 Italian-Belgian expedition to the Stewart valley on Baffin Island in Canada comprised of Matteo Della Bordella, Matteo De Zaiacomo, Luca Schiera, Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva.

Orlando Addis, Paul Chabot and Simon Prochaska have made the first ascent of 'Once upon a time in the northwest' on Tromma on the island of Kvaløya in Noway.

On the north ridge of Vierge du Flambeau (3244m) in the Mont Blanc massif Filip Babicz and Heike Schmitt have made the first ascent of 'La Tête du Dragon' (7a, 280m). Babicz reports.

From 18 - 21 June 2025 French alpinists Yanis Cherqaoui, Baptiste Obino and Hugo Peruzzo made the first ascent of 'Le château dans le ciel' (ED, 7b+, 1000m) on Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif.

On 10 June 2025 Spanish alpinist Santiago Padròs and his Italian counterpart Emanuele Andreozzi climbed what may well be a new mixed climb on the north face of Dent du Géant (Mont Blanc massif). The 335m line, tentatively graded AI4+ M7+, is what they describe as being a 'fantastic climb'...

French alpinists Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have made the first ascent of ‘OSS ne répond plus..’ (7a+, 700m) on the West Face of Aiguille du Plan, Mont Blanc.

From 1 - 23 May 2025 American alpinists Erik Boomer and Ky Hart have made the first ascent of 'Sikunga Express' (WI3 M7 5.10 A3+, 975m, 19 pitches) on Baffin Island, Canada.

From 6 - 13 June 2025 alpinists Ethan Berman, Maarten van Haeren and Sebastian Pelletti made the first ascent of ‘Shooting the Moon’ (WI4 M5, 3100m), a magnificent new mixed route climbed alpine style on Ultar Sar, Pakistan.

In January 2025 Canadian alpinists Flavie Cardinal and Jasper Pankratz made the first ascent of 'Todo lo que se Comparte' on Pirita Central in the remote Piritas valley, a side valley of the Turbio Valley in Northern Patagonia. Cardinal reports.

In Sardinia, Italy, a group of mountain guides and aspirant guides have re-bolted the multi-pitch climbs 'L’ombra della mia mano' on Punta Cusidore, 'Legittimo bastardo' and 'Stella di Sangue' on Bruncu Nieddu and 'Sguercia' on Monte Uddè, as well as 4 climbs at the crag Monte Maccione crag. Matteo Canova,...

In April on the South face of Jebel Oujdad in the Taghia Gorge in Morocco Ion Gurutz Lazkoz and Iker Pou have made the first ascent of 'Euskal Dantza' (8a/320m). Pou provides the details.

On 05/02/2025 manuele Andreozzi and Stefano Falezza made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'A State Of Trance' on the north face of Cima Busazza in the Adamello – Presanella group of the Italian Alps.

Andres Marin, Tad McCrea and Anna Pfaff have made the first ascent of 'Journey Through the Castle of Providence' on Mount Providence in Alaska. Pfaff reports about 'the most direct route to the summit.'

Arthur Poindefert reports about the first ascent of 'Géant dans l’âme' on the north face of Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif, established on 11/04/2025 together with Mathis Garayt and Kilian Moni. The 500m mixed climb has been graded M8+, ED