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Ski Mountaineering will make its long-awaited debut at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Bormio 19/02/2026. 36 athletes (18 men, 18 women) will compete in the three medal events — men’s sprint, women’s sprint, and a mixed Relay.

32-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Gioia, the 8C+ boulder in Varazze first freed by Christian Core in 2008.

American climber Connor Herson has made the first ascent of Drifters Escape in Squamish, Canada, proposing 5.15a (9a+) and establishing it as the world's first trad climb of this difficulty.

Martin Giovanazzi, Elio Mazzalai, Sebastiano Merz and Mauro Zanon have made the first ascent of 'Petit Petò' on the Covelo wall in Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy

Austrian climber has repeated 'Shaolin', the 9A boulder at Red Rocks, USA, established by Sean Bailey in November 2024.

On 14 January 2026, Alessandro Zeni repeated 'Niobe', the 9a slab established by Adam Ondra at the crag Spettacolo close to Arco, Italy. The report by the 34-year-old athlete from the High Mountain Military Unit of the Army Sports Center.

The video of Gianluca Vighetti climbing his hardest route to date, the 9a+ 'Lapsus' at Andonno, Italy

Last summer on the north face of Mount Demirkazik in the Ala Daglar range of Turkey, the Italians Alessandro Larcher, Rolando Larcher and Federica Mingolla established 'Close to Heaven'.

The international bouldering meeting by La Sportiva will take place from 6 to 9 May 2026 in Val Masino, Valtellina, the cradle of Italian bouldering. Online registration is now open and the new 'Give Melloblocco as a gift' initiative is still active.

American rock climber Alex Honnold has successfully completed his free solo ascent of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan. The 40-year-old required 1 hour and 31 minutes to climb one of the tallest buildings in the world.

Watch Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon climb the Grandes Jorasses via the Colton-McIntyre route, as part of their April 2025 Alpine Trilogy which resulted in them enchaining in 6 days and without motorised transport the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses.

German climber Yannick Flohé has repeated 'Excalibur', the 9b+ in Arco, Italy, first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2023 and, until now, only repeated by Will Bosi and Brooke Raboutou.

On 09/01/2026 Giordano Faletti, Martin Giovanazzi and Davide Miori made the first ascent of 'Mantel Ice' (300m, WI 5 M5+) on Cima Mantello on the Rosengarten / Catinaccio group of the Dolomites, Italy.

Watch Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon climb the Matterhorn via the classic Schmid route, as part of their April 2025 Alpine Trilogy which resulted in them enchaining in 6 days and without motorised transport the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses.

The Pro Climbing League makes its competition debut on 28 February 2026 in London (UK) with an exciting head-to-head format of sixteen climbers (eight men and eight women) competing on identical boulders.

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