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Swiss climber Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a rare free ascent of 'Joy Division', the 800m 8b on Monte Qualido in Val di Mello, Italy. Established in 2004 by Simone Pedeferri, even today it is considered one of the hardest granite multi-pitches in Europe. Schild provides the...

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has redpointed 'Crise de Panique' (8c+) at Bas Valais in switzerland.

German Olympian Lucia Dörffel has successfully climbed the 8B+ boulder problem 'Hazel Grace', located at switzerland’s Gotthard Pass.

The video of German climber Yannick Flohé making the world's first 8C boulder flash, 'Foundations Edge' at Fionnay in switzerland.

Camilla Moroni and Pietro Vidi have repeated 'Histoire sans Fin' (8b+/5.14a 200m) on Petit Clocher du Portalet in switzerland. Moroni's repeat is the first female ascent of this 200m 8b+.

German climber Yannick Flohé has flashed 'Foundations Edge', the 8C boulder problem at Fionnay in switzerland. If the grade stands - and general consensus indeed indicates that the grade is correct - then the 25-year-old has become the first climber in the world to flash an 8C boulder problem.

The sixth and final stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 took place in Innsbruck, Austria, this weekend and was won by Olympic Champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Toby Roberts of Great Britain. Oriane Bertone of France and Anraku Sorato of Japan were crowned season champions; this is Bertone's...

33-year-old Aaron Durogati has claimed victory in the twelfth edition of the prestigious Red Bull X-Alps 2025, breaking a 16-year Swiss winning streak. With a final time of 7 days and 8 hours, Durogati became the first Italian ever to win the race, finishing just one hour ahead of Swiss...

On 10/06/2025 German climber Lara Neumeier successfully repeated 'Silbergeier', the Beat Kammerlander masterpiece recognised as one of the most famous hard multi-pitch routes in the Alps.

The video of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert sending his first 9A boulder problem, 'Alphane' in Chironico / switzerland.

Spanish climber Edu Marin has made the first free ascent of Donec Perficiam (8b+/8c, 350m) at Montrebei in Spain. In doing so he has completed what has been described as the 'Iberian Trilogy', comprised of another two cutting-edge alpine climbs, 'Orbayu' at Pico Urriellu / El Naranjo de Bulnes and...

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first ascent of the long-standing boulder project 'Realm of Tor’ment' at Raven Tor in the Peak District, United Kingdom.

At the Medical Meeting of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) in Lausanne, switzerland, the International Federation of Sport Climbing presented the Federation’s pioneering work on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). Published below is the IFSC press release.

On 30/04/2025 Austrian climber Nemuel Feurle repeated 'Silbergeier', Beat Kammerlander's multipitch masterpiece located on the IV Kirchlispitze in the Rätikon massif in switzerland.

On 02/05/2025 Babsi Zangerl repeated 'Bombardino' at Bus de La Stria, Arco, Italy. In doing so the Austrian has climbed her first 9a+.

On 05/04/2025 Philipp Brugger from Austria and Nicolas Hojac from switzerland climbed the north faces of Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau in 15 hours 30 minutes. The previous record along the same three climbs was set by Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist in 2004 in 25 hours.