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At the crag Lorünser Wändle in Austria Barbara Zangerl has made the first repeat of the 9a Sprengstoff, freed by Jacopo Larcher in November 2020.

American rock climber Daniel Woods has made the first ascent of Return of the Sleepwalker, a 17-move problem at Red Rocks, USA which he has graded V17/9A making it one of the very hardest boulder problems in the world.

At Margalef in Spain Jorge Díaz-Rullo has repeated the 9b First Round First Minute, established by Chris Sharma in 2011.

Running commentary by Adam Ondra of him repeating Victimas Perez, a 9a at Margalef in Spain first ascended in 2008 by Ramón Julián Puigblanque.

Seb Berthe from Belgium has made a single day repeat of Tarragó (240m, 8b+) at Montserrat in Spain.

22-year-old Scottish climber Will Bosi has made the first ascent of King Capella at Siurana, Spain and has proposed the grade of 9b+.

From 21 and 22 March 2021 Martina Valmassoi from Italy broke the female 24-hour uphill ski record, ascending 17,645m in 24 hours at Auronzo di Cadore in the Dolomites.

Stefano Ghisolfi at the crag Padaro at Arco, Italy, has made the first ascent of Terapia d’urto while Alexander Megos at Saint Léger du Ventoux in France has established Et pour quelques dégaines de plus. Both sport climbs are graded 9a+.

Watch Adam Ondra and Alex Honnold discuss their sport climbing, big wall climbing and more.

Climbing video: Adam Ondra attempting El Toro Salvaje, a potential 9c sport climb at Margalef in Spain.

Watch French climber Seb Bouin climbing a new sequence on the upper crux of Biographie at Céüse.

52-year-old Italian rock climber Alfredo Webber has made a daring free solo ascent of Panem et Circenses at Muro di Pizarra close to Arco, Italy. Freed by Webber himself, according to the climber from Val di Non the difficulties of the route weigh in at circa 8c.

35-year-old Dutchman Jorg Verhoeven explains three of his most recent climbing projects

Climbing video: Adam Ondra making the first ascent of El Potro, a short and intense 9a sport climb at Margalef in Spain.

Two huge climbs were repeated on the northwest face of Civetta in the Dolomites, Italy: Chimera Verticale by Titus Prinoth and Alex Walpoth, and W Mexico Cabrones by Alessandro Baù, Thomas Gianola and Giovanni Zaccaria. This is the first time both routes have been climbed in winter.

The video of British climber Jacob Cook making the first ascent in 2014 of The Lizard King, an E9 trad climb at Ilkley in England