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After just 8 days of effort Belgium's Anak Verhoeven has repeated No pain no gain 9a+ at Rodellar in Spain.

French rock climber Sébastien Bouin has made a rare repeat of Jumbo Love, the 9b at Clark Mountain, USA, first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2008.

24-year-old British rock climber Aidan Roberts has made the first repeat of Alphane, the boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland first ascended by Shawn Raboutou in April 2022 and graded 9A by the American.

The Lines Of Legends series featuring Andrea and Marco Zanone and directed by Yuri Palma continues, this time with Are You Ready?, the classic 8b+ at Châteauvert in France established by Patrick Edlinger.

French climber Solène Amoros has sent her first 8c+, La flûte en chantier at La Ramirole in the Verdon Gorge.

UPDATE 19/10/2022: According to the BBC, Elnaz Rekabi landed at Tehran airport a few hours ago, and was greeted by a large crowd who called her a "heroine".
- There are mounting fears for the wellbeing of Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian climber who competed in the Asian Climbing Championships in Seoul...

American rock climber and photographer Glenn Denny (1939 - 2022) has passed away. Author of numerous classics such as West Face of Leaning Tower and Astroman, his images captured the Golden Age of rock climbing in Yosemite National Park.

German rock climber Michael Wohlleben has made the first ascent of Bodhichitta, a highly technical 5-pitch route on Westliche Dreifaltigkeit in Switzerland.

On 9 October 2022 German climber Alexander Megos made the first ascent of Full Journey (9b) at Margalef in Spain.

Running commentary from Stefano Ghisolfi about his repeat of Move Hard (9b) at Flatanger in Norway

54-year-old Swiss climber Chris Frick reports about his recent repeat of Stop Sika, an 8c at Rawyl in Switzerland.

At the crag Massone above Arco in Italy 29-year-old climber Davide Picco has repeated Ultimatum, a 9a+ established by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2016.

The last attempts on Silence at Flatanger and, with time running out, the first repeat of 9b Move Hard. Check out Stefano Ghisolfi's season finale in Norway.

The video of Adam Ondra attempting to flash Omen Nomen, a 9a at Padaro, Arco, Italy, first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi.

At Nesscliffe quarry in England, British rock climber Rob Matheson has climbed Tombola (E7 6c) aged 72.

The fourth episode of the Petzl Legend Tour Italy is now online and explores the cradle of Italian sport climbing, Arco and the Sarca Valley