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From 18 - 20 September 2015 the 6th Rally La Sportiva and 12th Climbing Terradets, the international rock climbing marathon at Terradets in Spain.

On 6/08/2015 Andrea Galizzi, Francesco and Gabriele Carrara made the first ascent of Il bianco calimero (150m, max 6c, 6b obl.) a new rock climb up the East Face of Croz del rifugio, Brenta Dolomites, Rifugio Tosa Pedrotti.

On Sasso Fontana Mora in Val Seriana (Bergamo Alps, Italy) Davide Rottigni and Dario Nani made the first ascent of Via 10 (7b+, 200m). A multi-pitch rock climb that joins their nearby Via 60 (7b, 200m).

Sport climbing at Monte Terlago, a beautiful gem in Valle dei Laghi (Arco - Trento, Italy). By Matteo Pavana and Valerio Ballardini.

Conrad Anker and David Lama have completed the first ascent of Latent Core (450m, 5.11 A1) in Zion National Park, USA.

Interview with Nina Caprez who, together with Marc le Menestrel, repeated Hannibals Alptraum, the smooth limestone testpiece first climbed in 1986 by Martin Scheel and Robert Bösch in Switzerland’s Rätikon massif.

The route topo for Lucertolaia (280 meters VIII. 7a +, obligatory VIII.), established between 2012 and 2013 on Lastoni di Formin in the Dolomites by Daniele Geremia, Enrico Geremia, Dario Segato and Maurizio Fontana.

From 10 to 19 July 2015, the Matterhorn, Valtournenche and Valle d'Aosta invite everyone to take part in the ten-day celebration of the 150th anniversary of the legendary first two ascents of the mountain. Mountaineering events and outdoor activities, mountain walks, theater, music, dance, cinema, theater and literature events have...

At Kay Nest in Yorkshire, England, Franco Cookson made the first ascent of Divine Moments of Truth. The British climber has graded the climb H10, making it one of the most difficult trad climbs in the country.

Armando Bodeo and Jasmin Biller from Switzerland report about the first ascent of Spéléologie (7a, 6c obligatory, 150m), a new multi-pitch rock climb on the Caiat face, Rif mountains, Morocco

On 5 June 2015 German climbers Xaver Mayr and Andi Hammerstingl made the first free ascent of 4 Gewinnt, their new route up the South Face of Pantherkopf in the Wetterstein massif, Austria.

Luca Schiera introduces Liming, the famous trad climbing area in China. The Italian alpinist and member of the Ragni di Lecco club visited the area together with Paolo Marazzi in November 2014.

German climber Roland Hemetzberger reports about his first repeat of Fugu, the 9a sports climb freed by Adam Ondra at the Schleierwasserfall, Austria.

The video Raices featuring the splendid crack climbing at Caspana in Chile.

British climber Ben Moon has made the 4th ascent of Rainshadow 9a at Malham Cove, England.

In May 2015 Michael Kemeter, Jürgen Reinmüller and Roger Schäli made the first ascent of Alpinstil (7c+, 135m), a new multi-pitch climb route on the island of Telendos in Kalymnos, Greece.