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In the Frankenjura, Germany, Sarah Seeger has sent the boulder problem Kalte Sophie 8A+.

0-21/01/2012. At Saas Fee (Switzerland) Angelika Rainer from Italy and Maxim Tomilov from Russia won the second stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012. In doing so they have won two events in a row and, in addition, the Swiss stage also counts as the European Championship. The speed...

The first of five stages of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012 took place in Cheongsong (Korea) on 14 and 15 January. The Lead event was won by Angelika Rainer and Maxime Tomilov, while the speed discipline went to the Russians Viktoria Shabalina and Ivan Spitsyn.

Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.

At Kalymnos, Greece,  15-year-old Jenya Kazbekova has on-sighted Super Priaros 8a+.

American climbers Hans Florine and Alex Honnold missed breaking The Nose speed record in Yosemite, USA by 45 seconds today.

Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have produced a grade for Century Crack in the Canyonlands, USA: 8c.

On Sunday Antoine Montant was found dead in the French Alps. The 30-year-old was a forerunner of paragliding and speedriding. Capable of interpreting skiing in the mountains in a new and above all revolutionary manner, his death leaves behind an enormous void. By Luca Rolli.

Sunday 2 October 2011. The 10th Rock Junior, the biggest youth climbing happening, came to an end in Arco today. Organised by the Rock Master Association, the meeting beat all previous records with more than 600 young climbers (5 – 13 years old) from 20 different countries taking part in...

Saturday 1 Ocotber 2011. Boom of participants during the first day of the 10th Rock Junior at the Climbing Stadium in Arco. 207 athletes competed in the Under 14 Cup while 130 middle school students from Arco participated. Another 300 climbers are expected tomorrow for the Kid's Rock.

The second stage of the project "On the trails of the glaciers", initiated on 28 July, has now come to an end. Created by Italian photographer and alpinist Fabiano Ventura, this project studies the effects of climate change on the Earth's most important mountain glacier.

A new story written by Emilio Previtali to present his latest project: the The North Face STORY.teller yearbook, a book distributed by The North Face which recounts the stories, thoughts and adventures of his fellow Team TNF members.

On 16/09/2011 Libby Sauter and Chantel Astorga established a new female speed record up The Nose in Yosemite, USA, climbing the route in 10 hours 40 minutes.

The 2010 video filmed by Jim Surette of American climber Steve House as he solos two classic icefalls, Repentance and Remission in New Hampshire, USA.

Trailer of some of the most important vertical moments, taken from the film Reel Rock 2011.

Swiss alpinist Giovanni Quirici fell to his death on 12 August while ascending the North Face of the Eiger.... a friend remembers him.