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After having won the European Lead Under 16, young Italian Giorgio Bendazzoli has now sent Tiscali 8b+ at the Covolo crag, Italy.

Interview with Patrick Matros, the trainer of Alexander Megos and author of the sport climbing training book Gimme Kraft.

On 31/07/2013 Maurizio Bergamo and Ferruccio Svaluto Moreolo made the first ascent of Spigolo Anja (VII, 200m), a new route up the Bastione del Mondeval, Lastoni di Formin, Dolomites. The report by Maurizio Bergamo.

The Americans Anton Krupicka and Rory Bosio have won the eighth edition of the North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail. In the shorter race, the Cortina Trail, victory went to the German Fabian Schnekenburger and Lara Mustat.

Ang Tshering Sherpa, President Nepal Mountaineering Association, reports about recent meetings and decisions regarding climbing Everest and Nepal's mountains in general.

Finnish boulderer Nalle Hukkataival has repeated Silbergeier (8b/8b+, 240m) in the Rätikon, Switzerland.

Authorities of the Huascaran National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, are attempting to impose rules that oblige trekkers and climbers to hire local guides.

On 1 June, Mauro Dell'Antonia, the talented climber from Venice, Italy, climbed 'Mai più colla' at Punta della Croce, Rocca Pendice (Euganean Hills, Padua, Italy) for the first time without the hold that snapped off a few years ago. The proposed grade is 8c. This brief and intense series of...

On 03/06/2014 French Mountain Guide Julien Herry made the first snowboard descent of the Éperon Jumeaux on Aiguille du Midi, along with his friend Raph Bonnet who made only the second ski descent after Jean-Marc Boivin in 1986

Farming in the mountains has taken on a new role, promoting the local economy and having positive effects on the environment and society. Three great stories of farmers capable of combining tradition with innovation

Following the Australian pioneers Glenn Singleman and Nic Feteris: the story of the Great Trango Tower BASE jump carried out by Andrey Lebedev and Vladimir Murzaev on 10 August 2013.

At Ceuse in France Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Biographie, while at Smith Rock (USA) Paige Claassen has repeated Just do It.

A climbing trip off the beaten path in Greece, between Epirus and Thessaly.

Giorgos Chaziris introduces the rock climbing around Athens, Greece.

The summit of Kangchenjunga reached by Denis Urubko via the NW Face reveals a great chapter in alpinism and a great team effort which included the great mountaineers Alex Txikon, Dmitri Sinev, Artem Braun and Adam Bielecki.

In Germany's Frankenjura Alexander Megos has repeated The Essential 9a, Black Label 9a, Matador 9a and The Man that follows hell 9a+.