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On December 28, 2014 at the drytooling crag Bus del Quai, Iseo, French climber Jeff Mercier made the first ascent of Low G Man, a combination of three existing drytooling routes. Graded D14 this is now the hardest total dry climb in the country. The report by Matteo Rivadossi.

At the Italian crag Nasolino (Valle Seriana) young Luca Bana celebrated his 17th birthday by climbing his first 8a.

Interview with Philippe Brass, mountain guide and expert new routes, about crag certification and classification, the responsibilities new bolters have the the training they receive. By Maurizio Oviglia

The first stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup, held on 12 and 13 December at Bozeman, USA, was won by Maxim Tomilov and Liudmila Badalyan. The Speed competition was won by Nikolai Kuzovlev and Kendra Stritch.

Yesterday at Oliana in Spain the Slovenian climber Mina Markovic managed to onsight Humildes pa casa 8b+.

The dates and video introducing the Ice Climbing World Cup 2015 with stages scheduled in the USA, South Korea, Switzerland, Italy, France and Russia.

The reportage behind the scenes of the La Sportiva Legends Only, the bouldering competition that was held at the end of November in Stockholm, Sweden.

Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra after his 100th sport climb graded 9a or harder.

Adam Ondra has won the La Sportiva Legends Only 2014 that took place in Stockholm on Saturday night, beating Alexander Megos, Jan Hojer, Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods and Jernej Kruder.

The La Sportiva Legends Only 2014 kicks off this evening at Stockholm, Sweden. The climbers invited to this international bouldering competition are Jan Hojer, Jernej Kruder, Alexander Megos, Adam Ondra, Jimmy Webb and Daniel Woods.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter has climbed her second 9a, Big Hammer at Pinswang in Austria.

Marietta Uhden, the highly talented German climber and important world reference point for sport climbing, passed away in the night between Sunday and Monday 24 November after a long battle against cancer.

Interview with Italian climber Gabriele Moronim from his first competitions to when he won bronze in the 2004 European Bouldering Championship in 2004, via his bouldering and sport climbing which recently netted him the redpoint of Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba, Italy.

The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2014, held on 16 November at Kranj in Slovenia, was won by Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic. Austria's Jakob Schubert and South Korea's Jain Kim had already won the Lead World Cup 2014, while Sean McColl and Markovic won silver and Ondra...

The Lead World Cup 2014 was won on 25 October 2014 at Inzai in Japan, one stage ahead of schedule, by Austria's Jakob Schubert and South Korea's Jain Kim. The stage was won by Adam Ondra and Jain Kim.

The Rock slave XP 2014 Elba Discovery tour starts this week. Marzio Nardi leads a group of young climbers to discover the bouldering potential on Italy's Isola d'Elba, a climbing journey marked by collective creativity.