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Slovakian mountaineer Ondrej Huserka is reported missing on Langtang Lirung in Nepal after having made the first ascent of the huge East Face with Marek Holeček. Holeček has descended safely and a rescue mission is currently being organised.

The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal by Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell, and Alan Rousseau, and 'Tomorrow...

Last summer a small expedition of British climbers composed of Indie Fallowfield, Ben Kent and Chris Moore established a series of new routes on hitherto unclimbed west face of Innaarsuit, west coast of Greenland. The trio reached the world's largest island by sailing boat. Kent provides the details.

British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of Shikantaza in Valle dell’Orco, Italy. Freed by Jacopo Larcher in 2021, this dangerous trad climb is located on a large boulder at the base of Sergent.

British rock climber Tom Randall has made the first ascent of Autobahn, a 60m offwidth bridge crack in Berlin, Germany.

This summer Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll established a new climb up the centre of the Mirror Wall in Greenland. The 1000m big wall is graded 8b/R/A2+ and has been called 'Ryu-shin', in memory of their friend and climbing partner Keita Kurakami.

Felix Kiem and Patrick Tirler have made the first repeat of 'Space Vertigo' on Cima Ovest at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. The young alpinists from the South Tyrol, Italy, climbed the route ground-up from 23- 25 July 2024. The 710m, IX+/X- multipitch was first ascended by...

Climbing alpine style from 1-6 July 2024, Czech mountaineers Jaroslav Bansky, Radoslav Groh and Zdeněk Hák completed the first ascent of Muchu Chhish (7,453m) in the Karakoram, Pakistan. Hák reports about the climb up the peak famed for having been the highest unclimbed mountain in the world.

French climber Laura Pineau reports about some of her most recent ascents that include a free repeat of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite and a fast repeat of 'Turkey Crack' at Cadarese in Italy.

In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on 23 June the Olympic Torch Relay completed a breathtaking tour of Aiguille du Midi.

Ferro is an atypical crag, a long way from the valley floor, immersed in unique alpine environment, where climbing is only a small part of the equation. Simone Pedeferri introduces the crag Ferro crag in Val del Ferro (Val di Mello, Val Masino, Italy), developed with Davide Spini, Max Piazza,...

The film Ocean to Asgard which documents the expedition of Jacob Cook, Brownwyn Hodgins, Thor Stewart and Zach Goldberg Poch and their attempt to climb Mount Asgard on Baffin Island.

A fortnight ago French rock climber Soline Kentzel climbed her hardest route to date, Le Voyage (E10/8b+) at Annot in France. First ascended by James Pearson in 2017, the route is still ranked as one of the hardest trad climbs in France.

The second half of the men’s and women’s Boulder & Lead qualifications opened day two at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China. Every competition round will be streamed live on Olympics.com. 

The Melloblocco, the largest bouldering meeting in the world which this year celebrated 20 years since its historic first edition, ended after four days of climbing and celebration. 2600 registered climbers and over 8000 people in total in the valley enjoyed 4 days of sun and untouched nature in Val...

Friday 9 May, the third day of Melloblocco 2024 in Val Masino and Val di Mello. Lots of sun, lots of smiles and bouldering until the batteries ran out.