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The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2023. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2024 award during the celebration at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy) from 8 - 11 December 2024.

Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold is the twelfth recipient of the Paul Preuss Prize, awarded each year in memory of the bold Austrian alpinist. Instated in 2013, past winners are Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander, Bernd Arnold, Heinz Mariacher, Catherine Destivelle, Thomas Huber and...

Spanish climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Change', the 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway first ascended by Adam Ondra in 2012 and previously repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi, Seb Bouin and Alexander Megos.

On August 9, 2024, Switzerland's Dani Arnold and Simon Gietl from the South Tyrol, Italy, climbed Einserkofel - Cima Una, Zwölferkofel - Croda dei Toni and Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Sexten Dolomites in a single day. A long enchainment via three big north faces, which the pair have...

German climber Alexander Megos has repeated Change, the 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2012 and hitherto repeated by only Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 and Seb Bouin in 2022.

Russian mountaineers Mikhail Mironov and Sergei Mironov are safely in Skardu. The pair was transported there by Pakistani military helicopter following the serac collapse on Gasherbrum IV which resulted in the death of Sergey Nilov.

The video of Robbie Phillips repeating & Seb Berthe flashing Le Voyage, the E10 7a trad climb at Annot in France.

Mikhail Mironov and Sergei Mironov are descending to 6100m where they will be rescued by Pakistani military helicopters

Russian mountaineer Sergey Nilov is reported missing on Gasherbrum IV after a serac collapsed. Climbing partners Mikhail Mironov and Sergei Mironov are injured and awaiting evacuation.

Jakob Schubert is in a class of his own: two Olympic bronze medals, six world championship titles and the highest level of difficulty ever mastered in lead climbing and bouldering. Here's the path that got him there.

Over a period of 7 days Slovenian alpinist Aleš Česen and his British counterpart Tom Livingstone successfully made the first ascent of the West Ridge of Gasherbrum III in Pakistan's Karakoram. Their alpine-style success on 'Edge of Entropy' this summer comes about after an attempt in 2022 which saw the...

The video of the first ascent of 'Soudain Seul', the hardest boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France established by Simon Lorenzi in February 2021.

Italian alpinist Stefano Ragazzo has made the first rope-solo ascent of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower group in Pakistan. The most famous big wall at altitude was established in 1989 by Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, Christof Stiegler and Milan Sykora.

From the MOdiSCA archive an iconic photo taken by the Italian Ragni di Lecco expedition documenting the first ascent of the west face of Cerro Torre in Patagonia in 1974: the fifth Lecco Spider on the mountain's summit, with Casimiro Ferrari, Mario Conti, Pino Negri and Daniele Chiappa. Text by...

Keita Kurakami has died aged 38. The Japanese climber had made a name for himself for making the first rope-solo free ascent of The Nose in Yosemite, as well as pushing the limits of highball boulder problems established ground-up.

Italian mountain guide Tomas Franchini has died while climbing Nevado Cashan in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. The 35-year-old was among the most talented of his generation.

The uncut climbing video of Stefano Ghisolfi making the first ascent of 'Excalibur' (9b+) close to Arco, Italy. Graded 9b+, this checks in as one of the hardest sport climbs in the world