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Arthur Poindefert reports about the first ascent of 'Géant dans l’âme' on the north face of Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif, established on 11/04/2025 together with Mathis Garayt and Kilian Moni. The 500m mixed climb has been graded M8+, ED

The film 'Edge of Reason' that documents the record breaking ascent of Broad Peak carried out by Benjamin Védrines in 7 hours 28 minutes on 19 July 2022. The French mountaineer then became the first person in the world to paraglide off the summit.

On 15/04/2025 Nasim Eshqi and Sina Heidari completed the first ascent of 'End Child Marriage' on Punta Cusidore in Sardinia, Italy. The climb is the third in Eshqi's ongoing project 'When Mountains Speak', which uses climbing as a platform to amplify human rights issues, with a focus on women’s rights.

Interview with 26-year-old Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo about his cutting-edge 'Café Colombia' project at Margalef in Spain.

On 05/04/2025 Philipp Brugger from Austria and Nicolas Hojac from Switzerland climbed the north faces of Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau in 15 hours 30 minutes. The previous record along the same three climbs was set by Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist in 2004 in 25 hours.

American climber Alex Honnold has climbed up and down the famous 'Plumber’s Crack' Red Rock in just over 25 seconds.

Over 1200 climbers have already registered for Melloblocco 2025, the biggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world scheduled to take place in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy, from May 7th to 10th.

At the Rive Gauche of the Argentière Glacier (Mont Blanc), Massimo Faletti and Enrico Lovato have established 'Volevo essere un duro'. Lovato's report details this challenging and stunning mixed climb located in the Highlands sector, repeated the same day by Davide Cattani and Claudio Marchetti.

On 10/04/2025 on the NE Face of Mont Greuvettaz (3684m) in the Triolet basin of the Mont Blanc massif Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Combo' (600m, AI5, M6).

This April French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon climbed the three great north faces of the Alps in less than a week. Védrines enchained the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses without using motorised transport.

On 9 April 2025 British climber Jim Pope made the coveted second ascent of 'Grandad's Slab' at Burbage South in the Peak District, England. The gritstone trad climb was first ascended by Pete Whittaker in 2008.

Italian climber Lorenzo Bogliacino has made the first ascent of 'Vivi si muore' (9a/+) at La Stazione in Val Tanaro, Piedmont, Italy.

American rock climber Brooke Raboutou has become the first woman in the world to climb 9b+ with her redpoint of 'Excalibur' at Arco, Italy. Established by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2023 and repeated by Will Bosi in February 2025, this fierce, intense overhang stands as one of the hardest sport climbs...

Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Giovanni Ravizza have established 'Grand Couloir Milleottocentocinquanta (1850)', a mixed climb located between Tour des Jorasses pillar and Punta Massimo in the Mont Blanc massif.

French climber Jules Marchaland has made a second-go repeat of 'Beyond' (9a+) at Pic Saint Loup in France.

The report by Silvan Schüpbach about the first ascent of 'Luce e Tenebre' on the north face of Punta Pioda, also known as Pioda di Sciora in Switzerland, established from 6 - 9 March 2025 together with fellow Swiss alpinists Filippo Sala and Roger Schäli.