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On Cerro Walwalun in the Cochamó Valley, Chile, the international team composed of Italy's Mirco Grasso and Slovenia's Jernej Kruder opened and subsequently freed 'Tarock', a big wall climb with difficulties up to 7c.

On 22/01/2026, on the north face of Cima Busazza in the Adamello – Presanella Group, Emanuele Andreozzi and Ruggero Samaden opened the mixed route 'Out Of The Blue'. Andreozzi reports.

On 13/01/2026, Tine Cuder, Filip Princi and Miloš Milanović made the first ascent of 'Bratstvo v cepinih', a new mixed climb in the Loška Koritnica valley in the Triglav National Park in the Julian Alps of Slovenia.

American climber Connor Herson has made the first ascent of Drifters Escape in Squamish, Canada, proposing 5.15a (9a+) and establishing it as the world's first trad climb of this difficulty.

Martin Giovanazzi, Elio Mazzalai, Sebastiano Merz and Mauro Zanon have made the first ascent of 'Petit Petò' on the Covelo wall in Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy

Nate Mankovich, Manuel López and Alvaro Vernich have made the first ascent of 'Yantibih Lak' (6c, 450m) on the west face of Jebel Kazhali in Wadi Rum, Jordan. López reports.

On 14 January 2026, Alessandro Zeni repeated 'Niobe', the 9a slab established by Adam Ondra at the crag Spettacolo close to Arco, Italy. The report by the 34-year-old athlete from the High Mountain Military Unit of the Army Sports Center.

On Tête aux Chamois at Glacier 3000 in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland, Melanie Grünwald and Fay Manners made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Elles Aussi' (M7+ A0).

Last summer on the north face of Mount Demirkazik in the Ala Daglar range of Turkey, the Italians Alessandro Larcher, Rolando Larcher and Federica Mingolla established 'Close to Heaven'.

On 28/01/2026, Leo Gheza and Luca Matteucci established 'Over the Trip' (WI6, M8, R, 100m) in Valsavarenche (Aosta Valley, Italy). The mixed route runs alongside the classic ice climb 'Trip in the night'.

21-year-old climber Italian climber Iris Bielli has sent her first 8c+, 'Il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio' at Sasso Pelo in Lombardy.

The UK-based charity GRIT & ROCK has announced the opening of applications for its 2026 Expedition Grant Awards, a dedicated $15,000 funding pool aimed at advancing female participation in groundbreaking alpine climbing. The application deadline is 31 March 2026.

French climber Esteban Daligault has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

Umberto Bado, with Paolo Giacobbe, Amedeo Giobbio and Luca Ponziani has established 'Smooth Criminal', a mixed climb next to the classic icefall 'Thriller '92' in Valle del Lys (Valle di Gressoney). Bado reports.

On 8 January 2026, in Valsavarenche (Aosta Valley, Italy), the mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Giovanni Ravizza established 'Le Fantôme du Bricolage'. This is a mixed variant of the rarely formed ice climb 'Il fantasma di ghiaccio', first ascended in 1993 by A. Cambiolo, B. Gilardi, X. Iturrate, R. Lale,...

The two mountain guides Christoph Hainz and Roger Schäli have opened 'Chi non lavora non fa l'amore' (7b, 6b+ obligatory) on the east face of Monte Monaco at San Vito lo Capo in Sicily.