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Last summer the Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Gianluca Marra established 'Diretta al Borelli' on the south face of Mont Noir de Peuterey in Val Veny, in the Mont Blanc massif.

On 05/09/2025 Marco Malcangi and Fay Manners made the first ascent of 'Eppure Siamo Andati', a new climb on the IV pillar of Corno Grande Vetta Orientale, Gran Sasso d'Italia. The 200m new climb joins the final 250m of the historical Mario - Caruso (Luigi Mario, Emilio Caruso 1959) to...

The Lead World Cup 2025 was won yesterday at Koper in Slovenia by Erin McNeice and Alberto Ginés López. The decisive final stage was won by Janja Garnbret and Sorato Anraku.

In June and July, Gianpietro Todesco and Michele Torresani established 'Batteria Volante' on the west face of Kafmannspitze / Punta Kafmann in the Rosengarten/ Catinaccio group of the Dolomites.

Nicolò Guarrera, aka Pieroad, returned to Italy on Saturday. The 32-year-old had set off on his round-the-world journey on foot five years ago and is now making his way from Trieste back to his home in the Vicenza highlands.

Watch James Pearson climb 'Diamante Grezzo' in Valle dell'Orco, Italy, bolted by Marzio Nardi and the late Adriano Trombetta over 20 years ago.

On Saturday 9 August the Italians Manrico Dell'Agnola, Antonella Giacomini, Maurizio Giordani and Nancy Paoletto completed 'Il mistero del Phandambiri' (The Mystery of Phandambiri) on the SE Pillar of Phandambiri, also referred to as Mount Panda. The climb reaches the mountain's main summit and comes in the wake of...

Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of 'Piz Dal Nas' on the North Face of Titlis in Switzerland. The 500m 8b was established ground-up by Matthias Trottmann and then freed by the Swissman in 2010.

A team of seven Spanish comprising Miguel A. Díaz, Álvaro García, Indi Gutierrez, David Matos, Juanjo Medina, Manu Ponce and Gonzalo Torre has completed several first ascents on the imposing granite mountains of southern Cumbira II in Angola's Cuanza Sur province. Highlights include the first ascents of Mt. Kaikiawila and...

French alpinists Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have made the first free ascent of 'Voie Lafaille' on the West face the Drus in the Mont Blanc massif. The route was established solo by French ace Jean-Christophe Lafaille in winter 2001.

On 26 and 27 July 2025 Manuel López and Alex Úbeda established a new mixed climb on the northwest face of Nevado Cashan (5686m) in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Peruvian Andes. The route is dedicated to the famous Spanish mountaineer Carlos Suarez, who perished in a base jumping...

Swiss climber Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a rare free ascent of 'Joy Division', the 800m 8b on Monte Qualido in Val di Mello, Italy. Established in 2004 by Simone Pedeferri, even today it is considered one of the hardest granite multi-pitches in Europe. Schild provides the...

On the SE Face of Aiguille de la Brenva (3278m) in the Mont Blanc massif the Italian alpinists Carlo Filippi, Isaie Maquignaz and Francesco Ratti have made the first ascent of 'Cenerentolo' (460m, 7b max/6c oblig).

Today, 7 August 2025, the 'Solleder-Lettenbauer' route on the Northwest Face of Civetta in the Dolomites turns 100 years old. First ascended in a single day by Gustav Lettenbauer and Emil Solleder on 7 August 1925, this climb is renowned for being the first sixth grade route in the Alps....

The fifth and penultimate stage of the Lead World Cup 2025 was won in Madrid last weekend.

The sixth and final stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 took place in Innsbruck, Austria, this weekend and was won by Olympic Champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Toby Roberts of Great Britain. Oriane Bertone of France and Anraku Sorato of Japan were crowned season champions; this is Bertone's...