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The Italian climber Pietro Vidi has sent his first 8C+ boulder problem, 'Fuck the System' at Fionnay in switzerland.

Last Monday Swiss climber Katherine Choong repeated 'La Fiesta de Los Metallos', the 200m 8b located in the Verdon Gorge, France.

Austrian competition climber Andreas Hofherr has repeated 'Into the Sun' the 8c+ trad in Murgtal, switzerland, established by Bernd Zangerl in 2017 and previously repeated only by Jacopo Larcher (2021). Hofherr reports.

Swiss climber Didier Berthod has repeated Cobra Crack at Squamish in Canada. Freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2006 and hailed as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world at the time, this fierce splitter was almost freed by Berthod in 2005.

25-year-old Slovenian climber Janja Garnbret has made the first female ascent of "Bügeleisen sit", the 8C boulder problem freed by Nalle Hukkataival in 2014 in the Maltatal, Austria.

At Yarncliffe in England Shauna Coxsey has repeated 'The Boss', an 8B+ boulder problem first climbed by her husband Ned Feehally in 2020.

On Sunday 14 April 2024, an estimated million cubic meters of debris collapsed on the north face of Piz Scerscen, the 3971m mountain located between the highly popular Piz Bernina and Piz Roseg on the Swiss-Italian border. No casualties occurred as a result of this rock avalanche.

France's Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet won the Mixed Relay at Cortina, Italy, yesterday during the fourth and final day of the Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024. Austrians Johanna Hiemer and Paul Verbnjak placed second, ahead of the Italians Alba De Silvestro and Michele Boscacci.

On 20/03/2024 Swiss mountaineer Roger Schäli made the first ascent of 'Nordwestwand Couloir' (WI5+, M5+, 600m) on Piz Güglia (3380m) in switzerland's Engadin region.

The last stage of the 2024 Ski Mountaineering World Cup Sprint World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, on Monday and was won by Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet from France who also claimed the overall season title. The last competition of the season, the Mixed relay, takes place...

The international competition season will begin tomorrow at Keqiao in China with the first stage of the IFSC Boulder World Cup 2024. 136 athletes from 33 countries and territories will compete in the opening event.

The last stage of the 2024 Vertical World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, today and was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret from France and Remi Bonnet from Swtizerland. The overall season title was won by Bonnet and Sarah Dreier from Austria.

A preliminary preview of Melloblocco, the largest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world which will take place in Italy's Val di Mello - Val Masino from 8 to 11 May 2024. Over 1000 climbers have already registered for the event, while Matteo de Zaiacomo, Andrea Pavan, Marco Bufalo and...

Italian climber Gabriele Moroni has repeated 'La Rambla', the benchmark 9a+ located at Siurana in Spain.

New rules for parking and overnight stays have been implemented at switzerland's top bouldering area Chironico. Climbers are asked to adhere to these regulations in order to safeguard future access to this premier Ticino bouldering area.

Luca Gandolfo reports about the new exploration project of the La Venta Geographical Exploration Association on the karstic plateau of El Penòn in Colombia.