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Between February and May 2014, Italian skiers Francesco Vascellari, Davide D'Alpaos and Loris De Barba carried out a series of first ski descents to solve some old problems in the Dolomites. They concluded their run with a repeat of the East Face of the Matterhorn, first skied by Tone Valeruz...

Having recovered from a 2014 injury, the boulderer Niccolò Ceria has now repeated Ninja Skills 8B+ at Sobrio and Big Kat 8B+ at Chironico, both in Switzerland’s Ticino and the latter is perhaps his hardest problem so far.

On 6 January 2015 at Cresciano, Tessin (Switzerland), Giuliano Cameroni repeated Dreamtime 8C.

On 31/12/2014 at Oliana in Spain Jakob Schubert climbed his first 9b, Fight or Flight.

On 28 December at Varazze in Italy Giorgia Tesio repeated the boulder problem Excalibur sit 8A+.

Spanish climber Ignacio Sánchez González has made the first ascent of Crisis 8C/+ at Crevillente, Spain.

The fifth and penultimate video of the Petzl RocTrip 2014 documenting the climbing around Bafa Lake in Turkey.

43-year-old German climber Toni Lamprecht has made the first ascent of Black Flag 8c+/9a at Rockywand, Kochel, Germany.

The video of American climber Ethan Pringle bouldering at Prilep in Macedonia.

The reportage behind the scenes of the La Sportiva Legends Only, the bouldering competition that was held at the end of November in Stockholm, Sweden.

Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra after his 100th sport climb graded 9a or harder.

Adam Ondra has won the La Sportiva Legends Only 2014 that took place in Stockholm on Saturday night, beating Alexander Megos, Jan Hojer, Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods and Jernej Kruder.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter has climbed her second 9a, Big Hammer at Pinswang in Austria.

On 16/11/2014 at San Vito Lo Capo, Italy, Stefan Rass from Austria had a terrible climbing accident and he is currently in induced coma at Salzburg. Published below is an appeal for donations for his young family as well as a short text by Elio Bonfanti who helped Rass immediately...

American climber Jimmy Webb has repeated the boulder problem Defying Gravity V15 (8C) at Thunder Ridge, Colorado, USA.

Register online until 31 December 2014 to relive an adventure that left its mark on the history of alpinism: ascend Balmhorn (3698m), Bernese Alps, together with Edurne Pasaban, following in the footsteps of Lucy Walker, the legendary mountaineer who made the first ascent of this Swiss peak in 1864.