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The video of French climbers Nicolas Pelorson and Lucien Martinez illustrating all the moves of Bombé Bleu, the legendary project at Buoux in France. Bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and also referred to as Chantier, this route has never been climbed before.

On 8 March 2023 Christina Lusti Lustenberger and Andrew McNab made what is likely to be the first ski descent of the striking SW Couloir of Mount Niflheim in British Colombia, Canada.

The video of the Nicolas Hojac and Adrian Zurbrügg climbing the classic Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau skyline in 13 hours in July 2022.

From 4 to 7 May 2023 Melloblocco, the biggest bouldering meeting in the world, returns to Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Pre-register online on www.melloblocco.it.

On 3 February 2023 in Val Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland, Niccolò Ceria repeated the boulder problem Off the wagon low (8C+)

Niccolò Bruni and Giovanni Ravizza have made the first ascent of 'Goulotte Les Dégaines disparu', a new mixed climb on Torrione d'Entrèves above the Toula glacier in the Mont Blanc massif. Bruni reports

At Dvigrad in Croatia the Italian climber Ale Zeni has repeated Malvasia, the legendary sport climb freed by Manolo in 1988.

Marcin Tomaszewski reports about the first ascent of FRAM, a technical 700m climb on Oqatssut Wall on the West coast of Greenland established from 10 - 24 February 2023 with Paweł Hałdaś. This is the first route on the mountain and the first big wall climbed in Greenland in winter.

The video of Stephan Siegrist and Michael Gruber on Crack Baby, the ice climb first ascended by Gruber and Xaver Bongard on the Breitwangflue at Kandersteg in Switzerland in 1993 and nowadays one of the most famous icefalls in all of Europe.

Adam Ondra climbing in England on some of the Peak District hard classics established during the 1990's by Jerry Moffatt and Ben Moon.

The Grand Prize of the 33rd edition of the Memorial Maria Luisa Photo contest was awarded to Luis Vilariño López for his photo entitled Rayo Sobre Turret Arch.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has repeated 'Pungitopo' (8c+) at Red Point Wall in Valle di Laghel close to Arco, Italy.

On 14 February 2023 Swiss mountaineers David Hefti and Marcel Schenk made the coveted first winter ascent of the Corti-Battaglia route on Pizzo Badile (3308m). Established in 1953 by Claudio Corti and Felice Battaglia, this climb was the first to breach the mountain's east face. Schenk, who in 2016 established...

The video of Magnus Midtbø and Adam Ondra bouldering with climbing legends Jerry Moffatt and Ben Moon.

Japanese rock climber Keita Kurakami provides thoughtful insight into the mentality behind his first ascent of the boulder problem 'Discovery' on the island of Yakushima, Japan.

On 24/02/2023 at Siurana in Spain Marco Zanone repeated La Rambla, one of the world's benchmark 9a+.