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19-year-old Darius Rapa has repeated 'Es Pontas', Chris Sharma's deep water solo masterpiece off the island of Mallorca in Spain

At the crag Capanna Bill in the Dolomites, Italy, Andrea Milani has made the first ascent of 'Affinità Elettive'. This 9a+ is a tribute to the brothers Luca and Mario Prinoth.

Norwegian climber Leo Ketil Bøe has climbed his hardest route to date, 'Change' at Flatanger in Norway. Put up by Adam Ondra in 2012, it is considered the world's first 9b+.

The video of Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik making the first ascent of ‘Mount Doom’, the 9a boulder boulder problem in Maltatal, Austria.

On 20/09/2025 Italian climber Claudia Ghisolfi sent her second 9a, TTT in the Gorges Du Loup in France.

At La Stazione in Val Tanaro (Italy) Stefano Carnati mananged to flash the 8c 'Paranoid'. A few days later he sent two 9a's, 'Prima Classe' and 'Vivi si Muore'.

British climber Emma Twyford has repeated 'Yma O Hyd', the E10 7a in the Ogwen Valley, North Wales.

On 26/08/2025 German climber Yannick Flohé has made the first repeat of 'Ratstaman Vibrations' at Céüse. Originally bolted by Chris Sharma and subsequently freed by Alex Megos in 2022, Flohé believes the climb could be upgraded to 9b/+.

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.

On 9 May 2025 Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven made the first female ascent of 'Rainshadow' (9a) at Malham Cove in England.

Italian climber Laura Rogora has become the first woman in the world to onsight 8c+ with her ascent earlier today of 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at the Gorges du Loup in France.

In the Frankenjura, Germany, Josef Pepa Šindel has repeated 'Action Directe' (9a), 'Classified' (9a/+) and 'Modified' (9a+).

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl is the recipient of the Paul Preuss Prize 2025. Awarded in memory of the bold Austrian alpinist, past winners are Reinhold Messner, Hanspeter Eisendle, Albert Precht, Hansjörg Auer, Alexander Huber, Beat Kammerlander, Bernd Arnold, Heinz Mariacher, Catherine Destivelle, Thomas Huber, Marko Prezelj and Dani Arnold

27-year-old French climber Hugo Parmentier has made the first ascent of 'Générations Futures' at Céüse, describing the 9a sport climb 'without a doubt the most beautiful climb I've ever done.'

In mid-May Spanish climber Ana Belén Argudo Marugan made the first ascent of 'Jai-Alai' (9a) at Margalef in Spain.

The video of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert sending his first 9a boulder problem, 'Alphane' in Chironico / Switzerland.