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The video of Sebastién Bouin making the first ascent of the 9b 'Ariégeois Cœur Loyal' at Pic Saint Loup in France.

30-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.

British climber Franco Cookson has made the first ascent of The Dewin Stone, a 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarries above Llanberis in North Wales.

Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made the fifth ascent of Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in France first ascended in 2020 by Alex Megos.

At Vranjača close to Paklenica in Croatia Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of 'B je to', the country's first 9b.

Sébastien Bouin has repeated 'Lapsus' at Andonno in Italy. First ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2015 and originally graded 9b, the French climber feels the route warrants 9a+.

Interview with Jakob Schubert after the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger in Norway last week. The 32-year-old Austrian has now called the climb B.I.G. and suggested the grade 9c. This is currently the third route in the world with this grade, after Silence at Flatanger and DNA in...

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger. Bolted by Adam Ondra in 2013, the line was defined by the Czech climber as 'the true king line of the cave.'

Watch Austrian climber Jakob Schubert attempt 'Project Big' at Flatanger in Norway live on youtube today at 17:30.

Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made a swift repeat of the multipitch Tarragó (8b+, 240m) at Montserrat in Spain.

On 24/07/2023 French climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Move Hard, the 9b at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2017 and repeated previously only by Stefano Ghisolfi.

Watch the video of Adam Ondra climbing and Will Bosi discussing 'Vasil Vasil', the world's third 9b+ first ascended by Ondra a decade ago.

On Saturday 3 June French rock climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in Southern France first ascended by Alex Megos in summer 2020 and repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi and Sean Bailey in summer 2021.

On the 14th of May 2023 Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France climbed 100 different 7A boulder problems in Fontainebleau in a single day. Berthe provides the details of this challenging link-up which the pair completed by fair means, ie by bike or on foot.

Cédric Lachat has made the first ascent of Fantasia in the Vercors, France. The 38-year-old climber has suggested 9b, making it the first of this grade for the Swissman.

French climber Sébastien Bouin makes the first ascent of Suprême Jumbo Love (9b+) at Clark Mountain, USA in November 2022.