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On 3 May 2014 Alexander Megos repeated Action Direct, Wolfgang Güllich's 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany, in a mere 2 hours.

Switzerland's Claude Remy provides a chronological analysis of the evolution free climbing (bouldering and difficulty). An article which clearly is not and cannot be definitive, but is merely a stimulus for further analysis and discussion about the evolution of this sport.

Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.

The British Mountaineering Council has issued important Campus Board advice aimed primarily at children and teenagers. Interview with Dr. Volker Schöffl

The video of Gabriele Moroni, the only Italian to have redpointed action directe, first climbed by Wolfgang Güllich in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Adam Pustelnik from Poland has repeated action directe 9a first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Melloblocco 2010 turned out to be a success once again. Despite the bad weather 1900 registered climbers took part in the world's largest bouldering meeting in Val di Mello, Italy from 6 - 9 May 2010. The valley was visited by a circa 3500 boulderers, as can be read in...

Gabriele Moroni and the first Italian ascent of action directe 9a, the route freed by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991 and which still today represents an important test for sport climbing.

Interview with Alan Watts, the climber who played a leading role during the 1980's in developing Smith Rock into one of the most famous crags in the USA and the world.

Sarah Seeger climbs Steinbock 8c in the Frankenjura, Markus Bock creates his hardest to date, The Man That Follows Hell 9a+, while Adam Ondra makes swift work of two other testpieces in Germany's premier climbing area.

Interview with the Basque climber after his victory in the European Championship and his recent ascent of Action Direct.

Interview with German climber Alexander Huber, one of the world's most important sport climbers and mountaineers.

On 19/05/2008 Adam Ondra repeated Action Direct 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991.

On 20/10/2007 Markus Bock made the first ascent of Matador 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany.

On October 26, Andreas Bindhammer carried out the first repeat of Abysse, the 9a first ascended by Alexandre Chabot in Déversé (Gorges du Loup, France).

At the start of October Markus Bock made the first ascent of what he believes to be the hardest route in Germany's Frankenjura, "Corona" 11+ (French 9a+).