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The 12th World Climbing Championship took place in Paris last week. Lead was won by the Austrians Jakob Schubert and - for a record breaking fourth time - Angela Eiter. Boulder was won by Mélanie Sandoz from France and - for the third time - Dmitry Sharafudtinov from Russia. Yuliya...

Mauro Calibani recounts his holiday with family and friends at the home of Gerhard Hörhager, in Austria's Zillertal rock paradise. A step back into climbing history, in the footsteps of great Hörhager and his Graceland 8b and Ganja 8a+ trad, two emblematic testpieces first ascended by this strong climber in...

Interview with legendary Swiss boulderer and climber Fred Nicole.

Between March and June 2012 Alessio Roverato and Angela Carraro established Cara (260m, 7c max, 7a+ obl), a new route up the East Face of Val Gadena (Valsugana, Italy).

Melloblocco 2012 starts today and the time has come to reveal the boulder problems which are just waiting to be climbed.

From 25 - 27 January 2012 Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Fabio Leoni carried out the first winter ascent (and first on-sight) of Via Cembridge (550m, 7b+ (6c obligatory) up Cima Margherita, Brenta Dolomites, Italy.

Sergey Nefedov, Alexey Romanov and Max Sotnik have established three new routes in the Khibini mountain range in Russia's Murmansk region.

For the first time since the accident, Xenia Minder talks to Le Temps about her drama after falling in the mountains and dragging down her life partner, Erhard Loretan.

Last night Walter Bonatti passed away. He was 81 years old and one of the greatest legends of alpinism of all times.

On Sunday 21 August two teams comprised of Michele Comi, Luca Maspes, Stefano Mogavero and Popi Miotti made the first ascent of "Via del 149°" up the hitherto unclimbed SE spur of the eastern pre-summit of Monte Disgrazia 3483m (Valtellina, Central Alps) as a foretaste to next year's celebrations for...

Day 7 of the Red Bull X-Alps dawned with the news that race leader Christian Maurer had been served with a 24-hour time penalty.

On 1 May 2011 the XVIII Mezzalama Trophy was won by the international team comprised of Spaniard Jornet Burgada and the Frenchmen Bon Mardion and Blanc. The women's event was won by Pellissier, Pedranzini, Martinelli. The report and excitement of the great ski mountaineering marathon on Monte Rosa, by Lorenzo...

At the end of 2010 James Pearson, Mark Synnott, Renan Ozturk and Alex Honnold established a series of new routes in the Ennedi Range in Chad.

Chris Sharma has added "Power inverter" 9a+ to Oliana, Lleida, Spain.

Lleida in Spain has been developing fast into one of the world's premier sport climbing areas, thanks in great part to one of the main activists, Dani Andrada. Pete O'Donovan introduces the Catalonian delights.

British climbers Tom Randall, Pete Whittaker and Adam Bailes have established a series of new routes in one of Europe's premier granite rock climbing areas, the Valle dell'Orco in northern Italy.