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Luca Giupponi report about 'Tokyo 2021' established on Torre Est in the Vajolet Towers, Rosengarten / Catinaccio, Dolomites. First ascended with Marco Fiorentini and Dino Vanzetta, the route is dedicated to Alex Toniolli.

On 25/03/2024 Franz Anstein, Federico Maremonti and Andreas Tonelli skied what is likely to be a new line on Piz de Puez in the Dolomites, Italy. Called 'Canal sëura l uët', this couloir provides difficulties in the region of 5.1 E4, as Anstein explains in his report.

The last stage of the 2024 Ski Mountaineering World Cup Sprint World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, on Monday and was won by Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet from France who also claimed the overall season title. The last competition of the season, the Mixed relay, takes place...

A preliminary preview of Melloblocco, the largest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world which will take place in Italy's Val di Mello - Val Masino from 8 to 11 May 2024. Over 1000 climbers have already registered for the event, while Matteo de Zaiacomo, Andrea Pavan, Marco Bufalo and...

Who has won the most medals in the Lead World Cup? Who has won the most medals at the Bouldering World Championships? Who are the fastest Speed climbers of all times? To answer these questions, Sport Climbing Stats was created by Fabio Palma to analyse the statistics of over 30...

Sébastien Berthe has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The route was repeated for the first time by Adam Ondra in February 2023, and Berthe's is now the third ascent. The Belgian climber, who in 2023 flashed the adjacent 'Le...

The 30th edition of the Sellaronda Skimarathon will take place on Friday 22 March 2024. The famous night ski mountaineering competition crosses four mountain passes, Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella and Gardena, and cover sa total distance of 42 kilometers and +2700m altitude gain.

Over a period of 10 days from 28/02 to 08/03/2024 Polish mountaineers Paweł Hałdaś and Marcin Tomaszewski made the first ascent of 'Zimne wojny', Cold Wars, a huge big wall in the Mooses Tooth massif in Alaska.

Sarah Haase reports about three possible new ice climbs located at the entrance to Val Travenanzes in the Dolomites, ascended on 6 February 2024 with Diana Calabuig and Santiago Padros.

Toru Nakajima has made the first ascent of 'Regret' at ena in Japan. No grade has been put forward as yet but this 3-move problem promises to be intense.

On Cerro Trinidad Central in Valle Cochamó in Chile the Italian climbers Angelo Contessi, Diego Diaz and Leo Gheza have established the big wall 'Nunca say Nunca' (5.12+/A1/1000m). Gheza reports.

On 2 and 3 February Martin Feistl and Simon Gietl made the first ascent of Aura (M6 AI5, 1200m) a new mixed climb on the northeast face of Langkofel / Sassolungo above Val Gardena in the Dolomites.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi making the first ascent of Excalibur (9b+) at Arco, Italy. Graded 9b+, this is the hardest sport climb in the country and one of the most difficult in the world.

On 25/01/2024 Nicola Castagna and Francesco Salvaterra made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'La Concha de la lora' on the north-east face of Crozzon di Val d'Agola (Brenta Dolomites). Salvaterra reports.

The video of Adam Ondra making his second-hardest flash ever, Peščena ura (9a) at Sopota in Slovenia.

From 15-16 January 2024 the mountaineers Christian Casanova, Francesco Favilli and Mathieu Maynadier made the first ascent of the new mixed climb 'Mixte feeling' on the north-east face of Civetta in the Dolomites. Established with one bivouac, the 560m route breaches difficulties up to M6+/WI5.