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Daniel Ladurner reports about the first ascent, carried out with Mathieu Maynadier and Francesco Favilli on 5 January 2024, of the mixed route 'Birthday Crack' in Vallunga / Langental, Dolomites, Italy. A way to remember Favilli, who died tragically in the mountains this summer along with Filippo Zanin.

Paweł Zieliński has made the first ascent of 'Forza di Polacco', the 170m multipitch he established rope solo on Monte Monaco next to San Vito Lo Capo in Sicily, Italy.

Interview with Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl after her ground-breaking, historic flash ascent of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite.

PIEPS GmbH announces a voluntary recall for the PIEPS PRO IPS Avalanche Transceiver. Published below is the company's press release.

Austrian climber Jessica Pilz has redpointed her first 9a+, 'Papichulo' at Oliana in Spain.

Lara Neumeier from Germany and Nemuel Feurle from Austria have repeated ‘El Niño – Pineapple Express’ (800m, 5.13c) on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

Last summer South Tyrolean mountain guide Christoph Hainz made the first ascent, ground-up and rope-solo, of 'Dolomiti Race' on Piz Ciavazes in the Sella group of the Dolomites, Italy.

On Tuesday 29th of October, Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl repeated 'Magic Line' (5.14c /8c+) in Yosemite Valley, California.

The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal by Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell, and Alan Rousseau, and 'Tomorrow...

Last summer a small expedition of British climbers composed of Indie Fallowfield, Ben Kent and Chris Moore established a series of new routes on hitherto unclimbed west face of Innaarsuit, west coast of Greenland. The trio reached the world's largest island by sailing boat. Kent provides the details.

From Ukraine comes the terrible news that the extremely talented strong climber Maksym Petrenko was killed in battle close to Toretsk.

The Croatian Mountaineering Association reports about new climbs added to the peaks in the Grebaje valley, Montenegro.

Eneko Pou and his brother Iker Pou have made the first ascent of 'Truenu' on the south face of Peña Santa de Castilla in the Picos de Europa massif in Spain.

French climber Laura Pineau has repeated 'Greenspit' in Valle dell'Orco, Italy. First ascended by Didier Berthod over 20 years ago, this coveted crack climb had been climbed only once before by a woman, by Barbara Zangerl in 2020. Pineau reports of the 'magical day', during which Giacomo Meliffi also sent...

On 25 September 2024, Michal Korban successfully climbed Action Directe, the most famous 9a in the world established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany, by Wolfgang Güllich.

British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of Shikantaza in Valle dell’Orco, Italy. Freed by Jacopo Larcher in 2021, this dangerous trad climb is located on a large boulder at the base of Sergent.