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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.

Watch the award-winning documentary Still Alive featuring Klaas Willems, the hugely talented Belgian rock climber diagnosed with both cystic fibrosis and cancer, who has dedicated his life to climbing in clean air

Earlier this summer on the Speckkarplatte in the Karwendel massif in Austria Peter Manhartsberger and Armin Fuchs have established 'Leider Geil' (225m, 8a), while on the nearby Floitenturm Manhartsberger with Raphael Jäger and Michael Zellinger established Trog mi Wind (7c,...

The 23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made the first female ascent of Goldrake (9a+) at Cornalba, Italy, and onsighted Jedi (8b).

The report by Leonardo Gheza who, earlier this summer with Luca Ducoli, established the multi-pitch 'Eclissi' (8a, 280m) on Torre di Mezzaluna in Vallaccia (Dolomites). This is Gheza's second new route here after 'Monologica', first ascended in 2023 with Angelo...

Spanish climber Ainhize Belar Barrutia has sent her first 9a+, Iñi Ameriketan at Cueva de Baltzola.

The video of Adam Ondra exploring a new sector at the historic crag Buoux in southern France.

26-year-old German climber Lara Neumeier has made the first repeat of 'Nimm Dir Zeit' (140m, 8a+) on Roter Stein in Austria.

Watch American climbers Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn making a ground-up free repeat of El Niño - Pineapple Express (5.13c, 25 pitches)⁣ on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

On 27 August 2024 Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Gianluca Marra made the first ascent of 'C'era una volta il West' on Rognon Vaudano, below Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif.

Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of Zahir (8b+, 300m) at Wenden.

German climber Alexander Megos has repeated Change, the 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2012 and hitherto repeated by only Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 and Seb Bouin in 2022.

Russian mountaineers Mikhail Mironov and Sergei Mironov are safely in Skardu. The pair was transported there by Pakistani military helicopter following the serac collapse on Gasherbrum IV which resulted in the death of Sergey Nilov.

The IFSC Youth World Championships 2024 will take place at Guiyang in China. 599 athletes from 49 nations are taking part in the 10-day event.

The video of Slovenia's Janja Garnbret climbing the iconic 'Big Five' boulder problems at Fontainebleau in France in a single day: Big Boss, Fourmis Rouge, Tristesse, Big Golden and Atrésie.

Jakob Schubert is in a class of his own: two Olympic bronze medals, six world championship titles and the highest level of difficulty ever mastered in lead climbing and bouldering. Here's the path that got him there.