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French paraclimber Solenne Piret has led her first icefall at Ceillac in France. Despite being born without her right forearm, the 30-year-old continues to push her boundaries in all forms of climbing.

At Cresciano in Switzerland 23-year-old German athlete Yannick Flohe has made the first ascent of the 8C+ boulder problem 'Return of the Dreamtime'.

The portrait of Japanese rock climber Tomoa Narasaki, triple world champion and 2 times winner of the Boulder World Cup.

On 7/12/2022 at Cresciano in Switzerland Camilla Moroni repeated La Proue (8B), the famous 8B boulder problem freed by Fred Nicole in 1998.

On 11 November 2022 at Covolo in Italy (VI) Camilla Bendazzoli repeated Nagay (8c).

Chaehyun Seo from South Korea has become the second woman in the world to onsight 8c with her faultless ascent of 'L’Antagonista' at Montsant in Spain.

19-year-old climber Chaehyun Seo from South Korea has repeated La Rambla (9a+) at Siurana in Spain. She is only the second woman to climb this iconic route after Margo Hayes in 2017.

Serbian sport climber Staša Gejo has repeated Mécanique Élémentaire, an 8B+ boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France

In Switzerland Camilla Moroni has sent four 8A+ boulder problems, 'Delusion of Grandeur' and 'Second life' at Chironico, and 'Primitivo stand' and 'King of Sonlerto' in Val Bavona. The 21-year-old Italian climber has also sent her hardest problem to date, the 8B 'Heritage' in Val Bavona.

UPDATE 19/10/2022: According to the BBC, Elnaz Rekabi landed at Tehran airport a few hours ago, and was greeted by a large crowd who called her a "heroine".
- There are mounting fears for the wellbeing of Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian climber who competed in the Asian Climbing Championships in Seoul...

British rock climber Hamish McArthur has repeated Hunger (9a) at The Anvil, Loch Goil, Scotland. First ascended in 2010 by Malcom Smith, it has previously been repeated only by Dave Macleod and Will Bosi.

The video of Adam Ondra who at Covolo, the most difficult crags in Italy, attempts to onsight the 9a La Musa put up by Silvio Reffo in 2021.

The fifth stage of the 2022 Lead World Cup was won on Saturday evening at Koper in Slovenia by home athlete Luka Potocar and Ai Mori from Japan. For both athletes this is their first victory in the Senior Lead World Cup

The video portrait of Austrian paraclimber Angelino Zeller.

Yannick Flohé claimed his first World Cup podium last night after winning the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2022 at Brixen, Italy. The German beat Britain’s Maximillian Milne and Japan’s Tomoa Narasaki.

The second stage of the Speed World Cup 2022 was won yesterday at Salt Lake City by Aleksandra Miroslaw from Poland and Kiromal Katibin from Indonesia.