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Interview with Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret who just the other day completed the coveted first female 8c onsight with her ascent of Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain. Two days later she doubled her takings by on sighting the 8c American Hustle.

The report by Jacopo Lacher who, at the end of October in Valle dell’Orco, Italy, freed the trad climbs ‘Blood Diamond’ at the crag Diamante and an old project of Adriano Trombetta at the base of Sergent, now called Shikantaza (aka. ‘Il progetto Tromba’).

The movie The Ultimate Run featuring freestyle skier Markus Eder from the South Tyrol, Italy.

One of the great all-round climbers of our time, 33-year-old Austrian Barbara Zangerl, talks about the bond that is created when climbing. Check out the third article of our series created with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today and tomorrow as part of the 'Learn to Climb with Vibram' project.

Climbing alpine style from 28 - 30 October 2021, Slovenian alpinists Nejc Marčič and Luka Stražar established a new route up the NW Face of Tsoboje (Chobutse) above the Rolwaling Valley in Nepal.

Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret has onsighted Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain. In doing so, the 22-year-old has become the first woman in the world to onsight 8c.

On 31 October 2021 Scottish climber William Bosi made the long-awaited second ascent of Mutation at Raven Tor. First ascended by Steve McClure in 1998 and originally graded 9a, Bosi has now suggested an upgrade to 9a+.

Austrian rock climber Nemuel Feurle has repeated Sangre de Toro 8b+ on Rote Wand in Austria.

Swiss rock climber Katherine Choong has repeated 'Une Jolie Fleur dans une Peau de Vache' (300m, 8b) in the Verdon Gorge, France, and '6.4 Sekunden' (170m, 8b/+) at Engelberg in Switzerland.

16-year-old British rock climber Toby Roberts has repeated Hubble, the milestone sport climb established by Ben Moon in 1990 at Raven Tor, England.

Rafa Vadillo from Catalonia, Spain, reports about new ice climbs established in Swedish Lapland, in particular in the Stora Sjöfallet National Park and the Sarek National Park.

American climber Anna Hazlett has made a daring repeat of Once Upon a Time in the Southwest, a bold E9 6c at Dyer's Lookout, England. Tom Randall, who held her ropes, repeated the route immediately beforehand.

The fifth series of the La Sportiva Living Legends video portraits explores the life of Swiss bouldering champion Petra Klingler.

Norwegian rock climber Magnus Midtbø has reached 1 million subscribers on his Youtube channel. His is the first climbing channel to reach this benchmark number.

On the island of Mallorca Jakob Schubert has repeated the famous deep water solo Es Pontas, put up by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Scottish climber Will Bosi has made a short but successful climbing trip to Switzerland, during which he repeated a flurry of hard boulder problems including the 8C Foundation’s Edge.