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On 11/11/2022 Silvan Schüpbach and Peter Von Känel started their winter climbing season early with the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Frigo-combo' (M7/6a, 450m) on the NW Face of Douves Blanches (Point 3582m) above Val d'Arolla in Switzerland. Schüpbach...

Belgian climber Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll attempts the Teplice Trilogy at Adršpach in the Czech Republic in a day

The highlights of the Petzl RocTrip, the international climbing meeting that took place In May 2022 at Manikia in Greece.

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 video by Jan Virt of Alexander Megos making the first free ascent of Ratstaman Vibrations, an old Chris Sharma project at Céüse.

German climber Alexander Megos has listed the climbs he sent during his 3-week trip to Margalef in Spain. Highlights include the first ascents of The Full Journey 9b, Chan Chan Bastards 9a+/b and a flash of Patan el villano...

After just 8 days of effort Belgium's Anak Verhoeven has repeated No pain no gain 9a+ at Rodellar in Spain.

German rock climber Michael Wohlleben has made the first ascent of Bodhichitta, a highly technical 5-pitch route on Westliche Dreifaltigkeit in Switzerland.

On 9 October 2022 German climber Alexander Megos made the first ascent of Full Journey (9b) at Margalef in Spain.

44-year-old Roger Schäli has completed the first ascent, ground-up and rope-solo, of Tierra del Fuego on Roda Val della Neve in Switzerland.

Chamonix-based alpinist Colin Haley has made the first solo winter ascent of the classic Supercanaleta route on Fitz Roy in Patagonia

The fourth episode of the Petzl Legend Tour Italy is now online and explores the cradle of Italian sport climbing, Arco and the Sarca Valley

This summer Martina Demmel from Germany repeated Deltaplane man direct 8c+ at Entraygues in France.

Swiss climber Alexander Rohr has made the first ascent of Oblivion, an old project at Gimmelwald in Switzerland now graded 9a.

On the 18th of July German climber Alexander Huber made the first free ascent of Ramayana, a 6-pitch 8b+ on Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.

Watch Swiss climber Cédric Lachat repeat Wogü, the 250m 8c in Rätikon, Switzerland, established ground-up by Beat Kammerlander in 1998 and freed by Adam Ondra in 2008.