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Max Milne flashes Bewilderness, 8B+ boulder at Badger’s Cove, UK
20/08/2024 - Climbing
Max Milne flashes Bewilderness, 8B+ boulder at Badger’s Cove, UK
23-year-old British climber Max Milne has flashed 'Bewilderness' (8B+/V14) at Badger’s Cove in the Peak District, England. First climbed by Dan Varian, this is a rare flash of an 8B+ and only the first time this difficulty has been flashed on UK soil.
Michaela Kiersch sends Amandla (8B+) at Rocklands despite fractured finger
13/08/2024 - Climbing
Michaela Kiersch sends Amandla (8B+) at Rocklands despite fractured finger
American climber Michaela Kiersch recently returned from a highly successful bouldering trip to Rocklands in South Africa, where she amassed a huge list of ascents that include Amandla 8B+. What makes her repeats even more impressive is the fact that prior to the trip the 29-year-old had fractured her...
Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games!
10/08/2024 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games!
  • Janja Garnbret gold, Brooke Raboutou silver, Jessica Pilz bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics
  • 1. Janja Garnbret 2. Brooke Raboutou 3. Jessica Pilz 4. Ai Mori 5. Erin McNeice 6. Chaehyun Seo 7. Oceania Mackenzie 8. Oriane Bertone
  • Toby Roberts wins Gold! Combined Boulder & Lead Olympic Champion at Paris 2024
    09/08/2024 - Competitions
    Toby Roberts wins Gold! Combined Boulder & Lead Olympic Champion at Paris 2024
    19-year-old Brit Toby Roberts has won the Combined Boulder & Lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
  • Toby Roberts gold, Sorato Anraku silver, Jakob Schubert bronze
  • 1. Toby Roberts 2. Sorato Anraku 3. Jakob Schubert 4. Colin Duffy 5. Hamish McArthur 6. Adam Ondra 7. Alberto Ginés Lopez 8. Paul Jenft
  • Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
    08/08/2024 - Competitions
    Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
  • Speed: Veddriq Leonardo oro, Wu Pen argento, Samuel Watson bronzo
  • Boulder & Lead: Janja Garnbret, Jessica Pilz, Brooke Raboutou, Ai Mori, Oriane Bertone, Oceania Mackenzie, Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo qualify for the final on Saturday
  • Thursday 8 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic...
  • Aleksandra Mirosław wins Speed Climbing's historic first gold at Paris 2024!
    07/08/2024 - Competitions
    Aleksandra Mirosław wins Speed Climbing's historic first gold at Paris 2024!
  • Speed Climbing: Aleksandra Mirosław wins gold, Lijuan Deng silver, Aleksandra Kalucka bronze
  • Boulder & Lead: Sorato Anraku, Toby Roberts, Adam Ondra, Alberto Gines Lopez, Jakob Schubert, Paul Jenft, Colin Duffy & Hamish McArthur qualify for the final on Friday
  • Wednesday 7 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024...
  • Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed
    06/08/2024 - Competitions
    Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed
    Tuesday 6 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
  • Janja Garnbret leads the provisional ranking with 99.6 points. Home-favourite Orianne Bertone blows the roof off and places second, ahead of Brooke Raboutou
  • Speed: Sam Watson sets new world record 4.75 seconds.
  • Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 1, Men's Boulder & Women's Speed
    05/08/2024 - Competitions
    Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 1, Men's Boulder & Women's Speed
    Join planetmountain for the latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
  • It's been an intese day of Men's Boulder e Women's Speed
  • In Speed Aleksandra Mirosław sets a new world record at 6.06 seconds
  • James Pearson makes long-awaited second ascent of Echo Wall on Ben Nevis
    02/08/2024 - Climbing
    James Pearson makes long-awaited second ascent of Echo Wall on Ben Nevis
    British rock climber James Pearson has made the long-awaited first repeat of Dave MacLeod's 2008 masterpiece 'Echo Wall' on Ben Nevis in Scotland.
    New climb on Nevado Cashan Oeste in Peru by Mike Bowyer, Tom Schindfessel
    01/08/2024 - Alpinism
    New climb on Nevado Cashan Oeste in Peru by Mike Bowyer, Tom Schindfessel
    On 12 July 2024 Mike Bowyer and Tom Schindfessel made the first ascent of 'La Suerte viene la suerte se va' on Nevado Cashan West (5732m) in Peru.
    Solenne Piret climbs Grand Capucin via Swiss route + O Sole Mio exit
    31/07/2024 - Alpinism
    Solenne Piret climbs Grand Capucin via Swiss route + O Sole Mio exit
    On 23 July 2024 French paraclimber Solenne Piret teamed up with Chris Cazin to climb the Swiss route + O Sole Mio exit on Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif.
    Benjamin Védrines climbs K2 in 11 hours
    29/07/2024 - Alpinism
    Benjamin Védrines climbs K2 in 11 hours
    Starting from Advanced Base Camp, on 28 July 2024 French alpinist Benjamin Védrines climbed K2 without supplementary oxygen in just 10 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds.
    Tuva Stavø makes first female ascent of Arctandria on Blåmann in Norway
    24/07/2024 - Climbing
    Tuva Stavø makes first female ascent of Arctandria on Blåmann in Norway
    On 14 July 2024 Norwegian climber Tuva Stavø made the first female ascent of 'Arctandria' on Store Blåmann in Norway.
    Video: Jules Marchaland sends Three Degrees of Separation at Céüse
    13/07/2024 - Climbing
    Video: Jules Marchaland sends Three Degrees of Separation at Céüse
    The video of French climber Jules Marchaland making a rare repeat of 'Three Degrees of Separation', the iconic 9a+ freed by Chris Sharma in 2007.
    Japanese establish Dream House on Nevado Quitaraju in Peru
    08/07/2024 - Alpinism
    Japanese establish Dream House on Nevado Quitaraju in Peru
    From 25 - 29 June 2024 the Japanese climbers Keisuke Ohkura, Kazumasa Ostubo and Yudai Suzuki made the first ascent of 'Dream House' (1240m, M6, AI5+, A2, R/X, VI) on the Quitaraju (6036m) in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
    Farewell to Keita Kurakami
    29/06/2024 - Climbing
    Farewell to Keita Kurakami
    Keita Kurakami has died aged 38. The Japanese climber had made a name for himself for making the first rope-solo free ascent of The Nose in Yosemite, as well as pushing the limits of highball boulder problems established ground-up.