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Interview with Simon Gietl after the first ascent of Goldfish on Meru South in India, carried out alpine style from 11 - 13 May 2023 with Mathieu Maynadier and Roger Schäli. Interview by Bulgarian journalist Tanya Ivanova.

On Sunday night the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, by 18-year-old British climber Toby Roberts. Dohyun Lee (South Korea) and Yoshiyuki Ogata (Japan) placed second and third respectively.

Saturday evening at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won by Natalia Grossman (USA), ahead of Chaehyun Seo from South Korea and Staša Gejo from Serbia.

Last weekend Oriane Bertone of France and Lee Dohyun of South Korea claimed their first-ever World Cup gold medals by winning the Prague stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret claim silver, Flavy Cohaut and Mejdi Schalck bronze.

On 27 May 2023 Michael Arnold, Vivian Bruchez and Tom Lafaille skied the SW Face of Dürrenhorn in the Mischabel range of the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. The 700m line was skied with one abseil and is called GoldenEye.

European mountaineers Simon Gietl, Mathieu Maynadier and Roger Schäli have successfully climbed a new route on Meru South (6600m) in India. The new route on the mountain's east face was climbed alpine style and is called Goldfish (800m, M6+ A1).

Mission complete on Monte Rosa: the Italian military corp Alpini won the XXIII edition of the Mezzalama Trophy. Matteo Eydallin, Robert Antonioli and Davide Magnini dominated the men's event, while Giulia Murada, Giulia Compagnoni and Alba De Silvestro clinched a historic gold medal in the women's competition. Eydallin and Nicolini...

On 14 and 15 of April 2023 Jack Cramer, Tad McCrea, Vitaliy Musienko made the first ascent of Troll Toll (600m, M5) on the ENE Face of Mount Morrison in California, USA. Located in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada, this mountain is also known as the 'Eiger of...

The first stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup was won in Hachioji, Japan, last weekend by Brooke Raboutou and Mejdi Schalck. This is Raboutou's first ever IFSC World Cup gold medal, Schalck's second.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi attempting Burden of Dreams (9A) in Finland, together with Elias Iagnemma, Will Bosi and Shawn Raboutou.

24-year-old climber from Italy, Stefano Carnati, has repeated Erebor at Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy. First ascended in 2021 by Stefano Ghisolfi, this power endurance testpiece has been repeated by Laura Rogora, Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert.

The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup Series kicks off in Hachioji, Japan, this weekend as athletes from around the world compete for the first Boulder World Cup medals of the year.

The 37th Pierra Menta, ski mountaineering's equivalent of Tour de France, took place from 8 to 11 March 2023 and was won by Michele Boscacci & Davide Magnini from Italy and by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret & Emily Harrop from France.

On 8 March 2023 Christina Lusti Lustenberger and Andrew McNab made what is likely to be the first ski descent of the striking SW Couloir of Mount Niflheim in British Colombia, Canada.

On Thursday 2 March Axelle Gachet-Mollaret & Emily Harrop from France and Matteo Eydallin & Robert Antonioli from Italy won the team race of the Ski Mountaineering World Championships at Boí Taüll in Spain.

The Ski Mountaineering World Championships 2022 are currently taking place at Boí Taüll in Spain. Marianna Jagerčíková and Oriol Cardona Coll were crowned Speed World Champions.