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On 6 August 2023 on Pera del Ferro in Valle del Ferro (Val Masino, Italy) Matteo Bedendo and Lorenzo Casolini made the first ascent of 'Vascello Fantasma’, Ghost Ship. This route is 'Recommended for those who love climbing in remote and forgotten places in the high mountains, with a penchant...

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British rock climber James Pearson has repeated The Parthian Shot E10 6c at Burbage South, UK, without the side-runner in the crack on the right. The Brit, no newcomer to hard and dangerous trad ascents, stated after his repeat 'This one means a lot.'

British rock climber Pete Whittaker has made the first free ascent of the second pitch of 'Eigerdosis' on the Profilveggen / Profile wall at Jøssingfjord in Norway. The previous aid climb is now a trad crack that checks in at 8c.

Interview with British rock climber Paul Pritchard who has made the first ascent of the trad climb 'Jean' in Tasmania. This is Pritchard's first trad lead in 25 years, after his near-fatal fall on the Totem Pole in 1998, and his first new route since 1997.

On 23 July 2023 Nadine Wallner completed the Vertical Jungfrau Marathon in 16 hours and 20 minutes. The Austrian mountain guide teamed up with her Swiss colleague Simon Wahli for the 3600+ ascent that leads from the Lauterbrunnental to the 4158m summit in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

The video of British rock climber James Pearson and the road that led him to making the first ascent of 'Bon Voyage', one of the hardest trad climbs in the world and located at Annot in France

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Livin' Large (8C+) at Rocklands, South Africa.

The report by Italian mountain guide Francesco Salvaterra who on 10 September 2022 made the first ascent of Via Lisa on the east face of Torre d'Ambiez above Val d'Ambiez in the Brenta Dolomites.

On Sunday 18 June Swiss rock climber Nina Caprez has repeated Yeah Man (8b+, 300m) on Grand Pfad in the Gastlosen mountain range in Switzerland.

The film Love featuring American rock climber Paige Claassen and her efforts to balance her climbing and her career.

On Saturday 3 June French rock climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in Southern France first ascended by Alex Megos in summer 2020 and repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi and Sean Bailey in summer 2021.

The video portrait of Ryuichi Murai, the Japanese rock climber with six 8C+ boulder problems to his name.

In March 2023 at Meteora in Greece the Italians Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia established the multi-pitch climb Pythagoras (150m, 7a max, 6c obligatory) on the Sourloti Tower. Oviglia reports.

American rock climber Cedar Wright has launched the peculiar Dirtbag Fund, which will assign 5 grants of $1000 each to climbers who devote their lives to climbing on the road,

The video of British rock climber Aidan Roberts flashing Momentum (8B+) in Val Bavona, Switzerland