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On the North Face of Petit Dru (3754m) Ueli Steck and Jonathan Griffith have carried out what is likely to be the first free ascent of the Voie Lesueur (ED3, M8+, 900m) with some drytooling sections and a new variation finish.

Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.

In November 2011 the American climbers Chris Kalous and Jonathan Thesenga established Blow it up on the internet, a new 200m, 7b+ climb up the North Face of Monte Monaco in Sicily. The trip report by Jonathan Thesenga.

A section at the base of the East Face of Sass Maor has collapsed in the Pale di San Martino range in the Dolomites.

The North Ridge of Aguja Guillaumet (2579m) in the Fitz Roy massif in Patagonia was first climbed in 1981 by the Argentines Eduardo Brenner and Eduardo Moschioni. Damiano Barabino, Sergio De Leo and Marcello Sanguineti repeated the route on 8 December 2011 and finished up the Amy route.

From the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses to Patagonia. Corrado "Korra" Pesce's alpine journey, introduced by Rolando Garibotti in this meeting and interview - from one alpinist to another - in El Chalten

The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 was won in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday night by Ramón Julian Puigblanque, while the women's event was tied by Angela Eiter, Jain Kim and Mina Markovic. The overall Cup was won by Jakob Schubert and Mina Markovic, while Ramón Julian Puigblanque...

The videos of the Lead World Cup winner in Kranj, Slovenia, Sean McColl and Jain Kim.

Maurizio Manolo Zanolla and his new routes at two small, lost crags, Baule and Bilico high up in the Dolomites, for a climbing which is far removed from the usual perspectives.

Hansjörg Auer has made a free solo of Bayerischer Traum (400m, 7a+) on the Schüsselkarspitze, Wettersteingebirge, Austria.

The penultimate stage of the Lead World Cup took place in Kranj, Slovenia last night and was won by Sean McColl from Canada and Jain Kim from Korea. Jakob Schubert from Austria and Mina Markovic from Slovenia have won the Lead World Cup 2011, one one stage ahead of schedule.

The video of Adam Ondra and his rock climbing visit to Valmalenco, a true tour du force filmed by Luca Maspes “Rampikino”.

The 8th stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 was won in Valence, france, by Ramón Julian Puigblanque from Spain and Johanna Ernst from Austria.

The video filmed by Jonathan Griffith of his ascent of Cerro Standhart and Cerro Piergiorgio in Patagonia.

Mina Markovic and Jakob Schubert won the seventh stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 in Amman, Jordan, today.

Interview with American climber Sasha DiGiulian after her ascent of Pure Imagination 9a at Red River Gorge, USA.