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At 17:00 CET today Stefano Ghisolfi will share his uncut ascent of the 9b+ Bibliographie at Céüse in France. The 28-year-old will be online on youtube to answer questions.

Winter climbing in Scotland: on 10 December 2021 Simon Richardson and Mark Robson made the first ascent of Princess Cut (VI,6) on Glas Leathad Beag on Ben Wyvis.

52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.

Over a period of 11 days at the start of December 2021 Polish mountaineers Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki made the first ascent of Frozen Fight Club (A3, M7, 780m)on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango, Krakorum, Pakistan.

At the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy, Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of The Lonely Mountain 9b.

The video documenting the first ski descent of the East Face of Mount Nelson in Canada, carried out on 4/03/2021 by the mountaineers Ian McIntosh and Christina Lusti Lustenberger.

A recap of the sabbatical climbing year of American mountaineers Priti and Jeff Wright and their ascents of some of the most famous mountains in the world.

The video portrait for the La Sportiva Living Legends series of German rock climber Martina Demmel who, after starting climbing only four years ago, earlier this year managed to send 9a.

The Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2021/2022 started in Ponte di Legno, Italy yesterday and the Sprint event race won by Arno Lietha from Switzerland and Emily Harrop from France.

The third behind the scenes video of Adam Ondra and his preparation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brutal training is important, but not the only variable.

The Aosta Valley Climbing Club has announced that the siblings from Courmayeur Luca and Martina Blanchet have won the Tiro Leader 2021 competition. The event at the crag La città di Uruk crag in Val Sapin, Italy, involved freeing two difficult sport climbs.

Watch Jakob Schubert climb both King Capella and La Capella at Siurana in Spain

On 17 August 2020 Pete Whittaker made a free solo of the 800m Renshaw/Foulkes route on Kjerag in Norway. The climb features in this year’s Brit Rock Film Tour and the British rock climber has now released footage explaining how the ascent was filmed.

The video portrait of Catalan mountaineer Silvia Vidal who was awarded a Special Mention at the Piolets d'Or 2021 for her outstanding contribution to solo big wall climbing over the last two decades.

The second video of British rock climber James Pearson repeating Harder Faster at Black Rocks in the Peak District, UK.

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of his Launch Pad Project at Mizugaki in Japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.