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Finish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of The stepping stone V15 at the Grampians in Australia, describing the ascent of this V15 boulder problem as possibly "the most memorable climbing experience of my life!"

One of the most famous moderate routes in Yosemite, Snake Dike on Half Dome, was lit up on 29 August 2015 to raise awareness for the American Safe Climbing Association (ASCA) and highlight safety issues concerning rebolting and regularly maintaining existing sport climbs.

Slovenia’s Domen Škofic has made an onsight ascent of Reini’s Vibes 8c/+ at Massone, Arco.

Germany’s Lena Herrmann has redpointed her second 8c, Father and son 8c in the Frankenjura.

German climber Roland Hemetzberger has made the first free ascent of his new 8c multi-pitch Delirium on the Fleischbank sector of the Wilder Kaiser.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter has made a remarkable onsight of the 8b/+ Tanz der Moleküle at Lechtal, Austria.

The climber from Italy Giorgio Bendazzoli has climbed his first 8c+, Super Ale at Covolo.

German climber Alexander Megos has made a series of hard ascents at France’s Ceuse, in Germany’s Frankenjura and on the Taipan Wall in Australia.

On Friday, September 4, 2015 the Arco Rock Legends will celebrate its 10th edition and assign the prestigious Salewa Rock Award and La Sportiva Competition Award during the Rock Master Festival and the World Youth Climbing Championships 2015. Those nominated for the sport climbing Oscars are Angela Eiter, Alexander Megos...

At Ceuse in France Adam Ondra has climbed Three Degrees of Separation, the route freed by Chris Sharma in 2007 and, until now, unrepeated.

Interview with Nina Caprez who, together with Marc le Menestrel, repeated Hannibals Alptraum, the smooth limestone testpiece first climbed in 1986 by Martin Scheel and Robert Bösch in Switzerland’s Rätikon massif.

The second video of Niccolò Ceria and his 60 days bouldering at Fontainebleau in France.

Austrian rock climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated Bellavista, the difficult rock climb up the North Face of Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

On 28 and 29 June 2015 Polish climbers Lukasz Dudek and Jacek Matuszek repeated Brento Centro (8b, 600m), the route first climbed by David Lama and Jorg Verhoeven up Monte Brento, Valle del Sarca, Italy

At Ceuse in France Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Biographie 9a+

Austrian climber Angela Eiter reports about her recent trips to Greece where, close to Leonidio, she and her partner Bernie Ruech developed Nifada. The new crag currently hosts 14 routes up to 8c+.