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The fourth Zlagboard Contest takes place from 29 - 31 August, during the Arco Rock Master Festival in Italy, to test your finger strength.

New sport climbs have been added and freed at Abella de la Conca in Spain by Klemen Becan Caroline Ciavaldini , Enzo Oddo, Kevin Aglae, Kevin Aglae, Jonas Schachtsneider, and James Pearson. The video by Francisco Taranto Jr.

Friday, August 29, 2014 Arco Rock Legends celebrates its ninth edition by assigning, during the Rock Master Festival, the two prestigious sport climbing Oscars entitled Salewa Rock Award and La Sportiva Competition Award. Those nominated for the Salewa Rock Award are Alexander Megos, Adam Ondra and Muriel Sarkany, while Sachi...

On 15 July 2014 Italian climber Giorgio Bendazzoli has climbed his first 8c, Nagay at the Italian crag Covolo.

At Ceuse in France Alexander Megos has made the first ascent of Et dieu créa la Flemme 9a, while Gabriele Moroni has repeated Mr. Hyde 8c+. At Volx Adam Ondra has onsighted the classic Jean-Baptiste Tribout testpiece Superplafond 8c+

On 9 July 2014 Cedric Lachat repeated Orbayu (8c, 510m) Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos de Europa, Spain.

French climber Melissa Le Nevé has repeated Baa Baa Black Sheep 8c/+ at Ceuse, France

Stefano Ghisolfi climbs Underground 9a at Arco while at Champorcher Niccolò Ceria and Gabriele Moroni have made the first ascents of the boulder problems Gliese 581 8B+ and Minorenni a carico 8B.

American climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Speed Intégrale 9a at Voralpsee, Switzerland.

Britain's Shauna Coxsey and the young Americans Brooke Raboutou and Ashima Shiraishi all climb 8B boulder problems.

On Saturday 28 June 2014 in Valle dell'Orco, Italy, England's Tom Randall climbed Pura Pura 8c+.

Austrian climber Beat Kammerlander has made the first ascent of Drei Siebe at the Bürser Platte, Vorarlberg, Austria.

The video of Melissa Le Nevé climbing Wallstreet 8c in the Frankenjura, Germany.

The video of Stefano Carnati climbing Deus irae 8c+ at Claro, Spirit Walker 8c at Sasso Remenno in Val di Mello and Penumbral Solar Eclipse 8c in the Frankenjura, Germany.

From 4 -8 June 2014 German climber Alexander Megos teamed up with Roger Schäli, Frank Kretschmann and David Hefti to make the first free ascent of Fly (8c, 550m) on Staldeflue, Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland.

On 1 June, Mauro Dell'Antonia, the talented climber from Venice, Italy, climbed 'Mai più colla' at Punta della Croce, Rocca Pendice (Euganean Hills, Padua, Italy) for the first time without the hold that snapped off a few years ago. The proposed grade is 8c. This brief and intense series of...