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During a short visit to Villanueva del Rosario in Spain, 15-year-old Andrea Cheleris from Italy repeated a handful of hard climbs, including the onsight of 'Mundo Feliz' (8b+) and the redpoint of 'Mangarbo natural' (9a+).

American climber Michaela Kiersch has made the first female ascent of Dreamtime, Fred Nicole’s masterpiece at Cresciano hailed as the first 8C boulder problem in the world.

Italian climber Laura Rogora has redpointed Bombardino (9a+) at Arco, Italy, on her fourth attempt of the day.

Slovenian climber Domen Škofic has repeated Chilam Balam (9a+/b) at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.

25-year-old Yannick Flohé has repeated Janus (9a+) at Angerstein in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has repeated 'Hades' (9a) at Götterwandl in Nassereith , Austria.

Belgian climber Hannes Van Duysen has repeated 'Es Pontás', the 9a+ DWS on Mallorca in Spain first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first repeat of Spots of Time, established by Aidan Roberts in the Lake District, UK, in February 2024. Bosi has now become the first person to climb four different V17/9a boulder problems.

British climber Toby Roberts has climbed his hardest sport climb to date, Gancho Perfecto (9a+) in Margalef, Spain.

Laura Rogora has onsighted the 8c 'Spanish caravan' at the crag La Ramirole in the Verdon Gorge, France.

Eneko Pou and his brother Iker Pou have made the first ascent of 'Truenu' on the south face of Peña Santa de Castilla in the Picos de Europa massif in Spain.

The video of Swiss climber Katherine Choong attempting to repeat Fly (8c, 550m) at Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.

On 25 September 2024, Michal Korban successfully climbed Action Directe, the most famous 9a in the world established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany, by Wolfgang Güllich.

The 23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made the first female ascent of Goldrake (9a+) at Cornalba, Italy, and onsighted Jedi (8b).

Spanish climber Ainhize Belar Barrutia has sent her first 9a+, Iñi Ameriketan at Cueva de Baltzola.

Earlier this summer an international team comprised of Martin Krasňanský, Michal Mikušinec and Tomáš Buček from Slovakia and František Bulička from the Czech Republic made a rare repeat of 'Grand Diedre Desplomando' on Trango Tower, aka Nameless Tower, Karakorum, Pakistan. The 1100m big wall was first ascended in 1987 by...