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Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund has made the first female ascent of 'Spomin', the 8c multipitch on Anića Kuk at Paklenica, Croatia

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has redpointed 'Omen Nomen' (9a) at Arco, Italy.

The film 'Keep It Burning' which documents the second free ascent of 'Eternal Flame' on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower range in Pakistan. Established in 1989 by Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, Christof Stiegler and Milan Sykora.

Italian climber Pietro Vidi has successfully repeated the cutting-edge trad-climb ‘Magic Line’ 5.14c/8c+, in Yosemite Valley, California

Climbing with John Kasaian, Laura Pineau has made the first female ascent of 'Wet Lycra Nightmare' on Leaning Tower in Yosemite, USA. First ascended by Jim Hewitt and Todd Skinner in 2004, the 9-pitch 8b is known for being the steepest big wall in the USA. The 25-year-old French climber...

Kris Hampton of 'Written In Stone' analyses the early days of sport climbing when Lynn Hill managed to beat male competitors on the same competition route.

Matteo De Zaiacomo recounts the first ascent in August 2024, with Chiara Gusmeroli, of 'Azzardo Estremo' on Sckem Braq in the Nangma Valley in Pakistan. 900 metres long, the route was opened alpine style and consists of 26 pitches with difficulties up to 7a and A3.

American climber Sasha DiGiulian has made a free ascent of 'Platinum', also known as 'The Direct Line' on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

The next Melloblocco in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy will be held from 6-9 May 2026. Registrations are now open for the world's largest bouldering and climbing meeting.

Marco Sappa has made the sixth ascent of ‘Necronomicon’ (5.13d/14a) in Moab, Canyonlands, USA. The horizontal roof crack was first climbed in 2011 by Jean-Pierre Ouellet.

32-year-old Marcello Bombardi has repeated 'La Fenice' on Rocca dei Campanili del Mongioie in NW Italy. Graded 8c max, 7c obligatory, this 150m multipitch was established and freed ground-up by Matteo Gambaro and Alessandro Cariga in 2021.

The film The Bells!, featuring 74-year-old British climber Rob Matheson repeating 'The bells, The bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it was first ascended in 1980 by John Redhead.

American climber Amity Warme has made a free ascent of the 'PreMuir Wall' (5.13c/d, 33 pitches) on El Capitan in Yosemite.

Japanese climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated 'Return of the Sleepwalker' at Red Rocks, USA. Established by Daniel Woods, in 2021, this is Murai's frist 9A boulder problem.

Johannes Malchow and Sebastian Eifler have made the first ascent of 'Benjo-Delight' on the famous Dragon Horns on Tioman Island in Malaysia. Malchow reports.

The video of Slovenian alpinist Aleš Česen and his British counterpart Tom Livingstone making the first ascent, alpine-style, of the West Ridge of Gasherbrum III in Pakistan's Karakoram.