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A fortnight ago French rock climber Soline Kentzel climbed her hardest route to date, Le Voyage (E10/8b+) at Annot in france. First ascended by James Pearson in 2017, the route is still ranked as one of the hardest trad climbs in france.

Eddie Fowke reports about the first leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series held in Shanghai 10 days ago. The second leg will take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 June and the combined results will enable the world’s best competition climbers to gain a place for the Paris...

We have received and published the following open letter entitled 'Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation'. Promoted by Michel Piola, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia, it has currently been signed by almost 100 climbers from all over the world.

The video of Sébastien Bouin and his repeat of 'Bibliographie', the famous 9b+ at Céüse in france he climbed on 3 June 2023.

The second half of the men’s and women’s Boulder & Lead qualifications opened day two at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China. Every competition round will be streamed live on Olympics.com. 

The second stages of the Speed World Cup 2024 and Boulder World Cup 2024 will take place in Salt Lake City, USA, from 3 - 5 May 2024.

From 14-17 April 2024 Britain's Tom Livingstone and Slovenia's Gašper Pintar made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'The Great Wall' on the South Face of Mt. Dickey (2909m) in the Ruth Gorge, Alaska.

British climber Mat Wright has repeated Rhapsody, the E11 7a trad climb located at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland, first ascended by Dave Macleod in 2006.

On 11/04/2024 Sébastien Bouin made the first ascent of 'Les Rois du Lithiumm', a new 9b at Pic Saint Loup in france.

The video of Swiss climber Cedric Lachat onsighting 'Chimpanzodrome', the historic 7c+ at Saussois in france first ascended in 1981 by Jean-Pierre Bouvier.

france's Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet won the Mixed Relay at Cortina, Italy, yesterday during the fourth and final day of the Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024. Austrians Johanna Hiemer and Paul Verbnjak placed second, ahead of the Italians Alba De Silvestro and Michele Boscacci.

The first stage of the Boulder World Cup 2024 was won yesterday at Keqiao in China by Janja Garnbret from Slovenia. Italy's Camilla Moroni won silver, China's Luo Zhilu won bronze.

The last stage of the 2024 Ski Mountaineering World Cup Sprint World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, on Monday and was won by Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet from france who also claimed the overall season title. The last competition of the season, the Mixed relay, takes place...

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated 'Pungitopo' (8c+) at Red Point Wall close to Arco, Italy.

The video of Adam Ondra making the first repeat of Bon Voyage, the E12 trad climb at Annot in france first ascended by James Pearson in February 2023.

The last stage of the 2024 Individual World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, on Sunday and was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret from france and Remi Bonnet from Swtizerland. The overall season title was won by Bonnet and Emily Harrop from france.