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Raw attempts of Chris Sharma on his Sleeping Lion project at Siurana in Spain, which he freed in March 2023 and graded 9b+.

French climber Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated 'Le Voyage' (E10 7a/ 8b+) at Annot in France.

From 29 - 31 October 2023 Czech mountaineers Jakub Vlček and Marek Disman have made the first ascent of 'Honzova cesta' on Tengi Ragi Tau (6938m) in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal.

A group of Italian doctors and engineers has launched a Crowdfunding campaign for a climbing wall for neuromuscular affected children

Juan Señoret from Chile and Christophe 'Tof' Henry from France died on Volcán Puntiagudo in Chile. Both were undisputed reference points for mountaineering and extreme skiing, and the loss of these two will be felt for years.

The video portrait of Austrian paraclimber Angelino Zeller whose ambitious goal is to climb Sarre 2000 footless. This 8a+ located at Tetto di Sarre in Valle d'Aosta, Italy, was climbed without feet by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2014.

At Vranjača close to Paklenica in Croatia Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of 'B je to', the country's first 9b.

At the Frasassi Climbing Festival the 2023 Cala Cimenti Award was handed to Italian mountaineer Andrea Lanfri by Erika Siffredi. 'For his life story, his Strength, his Courage, his commitment Over All Limits. Living testimony of Cala and his values.'

Spanish mountaineers Miquel Mas and Marc Subirana have climbed a new route on Southwest Face of Latok II in Pakistan's Karakorum. The pair summited the distinctive tower they have now called Latok Thumb (6380m) via their 'Atracció Instintiva' (1100m, 7a run out, A2+, M5). Success comes about after a previous...

From 19-24 August Swiss alpinists Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of Renaissance, a big new climb on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. The pair climbed the 1220m line without the use of bolts.

American climber Connor Herson has made the second ascent of Crack of Destiny (5.14b/8c) and a fast repeat of Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c) at Squamish, Canada. Other repeats include Spirit Quest (5.14d/9a), Tainted Love (5.13d R/8b) and the multipitch Télmexw (5.13c/8a+).

Luca Giupponi and Rolando Larcher have made the first ascent of Recessione Globale on the SW Face of Cima Cee in Val di Tovel (Brenta Dolomites). Larcher provides the details.

Jain Kim from South Korea and Toby Roberts from Great Britain won the third stage of the Lead World Cup 2023 at Chamonix on Sunday 9 July. This is Kim's 30th Lead victory, Roberts' first.

On 11 June 2023 Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold soloed the three ridges on the legendary Salbitschijen in 9 hours, 36 minutes and 55 seconds.

The video of Chris Sharma exploring the deep water solo potential on the island of Mallorca in summer 2022.

From 15 to 16 February 2023 German alpinists Lukas Hinterberger and Michael Wohlleben completed what is likely to be the first winter ascent of the Salbitschijen trilogy, ie the famous Salbit West Ridge, South Ridge and East Ridge in Switzerland.