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In October 2020 mountain guides Umberto Bado and Giancarlo Maritano made the first ascent of Gran Couloir della Levannetta, a new mixed climb on the north face of Levannetta above Valle Orco, Italy.

British mountaineer Doug Scott passed away today. Aged 79, he was recognised as one of the greatest mountaineers of all times.

Belgian climber Seb Berthe reports about his first 9a+ redpoint, Super-Crackinette at Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux in France. Success came about after a relentless summer on some of the hardest multi-pitch climbs across the Alps.

The video portrait of Federica Mingolla that explores the path the Italian has taken from her early sport climbing days to evolving into one of the world’s most compete climbers.

Simon Richardson reports about two new routes climbed on Mont Vert de Greuvetta in the mont blanc massif with Michael Rinn, the ephemeral mixed route Dinosaur Gully and the traditional multi-pitch rock climb Autumn Vibes.

Switzerland’s Nils Favre and France’s Symon Welfringer have repeated Paciencia, the 900m 8a first ascended by Stephan Siegrist and Ueli Steck in 2003 up the North Face of the Eiger.

On 27/08/2020 Filip Babicz soloed the South Ridge of Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the mont blanc massif in a blazing time of 1:30:14.

Federica Mingolla and Leo Gheza have made the first repeat of Il Giovane Guerriero, Young Warrior, the route established only recently up the east face of the Grandes Jorasses in the mont blanc massif by Matteo Della Bordella, Matteo Pasquetto...

French mountaineer Symon Welfringer has had a productive July and August in the mont blanc massif which includes a single day, all-free ascent of Manitua on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses.

Italian mountaineer Leonardo Gheza reports about his solo ascent of the Central Pillar of Frêney in the mont blanc massif on 6/08/2020. This might well be the first solo ascent in just a single day. In any case it was...

Interview with Andrea Lanfri who climbed mont blanc via the normal Italian route with Massimo Coda. In all likelihood they are theirs is the first paraclimbing partnership to achieve this undertaking.

Yesterday afternoon Matteo Pasquetto, the talented Italian alpinist and aspirant mountain guide, lost his life while descending from the Grandes Jorasses in the mont blanc massif.

Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz has made a solo ascent of the Integralissima de Peuterey in the mont blanc massif in an astounding 17 hours. This is the first repeat of the 'Longest ridge in the Alps’, first climbed in full...

The video by Bertrand Delpierre illustrating the retreat of the Mer de Glace glacier in the mont blanc massif.

Italian alpinist Federica Mingolla reports about her repeat with Leonardo Gheza of Manitua, the difficult route first ascended solo by Slavko Svetičič in 1991 on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the mont blanc massif.

Mountain guides François Cazzanelli and Francesco Ratti have enchained the Ratti-Vitali route on Aiguille Noire de Peutèrey, the Gervasutti - Boccalatte route on Picco Gugliermina and the Central Pillar of Frêney, first climbed in 1961 by Chris Bonington, Ian Clough,...