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Interview with Barbara Zangerl, the Austrian climber who repeated Prinzip Hoffnung at the Bürser Platte, Austria, yesterday.

Russia's Maxim Tomilov and Maria Tolokonina won the final stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 at Ufa in Russia last weekend. In doing so, they won both the European Championship and the overall World Cup. Silver went to Angelika Rainer and Park Heeyong, bronze to Shin WoonSeon and...

At the end of January and the start of February 2014 Rolando Larcher, Maurizio Oviglia and Luca Giupponi made the first ascent, and first free ascent, of Escalador Selvatico (7c+ max, 7a+ oblig, 630m) up the North Face of Akopan Tepui in Venezuela.

At Cresciano in Switzerland Gabriele Moroni has repeated The Story of Two Worlds, the top boulder problem established by Dave Graham graded 8C.

The video of Swiss climber Fred Moix climbing Mandela Day in the Valais region of Switzerland.

Nepal has reduced the climbing fee to Mount Everest and hundreds of other mountains.

Tito Arosio from Italy reports about the BMC International Winter Climbing Meet that took place in Scotland from 26 January to 2 February 2014.

Italy's Jacopo Larcher has made the third ascent of Prinzip Hoffnung (8b/8b+, E9-E10), the trad climb first ascended in 2009 by Beat Kammerlander at Bürser Platte, Vorarlberg, Austria.

The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.

Claudia Colonia and Alessandro Penna report about their climbing trip to one of the most beautiful, and important bouldering areas in the USA: Buttermilks close to Bishop, California.

Britain's Andy Kirkpatrick and the Norwegians Kjersti Eide, Espen Fadnes, Aleksander Gamme, Ingeborg Jakobsen and Jonas Langseth have successfully made the first complete ascent of the South ridge of Ulvetanna (2931m) in Antarctica.

Marco Nardi talks about the redevelopment and expansion of the historic bouldering area Ussel in Italy's Valle d'Aosta.

On 17 January 2014 Fabrizio Peri repeated Grandi Gesti 9a at Grotta dell’Aeronauta, Sperlonga, Italy.

On 13 January the Italian alpinists Yuri Parimbelli, Tito Arosio and Ennio Spiranelli made the first ascent of Merà Dimel (650m, AI 4 M6) up Anticima delle Quattro Matte, Presolana, Italy.

The VI Tris Rotondo is scheduled to take place in Valle Bedretto, Gottardo, Switzerland on 23 February 2014. Hundreds of athletes will take part in the highly anticipated event the fans have nicknamed the "Tris".

On 7 December 2013 Cristiano Iurisci, Massimo Zulli and Antonio Di Martino made the first ascent of Il Grande Salto (TD+, 55/65°, 75°, M3+) in the remote, inhospitable, isolated and wild Valle Inferno in Italy's Majella National Park. The story by Cristiano Iurisci of what is likely to be the...