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Watch Brooke Raboutou bouldering in Switzerland and repeating Kings of Sonlerto 8A+, Iur 8B+ and Heritage 8B in Val Bavona as well as La Proue 8B at Cresciano.

The vlog of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert and his recent bouldering trip to Red Rocks, USA, with Nicolai Uznik and Michael Piccolruaz and his attempts to repeats Sleepwalker, the 8C+ boudler problem put up by Jimmy Webb.

Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has made the third ascent of Lexicon, one of the most difficult trad climbs in the UK first ascended by Neil Gresham in summer 2021 at Pavey Ark in the Lake District and repeated by Steve McClure shortly afterwards.

The video of Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama making the first free ascent of Hanabi, the 8c+ freed by the 52-year-old at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan at the end of 2021.

At Fontainebleau in France Italian climber Niccolò Ceria has repeated La Révolutionnaire, the boulder problem put up by Charles Albert and graded 8C+.

53-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of Peaceful Mountain 9a at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.

A great day bouldering in Valle Bavona, Switzerland on Grandissimo, a 7C+ highball put up by Daniel Woods in 2020.

At the bouldering spot Tintorale in Abruzzo, Italy, Elias Iagnemma has made the first ascent of Ganesh, for which the 26-year proposes the grades 8C+.

16-year-old climber Oriane Bertone has repeated Karma, the legendary boulder problem at Fontainebleau first ascended in 1995 by Fred Nicole. This is likely to be the first female ascent of iconic bouldering problem.

The video documenting the first ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan freed by Ryuichi Murai at the start of December 2021.

52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.

The third behind the scenes video of Adam Ondra and his preparation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brutal training is important, but not the only variable.

36-year-old Dutchman Jorg Verhoven has been climbing for over 25 years and his achievements span the climbing spectrum from big walls in Yosemite to 8C boulders, after having won the Lead World Cup 2006. His thoughts about the state of climbing indoors and outdoor feature in the fourth article of...

The video and the report of the La Sportiva Athletes Climbing Meeting which was took place from 11-13 October 2021 in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.

One of the great all-round climbers of our time, 33-year-old Austrian Barbara Zangerl, talks about the bond that is created when climbing. Check out the third article of our series created with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today and tomorrow as part of the 'Learn to Climb with Vibram' project.

The fifth series of the La Sportiva Living Legends video portraits explores the life of Swiss bouldering champion Petra Klingler.