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In December 2024 Matías Korten and Ignacio Mulero established 'Eternal Flauta' (220m, 7a+) on the East face of El Mochito in the Cerro Torre group in Patagonia. Mulero reports

On 16/01/2025 Paul Bonhomme made the first ski descent of ‘De l’autre coté du ciel’ down the North Face of Tête d’Eslucis (2764m) in the Écrins massif in France. The report by the French mountain guide.

On 16/01/2025 Italian climber Gabriele 'Sbisi' Gorobey sent his third 9a, 'Xaxid hostel' at Mišja Peč in Slovenia.

On the east face of Aguja Val Biois in the Fitz Roy massif of Patagonia the Italian climbers Alessandro Baù, Matteo Della Bordella and Mirco Grasso have made the first ascent of '¿Quién sigue?' (450m, 7a, A1).

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and without supplemental oxygen. On 27 December 2024 the 32-year-old had reached an altitude of 7,537 meters.

British climber Alex Waterhouse has set a fastest known time on Plumber’s Crack at Red Rock, climbing up and back down the famous chimney in less than 26 seconds.

On 28 and 29 December 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Alborada' (5.11+, 600m) on the west face of Cerro Mascara in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.

Italian climber Laura Rogora has completed an incredible seven-day marathon at Mišja Peč in Slovenia, where she climbed three 9a's, three 8c+ and two 8c's.

On 31/12/2024 Swiss mountaineers Roger Schäli and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of 'Methadone' on Sciora Dafora, also referred to as Sciora di Fuori, in Switzerland. This is highly likely to be a winter ascent of a summer climb established in 1974 by D. Erba, G. Maresi and...

From 26/12/2024 to 01/01/2025, French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino made the first ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West Face of the Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif. The 1000m mixed route has been graded ED 1000m M5 6a A3.

At Cadarese in Italy Pietro Vidi has repeated 'Tribe', one of the most difficult trad climbs in the world, put up in 2019 by Jacopo Larcher.

On 27 December 2024 German alpinist Jost Kobusch, currently attempting his extremely ambitious project of climbing the West Ridge of Everest solo and in winter without O2, reached the unprecedented altitude of 7537m.

American climber Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of 'Vision Quest', a 9a deep water solo on the island of Mallorca.

From 10 to 12 January 2025, the eighth Eiskletterfestival Osttirol Ice Climbing Festival, Austria, will take place at the Eispark Osttirol close to the Matreier Tauernhaus. This year's guest of honour will be the mountaineer Rudolf Hauser.

Spanish rock climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Stoking the fire', the 9b established in 2013 by Chris Sharma at Santa Linya, Spain.

On 24 April 2024 Andri Bieger, Martin Kogler and Valentin Werner-Tutschku carried out three ski descents on Nevado Chachacomani (6074m) in Bolivia. It is highly likely that these lines have never been skied before.