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Melloblocco, the biggest bouldering meeting in the world, will showcase a replica of Burden of Dreams from 8 to 11 May in Italy's Val Masino - Val di Mello, Italy. This is an identical copy of the world's first 9A boulder problem, put up by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016 and...

Italian climber Lorenzo Bogliacino has made the first ascent of 'Trainspotting' (9a) at La Stazione in Val Tanaro, Piedmont, Italy. The 27-year-old reports.

The uncut send video of Elias Iagnemma repeating Burden of Dreams, the 9A boulder problem at Lappnor in Finland established by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016.

Who has won the most medals in the Lead World Cup? Who has won the most medals at the Bouldering World Championships? Who are the fastest Speed climbers of all times? To answer these questions, Sport Climbing Stats was created by Fabio Palma to analyse the statistics of over 30...

On 29 February Mathieu Maynadier, Louna Ladevant and Tristan Ladevant made the first ascent of 'Syndrome de l’oubli' (400m/5/M7) on the SE Face of Point 3359m, also referred to as Deuxième Pointe de Nantillons, in the Envers des Aiguilles of the Mont Blanc massif

25-year-old Italian Stefano Carnati has made the first repeat of 'Vicious Circle' (9a+/b) at Mišja peč in Slovenia.

British rock climber Buster Martin has repeated 'Furia de Jabali' (9a+) at Siurana in Spain.

On 17 February Fay Manners and Tom Lafaille made the first ski descent of the Arête Charlet Straton on Aiguille d’Argentiere in the Mont Blanc Massif. Manners reports about the 5.4 line they have called 'Stratonspherique'.

On 06/02/2024 Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli, Jerome Perruquet, Marco Farina and Stefano Stradelli established a new route on the South Face of the Matterhorn (4,478m).

French mountaineers Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines have completed an exceptional trilogy, climbing the north faces of the Drus, Les Droites and the Grandes Jorasses in just three days and in the middle of winter. The enchainment was described as 'unimaginable' until only recently.

The report by Daniel Ladurner who on 23/01/2024 with Johannes Lemayr completed the first ascent of 'Ein Tag zum Träumen', A dream day, an ephemeral ice fall and mixed climb right at the back of the Langental / Vallunga valley in the Dolomites, Italy.

British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of the trad climb 'Immortal' at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK

On Sunday 21 January 2024 Davide Cassol, Riccardo Da Canal and Luca Vallata climbed a probable new mixed climb in the Ampezzo Dolomites. The new route, which is called 'Gitanes bleu', is approximately 350 meters high, ascends the north face of Monte Taburlo and provides difficulties up to WI5 and...

On Saturday 20 January William Bosi repeated 'Sleepwalker' at Red Rocks, USA. First ascended by Jimmy Webb in 2018 at 8C+ and repeated on various occasions, Bosi has now suggested a downgrade from 8C+ to 8C.

At the crag Mišja Peč in Slovenia the 25-year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has redpointed two 9a's, 'Xaxid hostel' and 'Sanjski par extension', while at Kompanj in Croatia he has repeated the 8c+ 'All in, I'm out'.

On 14/01/2024 Laurent Bibollet, Sam Favret, Julien Herry made what is likely to be the first ski descent of the obvious gully on Capucin du Requin above the Vallée Blanche in the Mont Blanc massif.