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Combining cycling and running, Andrea Lanfri completed his most recent From 0 to 0 project on the island of Tenerife. The Italian Paralympic athlete required 15 hours to ascend Mount Teide, the highest mountain in Spain, by starting from and returning to the Atlantic Ocean.

On Punta Argennas in Sardinia Mathias Mandi and Klaas Willems have made the first ascent of I Ribelli Della Montagna 7c (7a+ obligatory).

In March 2023 at Meteora in Greece the Italians Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia established the multi-pitch climb Pythagoras (150m, 7a max, 6c obligatory) on the Sourloti Tower. Oviglia reports.

On 27 May 2023 Michael Arnold, Vivian Bruchez and Tom Lafaille skied the SW Face of Dürrenhorn in the Mischabel range of the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. The 700m line was skied with one abseil and is called GoldenEye.

Cédric Lachat has made the first ascent of Fantasia in the Vercors, France. The 38-year-old climber has suggested 9b, making it the first of this grade for the Swissman.

On 20 April 2023 Polish climber Aleksandra Taistra repeated Genius (8b, 300m) on Monte Ginnircu in Sardinia, Italy. Established in 2010 by Fabio Palma, Domenico Soldarini and Matteo della Bordella, the line had previously been ascended completely only once before, by Pietro dal Prà in 2012.

British mountaineer Livingstone reports about his January ascent with Rob Smith of the North-West face of Aiguille du Blaitiere (3522m) in the Mont Blanc massif. In all likelihood the second half of their climb shares the line ascended by Joe Brown and Don Whillans in summer 1954.

Live streaming of the XXIII edition of the Mezzalama Trophy, the legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi attempting Burden of Dreams (9A) in Finland, together with Elias Iagnemma, Will Bosi and Shawn Raboutou.

A crowdfunding campaign to finance a solar powered pump to supply drinking water to the village of Taghia in Morocco has been launched. Called Eguzkiz Blai, the project is spearheaded by Iñaki Arakistain, Alex Honnold, Aitzol Ibarzabal, Arnaud Petit, Christian Ravier and Sean Villanueva O´Driscoll.

On 11 March 2023 French rock climber Hugo Parmentier sent his first 8C boulder problem, Le pied à Coulisse at Fontainebleau in France.

Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world, viewed through the eyes of the historic promoters Michele Comi, Nicola Noè and Stefano Scetti. Over 2000 climbers have already registered for the 16th edition which will be held in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy from 4 to...

Blind British paraclimber Jesse Dufton, together with Molly Thompson and Paul Donnithorne, has the first ascent of the 100m multi-pitch rock climb 'Eye Disappear' at Heavy Rock in the Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco

The video and an interview with Austrian climber Jakob Schubert regarding his attempts of DNA, the 9c sport climb located in the Verdon Gorge in France established by Sebastién Bouin in 2022.

Will Bosi is currently in Finland attempting Burden of Dreams (9A), the hardest boulder problem in the world established by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016. The Scottish climber is streaming his progress live on Instagram.

The 37th Pierra Menta, ski mountaineering's equivalent of Tour de France, took place from 8 to 11 March 2023 and was won by Michele Boscacci & Davide Magnini from Italy and by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret & Emily Harrop from France.