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French rock climber Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of 'El Gran Cabrón' in the Shegeng Cave in China. Graded 9b, this now stands as the hardest sport climb in the country

Registrations are now open for Melloblocco 2025, the biggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world which this year is scheduled to take place in Val di Mello - Val Masino from May 7th to 10th.

The video of Basque mountaineers Tasio Martin and Ibon Mendia making the first ascent of 'Dardara' (500m, 7b+?) on Aguja Mermoz in Patagonia.

On 03/02/2025 Scottish climber William Bosi made the second ascent of Stefano Ghisolfi's 'Excalibur' (9b+) in Arco, Italy.

The 19th International Film Festival 'Festival gorniškega filma' will take place at Ljubljana and Domzale, Slovenia, from 17 - 22 February 2025. Directed by Silvo Karo, guests include Jackson Marvell, Miška Izakovičová, Ana Baumgartner, Urša Kešar, Anja Petek, Patricija Verdev, Marija and Andrej Štremfelj and many more.

Watch Scottish rock climber Robbie Phillips repeating the E6 6a highball 'Dead on Arrival' at Back Bowden Doors, UK.

On 22 January 2025, in Valle di Enghe above Sappada in NE Italy, the two InMont mountain guides Gianni Dorigo and Samuel Straulino established the new mixed climb 'L’Orco non va mai in vacanza' (The Ogre Never Goes on Holiday). Below is Dorigo’s report.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has flashed the 8B+ boulder problem 'El Elegido' at La Pedriza, Spain, describing the feat as 'possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most.'

Watch the video of French climber Laura Pineau repeating 'Greenspit' in Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

Last August, the Italians Daniele Bonzi, Francesco Fumagalli and Thomas Triboli travelled to the Fox Jaw Cirque in East Greenland, where they completed the first traverse of the first three towers: Baby Molar, Molar, and Incisor. Named 'Trident VI Orobica', the route involves 1,000 metres of climbing over 21 pitches,...

The video portrait of inspirational British climber Tim Emmet.

In Valle di Enghe, close to Sappada in NE Italy, Christian Casanova, Marco Ronchi and Lorenzo Zanella have established the mixed climb 'I 3 Orchi'. Casanova reports.

German alpinist Robert Jasper has been awarded the 'Primus Inter Pares 2024' prize from the Polski Związek Alpinizmu, the Polish Alpine Club. This award recognises his extraordinary life's work and his pioneering first ascents in the field of alpinism

From 7 - 10 May 2025, Val di Mello - Val Masino in Northern Italy will once again host the Melloblocco, the largest bouldering meeting in the world.

Basque mountaineers Tasio Martin and Ibon Mendia have established two new lines in Patagonia this season: Erresistentziara Kondenatuak on Torre Norte del Paine and 'Dardara' on Aguja Mermoz. Martin reports.

The video of German climber Alexander Megos making the first ascent of 'Tuareg Blanco' (9b/+) at Margalef in Spain.