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The video of Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik's attempting to flash 'La Force Tranquille' 8C at Magic Wood, Switzerland.

Slovenian climber Lucija Tarkuš has sent her first 9a, 'Martin Krpan' at Mišja peč.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has flashed his hardest boulder to date, 'Foundation's Edge' at Fionnay in Switzerland.

Italian climber Pietro Vidi has successfully repeated the cutting-edge trad climb 'Meltdown' (5.14c/8c+) in Cascade Creek, Yosemite Valley, USA

Russian mountaineer Alexander Odintsov has been named as 2025 recipient of the Piolets d'Or Carrière. He will receive the 17th Walter Bonatti - Piolets d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award at the international festival in San Martino di Castrozza (Dolomites, Italy) in December, and follows in the footsteps of Walter Bonatti, Reinhold...

At the crag Padaro above Arco, Italy, Filip Schenk has repeated 'Omen Nomen' (9a).

On 01/11/2025 Ross Hewitt, Will Rowntree and Sam Smoothy made the first ski descent of the 'Jones Route' on the massive East Face of Aoraki / Mt Cook (3724m) in New Zealand. The 1000m line has been graded 5.5 E4. Hewitt provides the details.

Watch Adam Ondra make the flash 'Greenspit' in Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

Slovenian climber Janja Garnbret has made quick work of Dreamtime at Cresciano, the first 8C boulder problem in the world put up by Fred Nicole in 2000.

The video of Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel who in September 2025 became the first person in the world to climb and then make a complete ski descent of Mount Everest (8,849m) without supplementary oxygen.

On Monte Monaco at San Vito Lo Capo in Sicily Christoph Hainz and Gerda Schwienbacher have made the first ascent of 'Ballo Corallo'. 220m high, max difficulties up to 7a+, described as 'bellissima.'

Christian Core tells the story behind the photo he considers his greatest ever: a shot of Darius Rapa on 'Es Pontas' in Mallorca, Spain.

At Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux in France Laura Rogora has onsighted 'La Ligne Claire'. This is the second 8c+ onsight for the 24-year-old Italian Climber, following her first-go send of 'Ultimate Sacrifice' at Gorges du Loup in July.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced the calendar of events for the 2026 Climbing and Para Climbing season.

The Kalymnos International Climbing Festival 2025 concluded with resounding success on October 19, bringing together more than 3,500 climbers and outdoor enthusiasts from across the globe.

At Cornalba in Northern Italy Luca Bana has made the first ascent of 'The Master' (9a+/b).