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02/05/2025 - Climbing
Via 'Spina' added to Monte Colodri at Arco (Valle del Sarca), Italy Giuseppe Bagattoli, Andrea Calzà, Giampaolo Calzà and Omar Oprandi have completed 'Spina' on the central face of Monte Colodri at Arco in Valle del Sarca, Italy. Giampaolo 'Trota' Calzà reports about the first ascent of the climb dedicated to Mauro...

01/05/2025 - Events
Countdown to Melloblocco 2025 Melloblocco 2025 will take place from 7 - 10 May 2025 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Check out the latest updates about the biggest bouldering meeting in the world.

30/04/2025 - Climbing
Video: Barbara Zangerl's historic 'Freerider' flash on El Capitan The film documenting the first flash ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite, carried out by Barbara Zangerl with Jacopo Larcher on 'Freerider' in November 2024.

29/04/2025 - Alpinism
'Géant dans l’âme', big new climb on Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif Arthur Poindefert reports about the first ascent of 'Géant dans l’âme' on the north face of Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif, established on 11/04/2025 together with Mathis Garayt and Kilian Moni. The 500m mixed climb has been graded...

28/04/2025 - Climbing
Soline Kentzel makes rope-solo ascent of El Capitan’s 'The Nose' From 18 - 22 March 2025 French climber Soline Kentze completed a rope-solo ascent of 'The Nose' on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

28/04/2025 - Competitions
Mezzalama Trophy 2025 won by Axelle Mollaret & Emily Harrop and Michele Boscacci & Robert Antonioli The 24th Mezzalama Trophy was won by Axelle Mollaret and Emily Harrop from France, and Michele Boscacci and Robert Antonioli from Italy. Both teams were crowned ISMF Long Distance World Champions.

27/04/2025 - Alpinism
Near-tragedy on Monte Rosa: tourist plane lands and takes off among ski mountaineers On Saturday 26 April a Swiss private plane landed and took off next to ski mountaineers ascending toward Capanna Margherita in the Monte Rosa massif. The reckless maneuver could easily have ended in tragedy.

26/04/2025 - Climbing
Jonathan Siegrist repeats 'Erebor' (9b) in Arco, Italy American climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated 'Erebor' in Arco, Italy. The 9b was established by local climber Stefano Ghisolfi in 2021.

25/04/2025 - Climbing
Rob Matheson (74) repeats 'The Bells, The Bells' (E7) at Gogarth in North Wales Yesterday 74-year-old British climber Rob Matheson made a rare repeat of 'The Bells, The Bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it was first ascended in 1980 by John...

25/04/2025 - Climbing
Hamish McArthur makes second ascent of 'Megatron' (9A) in Eldorado Canyon British climber Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of 'Megatron' in the Eldorado Canyon, USA. The V17 (Font 9A) boulder was established by Shawn Raboutou in 2022.

24/04/2025 - Alpinism
Video: Benjamin Védrines, his 2022 Broad Peak speed record and K2 attempt The film 'Edge of Reason' that documents the record breaking ascent of Broad Peak carried out by Benjamin Védrines in 7 hours 28 minutes on 19 July 2022. The French mountaineer then became the first person in the world to...

24/04/2025 - Climbing
'End Child Marriage', new climb on Punta Cusidore in Sardinia by Nasim Eshqi, Sina Heidari On 15/04/2025 Nasim Eshqi and Sina Heidari completed the first ascent of 'End Child Marriage' on Punta Cusidore in Sardinia, Italy. The climb is the third in Eshqi's ongoing project 'When Mountains Speak', which uses climbing as a platform to...

23/04/2025 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Claudio Lanzafame claims first ski descent of Cima Serodoli west face On 9 April 2025, Italian ski instructor Claudio Lanzafame skied the west face of Cima Serodoli (Adamello-Presanella range). Lanzafame’s report details what is likely to be the first descent of this face.

23/04/2025 - Alpinism
'Eternal Solo', the film about Stefano Ragazzo's extraordinary climb on Nameless Tower, Trango The trailer for the documentary 'Eternal Solo', which documents the first solo ascent of 'Eternal Flame' in the heart of the Karakorum massif in July 2024. The film, written and directed by Andrea Cossu, will have its world premiere at...

22/04/2025 - Competitions
Annie Sanders & Sorato Anraku win first Boulder World Cup in Keqiao The first stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 was won in Keqiao, China, last weekend by USA’s Annie Sanders and Japan’s Anraku Sorato

22/04/2025 - Interviews
Jorge Díaz-Rullo's beautiful and brutal 'Café Colombia' project at Margalef Interview with 26-year-old Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo about his cutting-edge 'Café Colombia' project at Margalef in Spain.
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