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Watch specialist Pete Whittaker introduce Janja Garnbret to the art of crack climbing.

Slovenian alpinists Anja Petek and Patricija Verdev are the recipients of Piolets d'Or Special Mention for Female Mountaineering, for their first ascent of Lalung I in the Indian Himalaya. The awards will be celebrated at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy) from 9 - 12 December 2025

On the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites) Nicolò Geremia and Mirco Grasso have completed their new climb 'Chiaroveggenza'. The two alpinists had established the first 10 pitches to the halfway ledge in 2019, and this summer added a final 10 to the summit of Punta Ombretta.

The alpinists and Ragni di Lecco members Giacomo Regallo and Marco Zanchetta have opened 'Due anni e un figlio' on Avancorpo del Cavalcorto in Valle del Ferro (Val Masino, Italy). Dedicated to Regallo’s son, the route is described as 'an alternative to the usual mid-grade climbs, suited to those who...

The video of German climber Yannick Flohé repeating 'Ratstaman Vibrations' (9b/+) at Céüse in France.

Norwegian climber Leo Ketil Bøe has climbed his hardest route to date, 'Change' at Flatanger in Norway. Put up by Adam Ondra in 2012, it is considered the world's first 9b+.

The Greek island of Kalymnos, one of the world's premier climbing destinations, is preparing to host the International Kalymnos Climbing Festival from 16-19 October 2025.

On 20/09/2025 Titus Prinoth completed a trad ascent of Menhir, the legendary route established by Christof Hainz in 1992 and freed a year later by Hanspeter Eisendle on the Menhir Pillar at the Mëisules dala Beisces (Sella, Dolomites). The 27-year-old South Tyrolean alpinist reports about his greenpoint ascent of this...

Swiss-German mountain guide Tim Marklowski has achieved the first-ever linkup of the GR20 trek in Corsica and the Selvaggio Blu trek in Sardinia, after combining hiking, cycling, and swimming in a grueling 'by fair means' triathlon via what he has described as the 'perfect connection.'

Today, 3 October 2025, planetmountain.com is pausing its activities in solidarity with the people of Gaza and the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The video of Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik making the first ascent of ‘Mount Doom’, the 9A boulder boulder problem in Maltatal, Austria.

Michał Czech and Wadim Jabłoński from Poland, together with Adam Kaniak from Slovakia, have made the the first ascent of Chumik Kangri (6,754m) in the Karakoram, Pakistan.

The report by Luca Vallata, a mountain guide from Belluno, who together with Fabio De Cesero established 'La Poderosa', a route that climbs the famous North Overhangs of Campanile di Val Montanaia in the Friulian Dolomites. The climb is dedicated 'to all the good people in Gaza and the West...

Slovenia's Domen Škofic has climbed an 8a on the wings of a glider at an altitude of 2500m.

Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder reports about his rare trad ascent of 'The Shark' (5.14b/8c) at Squamish in Canada.

On 26/09/2025 French alpinists Nicolas Jean and Benjamin Védrines made the first ascent of Anidesh Chuli (6808m) in Nepal. The pair climbed the mountain's North ridge in a single day, as acclimatisation for their main project, the huge East Face of Jannu.