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Radoslav Groh and Zdeněk Hák have made the First Ascent of the previously unclimbed southeast face of Hunza Peak (7300m) in the Karakorum, Pakistan. The two Czech mountaineers climbed alpine style ofver a period of 5 days at the start of June.

Andrea Rosà and Francesco Salvaterra have made the First Ascent of 'Inshallah', a new climb on Corna Rossa in the Brenta Dolomites.

Climbing alpine style over a period of three days, Eneko and Iker Pou have made the First Ascent of 'Kuntur' (6c, 70°, M5, 1,575m) on Nevado Jurau A (5,520m) in the Cordillera Huayhuash mountain range in Peru.

Courmayeur mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Gianluca Marra have made the First Ascent of 'Camalot' on Rognon Vaudano, the pedestal located below Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif.

Orlando Addis, Paul Chabot and Simon Prochaska have made the First Ascent of 'Once upon a time in the northwest' on Tromma on the island of Kvaløya in Noway.

On the north ridge of Vierge du Flambeau (3244m) in the Mont Blanc massif Filip Babicz and Heike Schmitt have made the First Ascent of 'La Tête du Dragon' (7a, 280m). Babicz reports.

27-year-old French climber Hugo Parmentier has made the First Ascent of 'Générations Futures' at Céüse, describing the 9a sport climb 'without a doubt the most beautiful climb I've ever done.'

From 18 - 21 June 2025 French alpinists Yanis Cherqaoui, Baptiste Obino and Hugo Peruzzo made the First Ascent of 'Le château dans le ciel' (ED, 7b+, 1000m) on Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif.

French alpinists Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have made the First Ascent of ‘OSS ne répond plus..’ (7a+, 700m) on the West Face of Aiguille du Plan, Mont Blanc.

In mid-May Spanish climber Ana Belén Argudo Marugan made the First Ascent of 'Jai-Alai' (9a) at Margalef in Spain.

From 1 - 23 May 2025 American alpinists Erik Boomer and Ky Hart have made the First Ascent of 'Sikunga Express' (WI3 M7 5.10 A3+, 975m, 19 pitches) on Baffin Island, Canada.

From 6 - 13 June 2025 alpinists Ethan Berman, Maarten van Haeren and Sebastian Pelletti made the First Ascent of ‘Shooting the Moon’ (WI4 M5, 3100m), a magnificent new mixed route climbed alpine style on Ultar Sar, Pakistan.

In January 2025 Canadian alpinists Flavie Cardinal and Jasper Pankratz made the First Ascent of 'Todo lo que se Comparte' on Pirita Central in the remote Piritas valley, a side valley of the Turbio Valley in Northern Patagonia. Cardinal reports.

Spanish climber Edu Marin has made the first free ascent of Donec Perficiam (8b+/8c, 350m) at Montrebei in Spain. In doing so he has completed what has been described as the 'Iberian Trilogy', comprised of another two cutting-edge alpine climbs, 'Orbayu' at Pico Urriellu / El Naranjo de Bulnes and...

French climbers Léo Billon, Esteban Daligault and Kilian Moni have made the First Ascent of 'Le Poussin', a new multipitch climb in the Verdon Gorge, France. The 250m line is graded A3+ and shares some sections of 'Guy Heran'.

On the island of Hvar in Croatia French climber Sébastien Bouin made the First Ascent of 'Vidra La Vida'. Graded 9b/+, this is now the hardest sport climb in the country.