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On 6 June 2026 Janja Garnbret made the first female ascent of 'Bibliographie' (9b+) at Céüse in France. In doing so the 27-year-old Slovenian has become only the second woman in the world to climb 9b+, after Brooke Raboutou sent 'Excalibur' at Arco in April 2025.

18-year-old Josef Sindel from the Czech Republic has climbed his first 9b, 'Clash of the Titans' at Götterwandl in Austria.

Italian climber Lorenzo Fornaro has climbed his hardest route to date, 'Red Ram' (9a+) at Montserrat, Catalunya, Spain

On 2 April 2026 Alex Huber made the first free ascent of 'Feuersalamander' on Gösslerwand (10 pitches, 8b) in Austria. The German rock climber had started the route with his brother Thomas Huber 20 years ago.

The report by Pietro Vidi, who, together with Alessandro Larcher, repeated 'Free Zodiac' on El Capitan in Yosemite. The Italian completed a lightning-fast, 4-day ground-up ascent after pre-hauling gear to the first camp.

Interview with French climber Erwan Legrand who on 11 February 2026 made the coveted first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, France. The 17-year-old has suggest 9b for the legendary line bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and attempted by many of the best climbers in the world...

On 11 February 2026 Erwan Legrand made the long-awaited first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, France — one of the longest-standing sport climbing projects in the world. First bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in 1991, the legendary line had been attempted by many of the world's very best...

German climber alexander Megos has made the first repeat of 'Le bruit de l'acid' in Claret, France. The 32-year-old required just 4 days of effort and confirmed the 9b grade put forward by Jules Marchaland.

Erwan Legrand, the 17-year-old son of climbing champion François Legrand, is putting in some excellent attempts on 'Bombé Bleu', the route bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in 1991 and still unrepeated.

In the little explored Denyai valley (Zanskar, India), the NKBV Expedition Academy carried out multiple technical first ascents of previously unexplored mountains. The youth team of the Dutch Alpine Club consisted of Folke Drost, Maël Durand, Claartje Meijs, Jan van der Meulen, Laura Oldenburger, Jules de Ruiter, alexander Sternfeld, Joris...

The film 'Keep It Burning' which documents the second free ascent of 'Eternal Flame' on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower range in Pakistan. Established in 1989 by Kurt Albert, Wolfgang Güllich, Christof Stiegler and Milan Sykora.

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 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 organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2024. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2025 award from 9 - 12 December 2025 during the celebration at San Martino di Castrozza (Italy).

A German expedition comprised of Julius Brunner, Sebastian Gantz, Hanna Kallweit and Rosa Windelband have made a team free ascent of the famous 'Eternal Flame' on Nameless Tower (Trango Tower, Pakistan).

On the west face of Heiligkreuzkofel / Sass dla Crusc in the Dolomites Simon Gietl and alexander Huber have made the first ascent of 'Appassionata'. The route was established without bolts and difficulties up to IX+, and is considered a direct start to 'Loss lei, heb schun' (Renato Botte, Helmut...