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Footage of French climber Laura Pineau repeating 'Butterfly Circus', the 8a+ crack in Ticinio, Switzerland described as 'one of Europe’s best splitter cracks.'

Climbing with John Kasaian, Laura Pineau has made the first female ascent of 'Wet Lycra Nightmare' on Leaning Tower in Yosemite, USA. First ascended by Jim Hewitt and Todd Skinner in 2004, the 9-pitch 8b is known for being the steepest big wall in the USA. The 25-year-old French climber...

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

22-year-old Italian climber Pietro Vidi has made the second ascent of 'Permanent Midnight low' at Fionnay in Switzerland, confirming the 8C+ grade suggested by first ascensionist Clément Lechaptois.

At cadarese in Italy Pietro Vidi has repeated 'Tribe', one of the most difficult trad climbs in the world, put up in 2019 by Jacopo Larcher.

French climber Laura Pineau reports about some of her most recent ascents that include a free repeat of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite and a fast repeat of 'Turkey Crack' at cadarese in Italy.

The first episode of The Traditionalist a new 3-part film series following Jacopo Larcher, as he explores hard trad climbing around the world.

British rock climber James Pearson has climbed his long-standing trad project in Annot, France. 'Bon Voyage' shares the same start as Pearson's 2017 'Le Voyage' (E10), and although no grade has been put forward yet, it promises to be up there among some of the hardest trad climbs in the...

British rock climber James Pearson has made a swift repeat of Lexicon, the E11 at Pavey Ark first ascended by Neil Gresham in 2021. After making a bold 'flash' attempt, Pearson worked the route ground-up before repeating one of Britain’s hardest trad climbs in cold, wet conditions.

At cadarese in Val d’Ossola, Italy, the South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher has freed two difficult trad climbs: Waiting for ... and Jeune et con.

Alessandro Larcher reports about his greenpoint ascent of Bombo Balla at Bus de Vela above Trento, Italy. Put in other words, the Italian rock climber repeated the 8b+ sport climb in October 2020 skipping the bolts and as a trad climb.

Interview by Maurizio Oviglia with American rock climber Jenny Fischer.

The video of Jacopo Larcher & James Pearson in conversation about Tribe at cadarese, a contender for the hardest trad route in the world.

Interview with James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini after their respective repeats of Harder Faster and Gaia at Black Rocks in England. These hard grit testpieces were first ascended by Charlie Woodburn and Johnny Dawes and while Pearson’s is only the third ascent in 20 years, Ciavaldini had made the third...

Interview with British rock climber James Pearson after the second ascent of Tribe, the extremely difficult trad climb at cadarese in Italy first ascended by Jacopo Larcher in 2019

British rock climber James Pearson has made the second ascent of Tribe, the extremely difficult trad climb at cadarese in Italy first ascended by Jacopo Larcher.