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British climber Franco Cookson has made the first ascent of 'But Nothing Is Lost' at Ben Loyal in northern Scotland. Cookson has suggested e12 7a and, if the difficulty is confirmed, this would be the first of its grade in the United Kingdom.

Watch South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher repeating 'Bon Voyage', the e12 trad climb at Annot in France first ascended by James Pearson in 2023.

Late last year American climber Connor Herson repeated 'Bon Voyage', James Pearson's trad masterpiece at Annot in France.

Watch French climber Esteban Daligault repeating 'Bon Voyage', the e12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

French climber Esteban Daligault has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the e12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

On 29 November Jacopo Larcher from the South Tyrol, Italy repeated the e12 trad climb 'Bon Voyage' (e12) at Annot in France. This is the 4th ascent after James Pearson, Adam Ondra and Seb Berthe.

The video of British climber Mathew Wright repeating 'Rhapsody', the E11 7a trad climb located at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland first ascended by Dave Macleod in 2006.

On 16/05/2025 Czech climber Adam Ondra made the first-ever flash ascent of a British trad climb graded E11, Lexicon at Pavey Ark in England.

British climber Mat Wright has repeated Rhapsody, the E11 7a trad climb located at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland, first ascended by Dave Macleod in 2006.

The video of Adam Ondra making the first repeat of Bon Voyage, the e12 trad climb at Annot in France first ascended by James Pearson in February 2023.

Sébastien Berthe has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the e12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The route was repeated for the first time by Adam Ondra in February 2023, and Berthe's is now the third ascent. The Belgian climber, who in 2023 flashed the adjacent 'Le...

On Wednesday 14 February Adam Ondra made the first repeat of 'Bon Voyage', the e12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The Czech climber needed 3 days of effort and has confirmed the grade of e12 (9a).

After the first ascent in February 2023, British climber James Pearson has now proposed the grade e12 for Bon Voyage at Annot in France. Currently there is no other trad route of this grade. In this great introspective piece the 30-year-old British climber talks about the path that led him...

American climber Anna Hazlett has made a daring repeat of Once Upon a Time in the Southwest, a bold E9 6c at Dyer's Lookout, England. Tom Randall, who held her ropes, repeated the route immediately beforehand.

Walk of Life has been repeated at Dyer's Lookout in Britain by James McHaffie, while he, Madeleine Cope and Emma Twyford have repeated Once Upon a Time in the South West. Graded E9, these are some of the finest and most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain.

On 22 August 2017 Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima completed a new route up the NE Face of Shispare (7611m), Karakorum, Pakistan. Climbing alpine style for seven days, the Japanese mountaineers encountered difficulties up to M6 / WI 5.