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After much deliberation, Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has now suggested 9c for 'Café Colombia' he freed on 13 March 2026 at Margalef in Spain. The 27-year-old even considered proposing something even harder... This is only the fifth 9c in the world, after 'Silence' by Adam Ondra, 'DNA' by Seb Bouin,...

On 13 March 2026 Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo made the first ascent of his cutting-edge 'Café Colombia' at Margalef in Spain. Currently ungraded, the 40-move monster promises to join the ranks of the hardest climbs in the world.

American rock climber Sean Bailey has made the first ascent of 'Duality of Man' (9c) at Dry Canyon, Arizona, USA.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first ascent of 'Pôr Do Sol' at Sintra close to Lisbon. Graded 8C+/V16, it is currently the hardest boulder problem in Portugal.

Starting today, a new series about sport climbing called 'Natural Heights' is live on Red Bull TV. Split into four episodes, the first season features Janja Garnbret, Alberto Ginés López, Nika Potapova, and Jakob Schubert.

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+.

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

24-year-old Dylan Chuat from Switzerland has repeated 'Move' at flatanger in Norway. Chuat reports about the 9b/+ freed by Adam Ondra in 2013

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.

The video portrait for the La Sportiva Living Legends series of Adam Ondra, the leading climber of his generation. The 30-year-old Czech is the first climber to redpoint a route with a proposed grade of 9c ('Silence', flatanger, Norway 2017), the first climber to redpoint a 9b+ ('Change', flatanger, Norway...

Spanish rock climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Stoking the fire', the 9b established in 2013 by Chris Sharma at Santa Linya, Spain.

Watch Adam Ondra attempt to repeat DNA, Seb Bouin's 9c masterpiece at La Ramirole in the Verdon Gorge, France.

Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has repeated 'Move' (9b/+) at flatanger in Norway. This is the fourth ascent after Adam Ondra (2013), Seb Bouin (2019) and Megos (2024).

German climber Alexander Megos has made the third ascent of 'Move' at flatanger in Norway, suggesting an upgrade to 9b/+.

Spanish climber Jorge Diaz-Rullo has repeated 'Change', the 9b+ at flatanger in Norway first ascended by Adam Ondra in 2012 and previously repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi, Seb Bouin and Alexander Megos.

German climber Alexander Megos has repeated Change, the 9b+ at flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2012 and hitherto repeated by only Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 and Seb Bouin in 2022.