621 News found

On 3 April 2026 Sung Su Lee from South Korea repeated Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland. A day later, Makoto Yamauchi from japan repeated 'Burden of Dreams' at Lappnor in Finland. Both boulder problems are graded 9A.

On 15 March 2026 Japanese climber Sachi Amma repeated 'Sleeping Lion', the 9b at established by Chris Sharma in 2023.

France's Oriane Bertone and Scotland’s Max Milne won the first-ever Pro Climbing League event in London last night. Janja Garnbret and Colin Duffy placed second. Annie Sanders and Tomoa Narasaki placed third, having beaten Erin McNeice and Mejdi Schalck respectively in the exciting head-to-head format on identical boulders.

The first-ever Pro Climbing League competition will take place in London this evening at 19:30 GMT/20:30 CET and screened live on Red Bull TV. The 16 climbers competing on identical boulders are: Oriane Bertone, Jenny Buckley, Lucia Dörffel, Janja Garnbret, Anon Matsufuji, Erin McNeice, Camilla Moroni, Annie Sanders and Colin...

From 27- 30 December 2025 French mountaineers Léo Billon, Amaury Fouillade, Nicolas Jean and Enzo Oddo made the first ascent of 'Basique' (1100m, V+ A2+ M5) up Point Whymper (4184m) on the north face of Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif.

Czech climber Lumír Fajkos has made a rope-solo ascent of Gekón (8c) at Gotická stena in Slovakia.

Japanese climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated 'Return of the Sleepwalker' at Red Rocks, USA. Established by Daniel Woods, in 2021, this is Murai's frist 9A boulder problem.

Interview with Hervé Barmasse who, together with Felix Berg and Adam Bielecki, reached the summit of Numbur Peak (6958m) in Nepal on 19 October 2025. The trio ascended the previously unclimbed south face in alpine style.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced the calendar of events for the 2026 Climbing and Para Climbing season.

The Piolets d'Or 2025 will be awarded to the following climbs: the west ridge of Gasherbrum III in Nepal by Aleš Česen and Tom Livingstone, the southwest arête of Kaqur Kangri in Nepal by Spencer Gray and Ryan Griffiths, and the north pillar of Yashkuk Sar in the Karakoram...

The first images of the historic first ski descent of the north face of Everest, skied via the Hornbein Couloir on 15 October 2025 by American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison.

On 15 October 2025 American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs. Morrison summited with a team of 11 other mountaineers including fixers, Sherpas and a...

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).

The Greek island of Kalymnos, one of the world's premier climbing destinations, is preparing to host the International Kalymnos Climbing Festival from 16-19 October 2025.

86-year-old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria has summited Manaslu (8163m) in Nepal. In doing so he has become the oldest person to climb an 8000er.

The Lead World Cup 2025 was won yesterday at Koper in Slovenia by Erin McNeice and Alberto Ginés López. The decisive final stage was won by Janja Garnbret and Sorato Anraku.