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Edu Marin, climbing with Juan Pablo Caballero, has made the second repeat of 'Egoland' on the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, Italy). The report by the Catalan climber about his ascent of this 8c/c+ max multi-pitch.

The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation recently published a paper about how Norway successfully dealt with an alarming wave of autobelay accidents. The article is republished with kind permission of the UIAA.

On Saturday 9 August the Italians Manrico Dell'Agnola, Antonella Giacomini, Maurizio Giordani and Nancy Paoletto completed 'Il mistero del Phandambiri' (The Mystery of Phandambiri) on the SE Pillar of Phandambiri, also referred to as Mount Panda. The climb reaches the mountain's main summit and comes in the wake of...

On 26 and 27 July 2025 Manuel López and Alex Úbeda established a new mixed climb on the northwest face of Nevado Cashan (5686m) in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Peruvian Andes. The route is dedicated to the famous Spanish mountaineer Carlos Suarez, who perished in a base jumping...

Swiss climber Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a rare free ascent of 'Joy Division', the 800m 8b on Monte Qualido in Val di Mello, Italy. Established in 2004 by Simone Pedeferri, even today it is considered one of the hardest granite multi-pitches in Europe. Schild provides the...

Camilla Moroni and Pietro Vidi have repeated 'Histoire sans Fin' (8b+/5.14a 200m) on Petit Clocher du Portalet in Switzerland. Moroni's repeat is the first female ascent of this 200m 8b+.

33-year-old Aaron Durogati has claimed victory in the twelfth edition of the prestigious Red Bull X-Alps 2025, breaking a 16-year Swiss winning streak. With a final time of 7 days and 8 hours, Durogati became the first Italian ever to win the race, finishing just one hour ahead of Swiss...

At the Rive Gauche of the Argentière Glacier (Mont Blanc), Massimo Faletti and Enrico Lovato have established 'Volevo essere un duro'. Lovato's report details this challenging and stunning mixed climb located in the Highlands sector, repeated the same day by Davide Cattani and Claudio Marchetti.

The report by Silvan Schüpbach about the first ascent of 'Luce e Tenebre' on the north face of Punta Pioda, also known as Pioda di Sciora in Switzerland, established from 6 - 9 March 2025 together with fellow Swiss alpinists Filippo Sala and Roger Schäli.

French rock climber Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of 'El Gran Cabrón' in the Shegeng Cave in China. Graded 9b, this now stands as the hardest sport climb in the country

Interview with 55-year-old German climber Alexander Huber after the first ascent of 'Mythos' (8c+) at Barmsteine in the Berchtesgadener Alps. The redpoint follows the first ascent of the 8b multipitch 'Überleben' (8b) at Brendelberg in July 2024 and after undergoing brain surgery at the start of the year.

British climber Toby Roberts has climbed his hardest sport climb to date, Gancho Perfecto (9a+) in Margalef, Spain.

British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of Shikantaza in Valle dell’Orco, Italy. Freed by Jacopo Larcher in 2021, this dangerous trad climb is located on a large boulder at the base of Sergent.

Janja Garnbret gold, Brooke Raboutou silver, Jessica Pilz bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics

1. Janja Garnbret 2. Brooke Raboutou 3. Jessica Pilz 4. Ai Mori 5. Erin McNeice 6. Chaehyun Seo 7. Oceania Mackenzie 8. Oriane Bertone

Speed: Veddriq Leonardo oro, Wu Pen argento, Samuel Watson bronzo

Boulder & Lead: Janja Garnbret, Jessica Pilz, Brooke Raboutou, Ai Mori, Oriane Bertone, Oceania Mackenzie, Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo qualify for the final on Saturday

Thursday 8 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic...

Speed Climbing: Aleksandra Mirosław wins gold, Lijuan Deng silver, Aleksandra Kalucka bronze

Boulder & Lead: Sorato Anraku, Toby Roberts, Adam Ondra, Alberto Gines Lopez, Jakob Schubert, Paul Jenft, Colin Duffy & Hamish McArthur qualify for the final on Friday

Wednesday 7 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024...