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On 15 & 16 June 2026 Nemuel Feurle repeated 'Unendliche Geschichte' (400m, 8b/+) in the Rätikon massif. On 3 July the Austrian climber repeated 'Headless Children' (260m, 8b).

The video of Swiss climber Katherine Choong making the first female ascent of 'Zahir' (8b+, 300m) at Wenden in summer 2024.

On 29/06/2026 the Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Ezio Marlier made the first ascent of 'President Evil', a 150m multipitch climb on Rognon Vaudano in the Mont Blanc massif.

At the Transatlantico wall in the Sarca Valley close to Arco, Italy, Matteo Faletti and Matteo Pavana have opened the multipitch climb 'Queen Mary'. The climbers from Povo (Trento) bolted the route ground-up over the course of two half-days between 2025 and 2026, and freed it on 11 June this...

On 20 and 21 June 2026, mountain guide Niccolò Bruni and Federica Furia established 'Rise Slow' on Rognon Vaudano, below the Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif.

On the south face of Piz Ciavazes in the Dolomites, Hubert Eisendle and Simon Kehrer have made the first ascent of 'Sellavie' (7a, 275m).

From 21-23 May 2026 Czech climbers Lukáš Trojovský and Dan Bronec made the first ascent of 'Tra sogno e realtà' on the north face of Addaura on Monte Pellegrino in Sicily, Italy. Trojovský reports.

Three new multipitch climbs on Cima Uomo above Val Madris in the Brenta Dolomites, established by Luca Giupponi with his daughter Elsa, his wife Ulla, his brother Davide and Rolando Larcher: ‘E la vita scorre!’, ‘Family Dance’ and ‘Brothers’.

On 4 June 2026 Germany's Lara Neumeier repeated 'Des Kaisers Neue Kleider' in Austria’s Wilder Kaiser. In doing so she has become the second woman after Barbara Zangerl to climb the celebrated Alpine Trilogy, composed on the 1994 multipitches 'End of Silence' by Thomas Huber, 'Silbergeier' by Beat Kammerlander and...

The route topo of 'Via Helga' on Col Bocià, opposite the Scotoni Hut and close to the Valparola Pass and the Falzarego Pass. Established by Ingo Irsara and Simon Kehrer in 2023, this is an athletic and rewarding alpine sport climb in a tranquil corner of the Dolomites, Italy

Alpinists Simon Gietl and Constantin Schwaab have made the first ascent of 'Born Ready' on the Hintere Geierwand / Col di Specie in Höhlensteintal / Val di Landro (Dolomites, Italy).

During a training course in Sicily, a group of mountain guides and aspirant guides have rebolted the multipitch climbs 'Fatti non foste' on Monte Gallo, and 'Forse è vergine' and 'La banda del buco' on Monte Pellegrino close to Palermo. In addition, the belays on several climbs at risk of...

On Monte Fop in Val Franzedaz (Dolomites), Federico Dell’Antone and Thomas Gianola have opened 'Abbronzatissima'. a technical and elegant climb where balance, precision, and a cool head matter more than strength. The multipitch outing that 'is more reminiscent of the Rätikon than the classic Dolomites.'

On a climbing trip to Taghia in Morocco Iker Pou established two hard multipitch climbs: 'Club Ahmed' (8a, 260m) on Tuyat with Joseph Harris, and 'Aske' (8c?, 185m) with Ibai Ezio and Héctor Marrodán.

Canadian climber Will Stanhope has died as a result of a climbing accident in Squamish, British Columbia. Aged 39, the certified mountain guide was regarded as one of North America's leading rock climbers.

The steep walls of Osp in Slovenia will host the Janez Jeglič – Johan Memorial competition, in memory of the famous Slovenian mountaineer who perished on Nupste in 1997. Scheduled from 7- 9 May 2026, the event is accepting applications from international climbers