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Slovenia's Jernej Kruder has made the second ascent of 'Crown Royale', the 9a trad route established in 2023 by Pete Whittaker on the Profilveggen / Profile Wall at Jøssingfjord in norway. The 34-year-old reports about his repeat of this 100...

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 La Sportiva Climb World Tour 2025 kicks off on Wednesday, 9 April. Fifteen gyms across five continents will launch the tour, sharing the passion for climbing worldwide.

Swedish alpinist Joda Dolmans reports about his recent Tindenåla winter solo in norway. The 24-year-old carried out a 'wild journey, in the heart of winter' climbing six iconic mountains in Nordland from December 2024 to February 2025: Stetind, Husbyviktind, Preikstoltind,...

In December 2024 Norwegian rock climber Mari Augusta Salvesen repeated 'The Zone' (E9 6c) at Curbar Edge, UK. In doing so she joined only handful of other women who have climbed E9.

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),...

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.

On 2 September 2024 Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett made the first ascent of 'Line Dancing' (800m, E5 6b) on the SW Face of Stetind in norway.

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).

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2023. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2024 award during the celebration at San Martino di...

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.

On 14 July 2024 Norwegian climber Tuva Stavø made the first female ascent of 'Arctandria' on Store Blåmann in norway.

The documentary 'Project Breakthrough', created by John Thornton, tells the story of how the Swiss climber Alexander Rohr breaks the 9a barrier with three top-level challenges: the first pitch of 'Change' (9a+/b) at Flatanger in norway, 'La Castagne' (9a+) and...