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British climber James Pearson has made a free solo ascent of 'Legacy' at Rocklands, South Africa. Graded 9a as sports climb, it has now been rated 8B+ highball. Pearson, on a roll after repeating 'The Finnish Line' (8C), provides the details.

In just one month, the Italian mountaineer Hervé Barmasse climbed highest mountain of every region in Italy by fair means: by bicycle, on foot, and by sailing boat to connect the islands to the mainland. 4,250km, 81,000m positive elevation gain, 20 summits – for an absolutely one‑of‑a‑kind journey.

On 30 June 2026 Andrzej Bargiel skied Nanga Parbat (8126m) without supplementary oxygen. The 38-year-old Polish ski mountaineer skied an unbroken line from summit to snowline via the Diamir Face.

Watch Adam Ondra climbing at Laboratorio above Laggio, Italy, where the Czech superstar made the first ascent of 'Big Twin' (9a+) before attempting an even harder project.

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...

Several environmental and alpine organisations in South Tyrol, Italy have raised strong criticism regarding the planned luxury hotel project in Gallenmahd, in the Martell Valley, within the Stelvio National Park in Italy.

Last weekend at Passo della Presolana, Italy, Laura Rogora sent 'Black Shadow' (8c), 'Dancing in the Moon' (8c+) and 'Moon Landing' (9a).

Watch Jakob Schubert make the September 2023 first ascent of 'B.I.G.', his 9c at Flatanger in Norway.

Whilst a record number of 1,008 climbers climbed to the summit of Everest in spring 2026, the undisputed stars of the pre-monsoon season in the Himalayas are undoubtedly Bartek Ziemski and Hillary Dawa Sherpa. By Alessandro Filippini.

The video of Elias Iagnemma making the first ascent of 'Exodia', the first boulder in the world to be graded 9A+.

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...

Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has redpointed 'Ratstaman Vibrations' at Ceuse. This is his 12th 9b and comes in the wake of four 8C boulder problems sent earlier this spring.

The San Vito Lo Capo Climbing Association is currently rebolting the Never Sleeping Wall crag in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily.

On 26 May 2026 Matthias Giraud completed the first ski BASE Jump off Aiguille du Plan North Face. The 42-year-old French alpinist reports about 'the ultimate combination of alpinism, steep skiing and BASE jumping.'

On 28/05/2026 Fay Manners and Marco Malcangi skied a new line on Nevado Ranrapalca, the 6162m peak often described as 'one of the most breathtaking mountains of Peru's Cordillera Blanca.' The pair skied a complex route on the southwest ridge, through the col between Ranrapalca and Ocshapalca and have called...

Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Ducoli, Mirco Grasso and Giacomo Mauri departed two days ago for K7 in Pakistan. The four will attempt to open a new route on the east face of K7 Main (6934m).