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The video of American climber Connor Herson establishing 'Drifter’s Escape' at squamish in Canada. Graded 9a+, this is as the world's first trad climb of this difficulty.

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.

In August 2025 Connor Herson made the third ascent of 'Crown Royale' on the Profile Wall at Jøssingfjord in Norway. The trad climb was established by Pete Whittaker in 2023 and repeated by Jernej Kruder in May 2025.

American climber Connor Herson has made the first ascent of Drifters Escape in squamish, Canada, proposing 5.15a (9a+) and establishing it as the world's first trad climb of this difficulty.

Climbing with John Kasaian, Laura Pineau has made the first female ascent of 'Wet Lycra Nightmare' on Leaning Tower in Yosemite, USA. First ascended by Jim Hewitt and Todd Skinner in 2004, the 9-pitch 8b is known for being the steepest big wall in the USA. The 25-year-old French climber...

Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder has repeated 'Big fish', the 8c+/9a deep water solo on the island of Mallorca in Spain. Established by Chris Sharma in 2017, this is now only the third ascent of this 20m psicobloc after the first repeat in 2023 by Matty Hong.

Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder reports about his rare trad ascent of 'The Shark' (5.14b/8c) at squamish in Canada.

British climber Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of 'Megatron' in the Eldorado Canyon, USA. The V17 (Font 9A) boulder was established by Shawn Raboutou in 2022.

Watch French climber Mejdi Schalck repeat 'Es Pontas' (9a+) on the island of Mallorca, Spain. The classic deep water solo was established by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Legendary crack climber Didier Berthod, returns in this 'cracktastic' comedy to complete the soaking wet first ascent of 'Gold Rush', the longest roof crack boulder in squamish, Canada.

French climber Laura Pineau reports about some of her most recent ascents that include a free repeat of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite and a fast repeat of 'Turkey Crack' at Cadarese in Italy.

Swiss climber Didier Berthod has repeated Cobra Crack at squamish in Canada. Freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2006 and hailed as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world at the time, this fierce splitter was almost freed by Berthod in 2005.

The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC athletes, professional climbers, and associations have already co-signed the letter....

American climber Connor Herson has made the second ascent of Crack of Destiny (5.14b/8c) and a fast repeat of Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c) at squamish, Canada. Other repeats include Spirit Quest (5.14d/9a), Tainted Love (5.13d R/8b) and the multipitch Télmexw (5.13c/8a+).

Swiss climber Didier Berthod has made the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny on The Chief at squamish in Canada. Graded 5.14, this checks in as one of the hardest crack climbs in North America.

The film Love featuring American rock climber Paige Claassen and her efforts to balance her climbing and her career.