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Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of 'Piz Dal Nas' on the North Face of Titlis in Switzerland. The 500m 8b was established ground-up by Matthias Trottmann and then freed by the Swissman in 2010.

Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee has made the first rope solo ascent of 'Voie Petit' on Grand Capucin. The 450m line was established in 1997 Arnaud Petit and Stéphanie Bodet together with Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit, and freed at 8a+/8b in 2005 by Alexander Huber.

27-year-old French climber Hugo Parmentier has made the first ascent of 'Générations Futures' at Céüse, describing the 9a sport climb 'without a doubt the most beautiful climb I've ever done.'

French climbers Léo Billon, Esteban Daligault and Kilian Moni have made the first ascent of 'Le Poussin', a new multipitch climb in the verdon Gorge, France. The 250m line is graded A3+ and shares some sections of 'Guy Heran'.

Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret has completed her third 8c onsight, 'Popolni mrk' at Misja pec in Slovenia.

23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has sent her third 8c onsight, 'American Hustle' at Oliana in Spain.

On 14/11/2024 Sébastien Bouin made the first ascent of 'Wolf Kingdom' (9b+) at Pic Saint Loup, France.

Watch Adam Ondra attempt to repeat DNA, Seb Bouin's 9c masterpiece at La Ramirole in the verdon Gorge, France.

On 19/11/2024 Giovanni Placci redpointed Erebor at the Eremo di San Paolo crag in Arco, Italy.

Yesterday at Bus de La Stria close to Arco, Italy Laura Rogora redpointed 'Trofeo dell'Adriatico' (9a+).

Italian climber Laura Rogora has redpointed Bombardino (9a+) at Arco, Italy, on her fourth attempt of the day.

Laura Rogora has onsighted the 8c 'Spanish caravan' at the crag La Ramirole in the verdon Gorge, France.

The video of Swiss climber Katherine Choong attempting to repeat Fly (8c, 550m) at Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.

This summer Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France attempted to climb 5 major multi-pitches in the verdon Gorge in a day. The pair report about those grueling 24 hours climbing 1500m of bullet-proof limestone up to 8b.

Last Monday Swiss climber Katherine Choong repeated 'La Fiesta de Los Metallos', the 200m 8b located in the verdon Gorge, France.

The video of Sébastien Bouin and his repeat of 'Bibliographie', the famous 9b+ at Céüse in France he climbed on 3 June 2023.