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Italian alpinist Anna Chiaruttini recounts her rare rope solo ascent of the classic 'Deye Peters' route on Torre delle Madri dei Camosci (2,503m) in the Jôf Fuart group of the Julian Alps, which she completed with one bivouac. Though not extreme by modern standards, her ascent is likely the first...

On 22 July 2026, the Italian athlete Nadir Maguet made an attempt on the Matterhorn Fastest Known Time, stopping the clock at 3:01:48 – just 9 minutes and 46 seconds short of the record set by Kilian Jornet in 2013.

Jim Aikman's Metanoia is a powerful and moving film that tells the story of the great American mountaineer Jeff Lowe and how his life was radically changed and saved after an impressive first solo ascent of the Eiger's north face.

Over a period of 5 days at the start of July 2026 American alpinists Eli Spitulnik and Michael Telstad made the first ascent of Hologram Wall on Kichatna Spire in Alaska. This is the first route to ascend directly up mountain's formidable South face, and comes after a previous attempt...

'Exceptional' fires are currently devastating parts of the forest of Fontainebleau in France. Located about 70 km south-east of Paris, the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is home to an extremely high level of biodiversity (about 5,000 plant species and 6,600 known animal species), as well as being recognised internationally as one...

At Flatanger in Norway Leo Ketil Bøe has made the first ascent of Verdens Ende (The Edge of the World). Graded 9a+, this is one 130m continuous pitch through the huge roof protected first by bolts, then trad gear.

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.

František D’Agostino from the Czech Republic and Samuel Stroh of the USA had a pretty amazing spring season in Yosemite Valley, sending three big walls within two weeks on El Capitan and Middle Cathedral Rock: 'El Niño', 'Golden Gate' and 'Father Time'

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...

0, 2, 4 litres per minute... a closer look at the flow of supplementary oxygen and the much‑debated "records" on Everest and in the Himalayas. By Alessandro Filippini.

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.

French alpinist Iris Pessey has set a new female FKT on Mont Blanc, ascending from the church in Chamonix to the 4807m summit in just 5 hours 2 minutes. She then returned to her starting point by paraglider, stopping the clock after 5:34 hours.

The journey undertaken by Cédric Lachat and Guillaume Broust with The Future of Climbing continues with four previously unreleased episodes providing a behind-the-scenes look at some of Europe’s most iconic climbing sites. In the first bonus track, Cédric Lachat explores Fontainebleau and its problems.

American alpinists Sean McLane and Vitaliy Musiyenko have made the first ascent of the unclimbed SW Ridge of Balakun (6,471m). The pair were in the Indian Himalaya with Christian Black, who was forced to turned around a few hours into the ascent. While it is unclear whether this was also...

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