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British climber Aidan Roberts has flashed Bügeleisen (8B+) in the Maltatal, Austria

24-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made short work of Niobe at Arco, Italy, sending the 9a slab in a single day.

On 23 December 2025 Davide Picco repeated 'Beginning' at Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy. This is the third 9a+ for the Italian climber.

32-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Gioia, the 8C+ boulder in Varazze first freed by Christian Core in 2008.

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.

Martin Giovanazzi, Elio Mazzalai, Sebastiano Merz and Mauro Zanon have made the first ascent of 'Petit Petò' on the Covelo wall in Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy

Watch French climber Esteban Daligault repeating 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

Nate Mankovich, Manuel López and Alvaro Vernich have made the first ascent of 'Yantibih Lak' (6c, 450m) on the west face of Jebel Kazhali in Wadi Rum, Jordan. López reports.

Austrian climber has repeated 'Shaolin', the 9A boulder at Red Rocks, USA, established by Sean Bailey in November 2024.

On 14 January 2026, Alessandro Zeni repeated 'Niobe', the 9a slab established by Adam Ondra at the crag Spettacolo close to Arco, Italy. The report by the 34-year-old athlete from the High Mountain Military Unit of the Army Sports Center.

Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik has made the first ascent of 'Full Gem', an 8C+ boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland.

The video of Gianluca Vighetti climbing his hardest route to date, the 9a+ 'Lapsus' at Andonno, Italy

Last summer on the north face of Mount Demirkazik in the Ala Daglar range of Turkey, the Italians Alessandro Larcher, Rolando Larcher and Federica Mingolla established 'Close to Heaven'.

21-year-old climber Italian climber Iris Bielli has sent her first 8c+, 'Il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio' at Sasso Pelo in Lombardy.

French climber Esteban Daligault has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

American rock climber Sean Bailey has made the first ascent of 'Duality of Man' (9c) at Dry Canyon, Arizona, USA.