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South Tyrolean mountain guide Simon Gietl frees has made the first free ascent of 'Blutsbrüder', the multipitch he established with Vittorio Messini and Matthias Wurzer in autumn 2022 on Torre Trieste in Civetta, Dolomites.

On the NE face of Petit Flambeau in the Mont Blanc massif, Filip Babicz and Heike Schmitt have made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Partita Lampo' (M7 200m).

Interview with Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl after her ground-breaking, historic flash ascent of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite.

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has flashed 'Freerider' (VI 5.13a), making her the first person in history to flash El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.

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

Watch Josh Wharton & Vince Anderson make the first ascent of 'Suerte Integral' on Jirishanca in Peru in 2023.

PIEPS GmbH announces a voluntary recall for the PIEPS PRO IPS Avalanche Transceiver. Published below is the company's press release.

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

Gioachino Gobbi, the Italian alpinist and great entrepreneur who in the 1980s relaunched the prestigious Grivel mountain equipment brand, has died aged 79.

The crag Castel Madruzzo is located less than half an hour from Arco, Italy, and features 24 climbs from 6a to 7c+.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to rebolt the most at-risk sport climbs at Castello dell’Iride, one of the most beautiful crags in Sardinia.

Watch the video of American climber Sean Bailey making the first ascent of Shaolin (9A) at Red Rock, USA

Austrian climber Jessica Pilz has redpointed her first 9a+, 'Papichulo' at Oliana in Spain.

Mammut has announced a voluntary recall of its Barryvox 2 and Barryvox S2 avalanche beacons from the Winter 24/25 season. Published below is the company's press release.

During a short visit to Villanueva del Rosario in Spain, 15-year-old Andrea Cheleris from Italy repeated a handful of hard climbs, including the onsight of 'Mundo Feliz' (8b+) and the redpoint of 'Mangarbo natural' (9a+).

Watch Belgian climber Anak Verhoeven sending 'Planta de Shiva' (9b) at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain, May 2024.