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American climber Connor Herson has made a rare repeat of 'Magic Line' (8.14c/8c+), one of the most difficult crack climbs in Yosemite Valley.

The video of Austrian climber Louis Gundolf making the first free ascent of an old David Lama project on the south face of Laserz in the Lienz Dolomites, Austria. The 250m multipitch has been called 'Projekt Lama' and graded 8c+.

Belgian climber Hannes Van Duysen has repeated 'Es Pontás', the 9a+ DWS on Mallorca in Spain first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first repeat of Spots of Time, established by Aidan Roberts in the Lake District, UK, in February 2024. Bosi has now become the first person to climb four different V17/9A boulder problems.

Mountain guide Josef Hilpold has made the first ascent of 'Giai amus a obiare' (6b, 155m) on Pedra Longa in Sardinia.

British climber Toby Roberts has climbed his hardest sport climb to date, Gancho Perfecto (9a+) in Margalef, Spain.

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

Watch the video of Tom Randall climbing his hardest offwidth crack to date, the 60m bridge crack Autobahn in Berlin, Germany.

Spanish alpinist Jordi Corominas has been named as 2024 recipient of the Piolets d'Or Carrière. He will receive the 16th Walter Bonatti - Piolets d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award at the international festival in San Martino di Castrozza (Dolomites, Italy) in...

In September 2024 a National Geographic team comprised of Jimmy Chin, Erich Roepke and Mark Fisher discovered what they believe to be remains of British mountaineer Andrew Irvine. The climber was last seen 100 years ago with George Mallory on...

Eneko Pou and his brother Iker Pou have made the first ascent of 'Truenu' on the south face of Peña Santa de Castilla in the Picos de Europa massif in Spain.

The 60th edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the most important award dedicated to nature photography promoted by the Natural History Museum of London, has been won by Shane Gross of Canada for his photo of a mass of...

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

On Sunday 6 October 2024 Michelle Dvorak from the USA and Fay Manners from Great Britain were rescued on Chaukhamba III in northern India. The pair were attempting a new route on the mountain's SE buttress.

On 25 September 2024, Michal Korban successfully climbed Action Directe, the most famous 9a in the world established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany, by Wolfgang Güllich.

Watch the award-winning documentary Still Alive featuring Klaas Willems, the hugely talented Belgian rock climber diagnosed with both cystic fibrosis and cancer, who has dedicated his life to climbing in clean air