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At the end of April American climber Cody Roth made the first trad ascent of Mainliner at Las Conchas the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA. At 5.14a/b R (8b+/8c) this checks in as one of the harder trad pitches in...

The video Tomorrow I Will Be Gone and the bouldering at Rocklands, South africa.

David Orlandi introduces the Central Circuit Trail in the Rwenzori mountain range in Uganda and the ascent of Margherita Peak 5109m, the third highest mountain in africa.

On 3 January Italian mountaineer Hans Kammerlander reached the summit of Mount Tyree (Antarctic). In doing so he has become the first person to climb the 7 second highest peaks on all seven continents.

On 30 September Hervé and Marco Barmasse established a new 800m line up the SE Face of Monte Rosa. This third stage marks the end of Hervé Barmasse's project entitled Exploring The Alps.

Norwegian climber Magnus Midtboe sheds some light onto the Hanshellern cave (also known as Flatanger) in Norway.

The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 2011 seen through the eyes of the official photopraphers.

The ninth edition of the The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc was won by Kilian Jornet Burgada from Spain and Elizabeth Hawker.

Austrian climber Bernd Zangerl has returned from the Rocklands in South africa where he established two new problems.

The IOC Executive Board announced yesterday that sport climbing has been shortlisted for the 2020 Olympic Games along with seven other sports. This is a fundamental step towards the main goal set by the IFSC International Federation of Sport Climbing...

Melloblocco, Val di Mello, the bouldering tribe and the biggest bouldering meeting in the world

Great success and absolute record number of participants in Val Masino - Val di Mello (Italy) during the eighth Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world. 2600 registered climbers from 22 different countries took part in...

American alpinist Joseph Puryear has died in Tibet while attempting Labuche Kang (7367m) together with David Gottlieb.

Climbers Nico and Olivier Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto are preparing for three month climbing trip to Greenland to explore huge virgin big walls.

The Piolet d'Or 2010 will take place from 8 - 10 April in the towns of Courmayeur and Chamonix with a series of conferences, debates, films, meetings and other cultural activities. The event begins on Thursday 8 April in Courmayeur...

Tony Lourens, the editor of SA Mountain Sport Magazine, shares the delights of rock climbing around Cape Town at the tip of africa.