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The Austrians Hansjörg Auer and Much Mayr have established Tingeling (400m 7c+), a new free enchainment up the massive granite Blamann tower on the island of Kvaløya in Norway. Due to prohibitive conditions the route still awaits its first continuous redpoint ascent.

Gabriele Moroni has established Elementi di disturbo 8c+ at the crag Gressoney - Noversch in Valle d'Aosta, while Adam Ondra and Giuseppe Nolasco have both repeated SS26 8c+.

The sport climbs at Cinque Torri, the historic symbol of alpinism and rock climbing in Cortina and the Ampezzo valley.

Puigblanque (ESP) and Kim (KOR) won the 25th Rock Master Lead in Arco. Lachat (SUI) and Stöhr (AUT) were victorious in the Bouldering competition, while the Speed gold medal went to Hroza (CZE) and He (CHN) and Team Spedwas won by China. The Lead Duel was won by Ondra (CZE)...

On Saturday 18/07/2010 the V Arco Rock Legends was celebrated in the Arco Climbing Stadium. Adam Ondra received the Salewa Rock Award while Akiyo Noguchi won the La Sportiva Competition Award. Maurizio Manolo Zanolla received the Sector Climbing Award, a new prize created by the Rock Master association.

The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2010 takes place in Chamonix (Fra) on 12-13/07/2010

The worldclass version of the Rock Master takes place in Arco from 16 -18 July. A quick glance at the 170+ athletes taking part in this important event which acts as a pre-event to the IFSC Climbing World Championship 2011.

Nalle Hukkataival from Finland has established two FB8B and flashed two Fb8A+ in Norway.

On 30/06/2010 the Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer carried out the first repeat of Pan Aroma 8c, Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Dolomites

The fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup took place in Eindhoven (NED) last weekend and was won by Anna Stöhr (AUT) and Dmitry Sharafutdinov (RUS).

All the nominations for the V edition of the Arco Rock Legends which will take place on Saturday 17 July 2010 in Arco (Garda Trentino, Italy) during the XXIV Rock Master. This year the legendary competition has been brought forward from September to July as it serves as the pre-event...

In mid-May Swiss climber Nina Caprez made a rare female ascent of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia, a few days after an ascent by her boyfriend Cédric Lachat.

Rohit Chauhan introduces the bouldering in Hampi, India, with over 700 problems from 4A to 8A+.

More than 500 young athletes aged 5 -13 from 20 different countries made the ninth edition of the Rock Junior a success. Chris Sharma, one of the greatest climbers of all times, paid homage to the world's biggest youth climbing event.

The complete program of the Rock Junior, the world's biggest youth climbing festival, scheduled to take place in Arco from Satuday 5 to Sunday 6 June 2010

David Lama from Austria and Jorg Verhoeven from the Netherlands have carried out the first free ascent of their "Brento Centro" 8b on Monte Brento, Valle del Sarca (Arco), Italy.