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The report by 24-year-old mountain guide Janluca Kostner from Ortisei (Val Gardena, italy) who between 13 and 14 September 2022 made the first rope-solo ascent of Chimera Verticale on Mt. Civetta (Dolomites). Graded IX, the route on the North West...

The video of Adam Ondra attempting to flash Omen Nomen, a 9a at Padaro, Arco, italy, first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi.

The fourth episode of the Petzl Legend Tour italy is now online and explores the cradle of Italian sport climbing, Arco and the Sarca Valley

On Wednesday 21 September 2022 at Gravere in Val di Susa, italy, Claudia Ghisolfi redpointed her first 9a, TCT. After Laura Rogora she is now only the second Italian woman to send 9a.

British mountaineer Tim Howell has completed his ambitious North Base Project which aimed to climb and fly the six great North Faces of the Alps. Depending on the mountain, the 33-year-old Brit either made a wingsuit flight or BASE jump....

Patrick Tirler from the South Tyrol, italy, reports about the first ascent of 'Ak-Kalpak' on Little Asan in the Kara-Su Valley in the Karavshin area of Kyrgyzstan's Pamir-Alai, carried out this summer with Moritz Sigmund.

At Flatanger in Norway Stefano Ghisolfi from italy has made the first repeat of Move Hard, a 9b sports climb put up by Adam Ondra in 2017.

The video of Adam Ondra who at Covolo, the most difficult crags in italy, attempts to onsight the 9a La Musa put up by Silvio Reffo in 2021.

In the third episode of Stefano Ghisolfi attempting Silence at Flatanger in Norway the 29-year-old climber from italy attempts the famous first crux.

The Cala Cimenti Award 2022 has been given to Italian mountaineer Matteo Della Bordella 'For the incredible rescue carried out in January 2022 on Cerro Torre of friends Tomy Aguilo and Korra Pesce. A demonstration of absolute strength, courage, selflessness...

In the Ak-Su Valley in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan, Italian alpinists Federica Mingolla and Niccolò Bartoli have made the first ascent of Vivere la vita, an 800m big wall with difficulties up to on the South Buttress of Pik...

Alpinists Simon Kehrer and Hubert Eisendle from the South Tyrol, italy, have made the first ascent of 'La Gana tla Pera' on the south face of Neunerspitze / Sasso delle Nove in the Dolomites.

The European Bouldering Championship 2022 has been won by Janja Garnbret and Nicolai Uznik. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret have been crowned European Lead Champions, while Aleksandra Miroslaw and Danyil Boldyrev have won the European Speed titles.

In September 2021 Gianluca Vighetti, aged a mere 12 years old, managed to climb the 9a TCT at Gravere in italy.

The video of Edu Marín and his father Novato Marin making an early repeat of Pan Aroma on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites, carried out in July 2014.

Simon Messner reports about his new climb 'Männer die auf Wände starren’ on Rotwand / Roda di Vael in the Rosengarten group of the Dolomites, italy, first ascended with Philipp Prünster and Martin Sieberer.