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After just 8 days of effort Belgium's Anak Verhoeven has repeated No pain no gain 9a+ at Rodellar in Spain.

24-year-old British rock climber Aidan Roberts has made the first repeat of Alphane, the boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland first ascended by Shawn Raboutou in April 2022 and graded 9A by the American.

German climbers Jonas Fertig and Luis Funk have made the first ascent of the multipitch Boxershorts ()7c, 100m) on Wilder Kaiser in Austria

On 9 October 2022 German climber Alexander Megos made the first ascent of Full Journey (9b) at Margalef in Spain.

54-year-old Swiss climber Chris Frick reports about his recent repeat of Stop Sika, an 8c at Rawyl in Switzerland.

Alpinists Nasim Eshqi and Sina Heidari have made the first ascent of Mountain Warriors on the hitherto unclimbed Sun Tower on Alam Kooh (Mount Alam-kuh), at 4850m the second highest mountain in Iran.

The video portrait, directed by Matteo Pavana and Marco Zanone, of Fabian Buhl. In order to find his own way, the German alpinist has decided to take a step back so as to make a step forward.

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 video portrait of Isabelle Faus, one of the most accomplished female boulderers in the world. 'Behind the Seams' by Matty Hong includes footage of her summer 2020 first ascent of Sinawav 8B+ at Pine Cliff, USA.

Swiss climber Alexander Rohr has made the first ascent of Oblivion, an old project at Gimmelwald in Switzerland now graded 9a.

On the 18th of July German climber Alexander Huber made the first free ascent of Ramayana, a 6-pitch 8b+ on Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.

The fifth stage of the 2022 Lead World Cup was won on Saturday evening at Koper in Slovenia by home athlete Luka Potocar and Ai Mori from Japan. For both athletes this is their first victory in the Senior Lead...

Czech climber Adam Ondra analyses the new Olympic Combined boulder + Lead formula, tested for the first time at the European Championships in Munich in Germany.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi making his first attempts on Silence, the first 9c in the world freed in 2017 by Adam Ondra at Flatanger in Norway

18-year-old Australian rock climber Angie Scarth-Johnson has repeated the 9a Pornographie at Céüse in France.

In April 2022 Shawn Raboutou made the first ascent of Alphane. Located at Chironico in Switzerland, this is currently only the third boulder problem in the world to be graded 9A. Film by Ben Neilson.