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The video of American climber Daniel Woods and his flash ascent of the boulder problem Entlinge 8B+/C at Murgtal in Switzerland.

At Murgtal in Switzerland Bernd Zangerl has freed the traverse Normopath and also made the first repeat of Ragtime ay Amden. Both boulder problems are graded 8B+.

At the start of May 2012 in Corsica's Bavella massif the Italians Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia made the first ascent of Vecchia Felpa on Punta U Peru (190m, 7c max /RS2/I) while Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori made the firts ascent of Tafunata Galattica up the Contrafforti di...

On 14/05/2012 Austrian alpinist David Lama has carried out a remarkable, fast and solitary repeat of Les Barbares on Pointe Raphel Borgis du Pré de Bar (Argentière, Mont Blanc, France).

The video of Nick Bullock making the first ascent of The Frumious Bandersnatch (E7 6c) at Rhoscolyn, North Wales.

On the Pilastro della Tofana di Rozes in the Dolomites Massimo Da Pozzo, Natasha Alexander and Samuele Majoni have made the first ascent of Spigolo Sam (6c, 500m circa).

At the Swiss crag Charmey Pirmin Bertle has freed Chromosome X and Chromosome Y, two routes both graded 9a.

The video of Chris Sharma and his 2001 first ascent of Biographie (also known as Realization ) at Ceuse in France.

Daniel Woods has made the first ascent of Mission Impossible 9a at Clear Creek Canyon in Colorado, USA.

The first ski descent of the North Colouir of Quota 2885m on Pizzo di Coca in the Orobie Alps carried out on 03 May 2012 by Fabio Bonomi and Mario Vannuccini.

In April 2012 Robert Jasper, Jörn Heller and Ralf Gantzhorn carried out the first ascent of the Shark's Fin Ridge. The route climbs the west face of Monte Giordano (1517m, Chile), a mountain which in all likelihood has never been climbed previously.

German climber Markus Bock has freed, amongst others, House Of Shock 8c+/9a in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson have made the first repeat of Aria (8a+, 350m) established by Pietro dal Prà on Punta Plumare, Sardinia.

At Chironico in Switzerland Martin Keller has sent a new boulder problem, Der mit dem Fels tanzt 8C.

Halupca 1979, the 9a route at Ospo in Slovenia, has been repeated by Domen Škofic.

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.