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Interview with Jerry Moffatt, one of the most successful climbers in the world during the 1980's and 1990's, with important first ascents such as Stone Love 8b+ in Germany's Frankenjura and Liquid Ambar 8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales and...

On 11 January Gainluca Daniele made the first ascent of "Grandi Gesti", proposing 9a for this long route which climbs through the massive roof at the Grotta dell'Areonauta and combines a series of exiting lines.

The third edition of the Piolet d'Or Asia will take place in Seoul at 20.00 this evening. This imporant meeting and award has become a classic event to analyse the state of Asian mountaineering.

uring the Rock Master last weekend, Adam Ondra climbed Claudio Caffè 8c/8c+ (Terra Promessa) and St. Anger 8c+/9a (Eremo di San Paolo) at Arco, Italy.

Interview with the English climber James Pearson, the man responsible for some of the hardest pyscholgical outings on gritstone and flashes of Font 8b boulder problems.

On 15 July the South Tyrolean mountaineer Karl Unterkircher fell into a crevasse at circa 6800m on Nanga Parbat’s Rakhiot Face. Unable to descend, his two climbing partners Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer have been forced to continue their ascent....

Dmitry Sharafutdinov from Russia and Akiyo Noguchi from Japan won the penultimate stage of the Boudlering World Cup held in Montauban, France, last weekend, while the Austrians Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr have now won the overall World Cup 2008.

The 5th stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 took place in Fiera di Primiero (Italy) last weekend and was won by the Austrians David Lama and Anna Stöhr. Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) and Sean Mccoll (CAN) placed second and third...

On 19/05/2008 Adam Ondra repeated Action Direct 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991.

The fifth edition of the legendary Melloblocco exceeded all expectations. Over 4000 people gathered in Val Masino for the world's most important, three-day bouldering meeting. A weekend with a thousand and one stories, all of which "mythical".

The fifth Melloblocco, the world's largest bouldering meeting, takes place in Val Masino from 08 - 11 May 2008. A record breaking 1699 climbers have already signed up for the event.

David Lama and Anna Stöhr have won the second stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 on the Reunion Island.

With just 12 days to go before Melloblocco 2008, here's a preview of what's in store for the world's biggest bouldering meeting in Val di Mello, Val Masino, Italy from 08 - 11 May 2008.

The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 took place in Hall, Austria, last weekend and was won by Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr.

Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler and photographer Hermann Erber have just returned from an ice climbing trip to Hokkaido, Japan, during which they made the first ascent of Lector WI7 at Chiyoshibetu, before climbing in Raiden, Sounkyo and Abashiri.

The Bouldering World Cup 2007 came to an end this weekend with the seventh stage in Brno, Czech Republic. Dmitry Sharafutdinov from Russia and Juliette Danion won this final stage while second placed Kilian Fischhuber from Austria won the overall...