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The 15 athletes taking part in the The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2013 have been confirmed. This festival is open to all and takes place on 10 - 13 October 2013 on the island of Kalymnos in Greece.

The documentary of The Meltdown in the Dinorwig quarries in Wales, an old Johnny Dawes project freed by James McHaffie in summer 2012.

The Italian Peter Gebhard has placed fifth in the Red Bull X-Alps 2013

In June Steve Bate from New Zeland repeated the Zodiac up El Capitan in Yosemite. What makes his ascent noteworthy is that Bate is affected by Retinitis Pigmentosa.

The Frenchmen Clement Latour and Antoine Girard have placed second and third at Red Bull X-Alps 2013, won on Sunday by Switzerland's Christian Maurer.

Monaco beckons! In less than a week since setting off from the Austrian city of Salzburg, Christian Maurer (SUI1), a 30-year-old athlete from Switzerland, is approaching the final leg to Monaco and could arrive as early as Sunday.

Rossano Libera recalls the first integral repeat of Birthright (Grands Charmoz - Mont Blanc) carried out in 2008 with Claudio Pozzi.

James McHaffie and Ben Bransby have made the first repeat of Long Hope Route, St John's Head, Hoy, Orkneys, Scotland.

The fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2013 takes place in Austria's Innsbruck today and will be transmitted live via internet.

On 12 May the fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2013 was won in Log - Dragomer (Slovenia) by Canada's Sean McColl and the incredible Austrian Anna Stöhr: this is her fourth consecutive victory.

5/05/2013. The last day of the 10th Melloblocco. 10 days of climbing and bouldering to reaffirm the indissoluble bond between Val Masino - Val di Mello and the Melloblockers. All 2,000 climbers have promised to return next year.

British climber Tom Randall has onsighted the 8a crack climb Turkey Crack at the Italian crag Cadarese. Today he repeated the famous route The Doors.

Some thoughts about the Jury verdict of the 21st Piolet d'Or 2013 which assigned the award to all six nominated ascents.

The prize for the best climb of 2012 was awarded at the end of an exciting ceremony in Courmayeur last night to all six nominated ascents. The Piolet d'Or Walter Bonatti Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Austria's Kurt Diemberger.

English rock climber Hazel Findlay has climbed her second E9, Chicama at Treaddur Bay, Holyhead, Wales.

Two new winter climbs have been added to Ben Nevis in Scotland: Deadly Presence (VIII,7, Iain Small, Doug Hawthorn) and Shooting Star (VI,6, Robin Clothier, Richard Bentley).