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On 20/11/2022 at Holštejn in the Moravian Karst in the Czech Republic Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Zvěřinec, a 9b+ he rates as 'the second hardest route of my life.'

Portrait of champion climber Anak Verhoeven, from the sixth season of La Sportiva Living Legends.

The video of Shawn Raboutou making the first ascent of Megatron, a 9A boulder problem at Eldorado Canyon, Colorado, USA.

Interview with Slovenian climbing legend Silvo Karo who this weekend at Briançon in France will receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière - Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his mountaineering that spans the last four decades and includes more than 300 first...

On 11/11/2022 Silvan Schüpbach and Peter Von Känel started their winter climbing season early with the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Frigo-combo' (M7/6a, 450m) on the NW Face of Douves Blanches (Point 3582m) above Val d'Arolla in Switzerland. Schüpbach...

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2021.The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated from 18 to 20 November 2022 at Briançon in France.

21-year-old Italian climber Giovanni Placci has repeated Beginning (9a+) at Eremo di San Paolo, Arco, Italy

Interview with Sebastian Pelletti after the first ascent of three new big routes in the Vampire Peaks area of Northwest Territories/Yukon in Canada, established with Michael Pedreros, Hernan Rodriguez Salas and the photographer Pato Diaz: 'Viaje Boreal' on Mount Dracula,...

The video of Adam Ondra making the first ascent of Zpřítomnění, a bold sandstone 8b established ground-up at Labské údolí in the Czech Republic.

In mid-October Ondrej Huserka (Slovakia) and Wadim Jabłoński (Poland) completed the first ascent of Gangotri Gambling (6c+ M6 A0, 600m) on Phaalkan Meenaar tower above the Kedar Tal valley in the Indian Garhwal Himalayas. The peak is named in honour...

Ines Papert has made a free ascent of Wolke 7 on Hintere Feuerhörndl at Reiteralm in the Berchtesgaden Alps in Germany. The 350m 8a was established ground-up by the German climber in 2020 with her Slovenian husband Luka Lindič, who...

On 01/11/2022 French climber Sébastien Bouin made the first ascent of the direct start to Jumbo Love at Clark Mountain. The new variation is called Suprême Jumbo Love and graded 9b+.

The 2022 Brit Rock Film Tour is available to stream from 3 to 6 November only, on the platform Film Festival Flix. The program contains three films, Queen Lines featuring Anna Hazelnutt, Ephemeral featuring Guy Robertson and Greg Boswell, and...

The video documenting the first ascent of The Phantom Line (1200m, ED+) on the North Face of Jugal Spire in Nepal, carried out alpine style in April 2022 by British mountaineers Tim Miller and Paul Ramsden.

Over a period of 65 days Jacob Cook, Bronwyn Hodgins, Jaron Pham, Zack Goldberg-Poch, Angela Vanwiemeersch and Kelsey Watts explored the NW coast of Greenland where they established and repeated a series of new big wall climbs. Highlights of their...

The video by Jan Virt of Alexander Megos making the first free ascent of Ratstaman Vibrations, an old Chris Sharma project at Céüse.