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Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made a swift repeat of Erebor at Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy. The 9b was put up by Stefano Ghisolfi and previously repeated by Laura Rogora and Adam Ondra.

Italian rock climbers Marcello Bombardi and Marco Zanone have repeated First Ley, the 9a+ sport climb established by Chris Sharma at Margalef in Spain

The report by 23-year-old Italian climber Luca Bana who on 26/12/2021 made the first ascent of Extrasistole galoppante 9a at the historic crag Cornalba in Val Seriana above Bergamo, Italy.

On 23 December 2021 Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Taurus, a new 9b sport climb at Byci Skala in the Czech Republic.

The video of American rock climber Jonathan Siegrist repeating Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba in Italy.

52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.

The video portrait for the La Sportiva Living Legends series of German rock climber Martina Demmel who, after starting climbing only four years ago, earlier this year managed to send 9a.

Watch Jakob Schubert climb both King Capella and La Capella at Siurana in Spain

The video portrait of Catalan mountaineer Silvia Vidal who was awarded a Special Mention at the Piolets d'Or 2021 for her outstanding contribution to solo big wall climbing over the last two decades.

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made the third ascent of King Capella 9b at Siurana in Spain. To end his day in style he repeated La Capella nearby, suggesting 9a+.

At Covolo in Italy Silvio Reffo has made the first ascent of Musa, a new sport climb graded 9a.

Belgian rock climber Simon Lorenzi has repeated Off the Wagon Low 8C+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. His is only the fifth ascent after Shawn Raboutou, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Giuliano Cameroni.

German rock climber Alex Megos has repeated King Capella at Siurana in Spain. The climb was first ascended by William Bosi earlier this year and originally graded 9b+.

Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our article written in conjunction with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday,...

American rock climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Goldrake, the 9a+ established in 2010 by Adam Ondra at Cornalba in Italy.

On Sunday 7 November 2021 Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first ascent of the last outstanding project at Raven Tor, Brandenburg Gate, grading the climb 9a+.