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American alpinists Sean McLane and Vitaliy Musiyenko have made the first ascent of the unclimbed SW Ridge of Balakun (6,471m). The pair were in the Indian Himalaya with Christian Black, who was forced to turned around a few hours into the ascent. While it is unclear whether this was also...

From 21-23 May 2026 Czech climbers Lukáš Trojovský and Dan Bronec made the first ascent of 'Tra sogno e realtà' on the north face of Addaura on Monte Pellegrino in Sicily, Italy. Trojovský reports.

Whilst a record number of 1,008 climbers climbed to the summit of Everest in spring 2026, the undisputed stars of the pre-monsoon season in the Himalayas are undoubtedly Bartek Ziemski and Hillary Dawa Sherpa. By Alessandro Filippini.

South Korean climber Sung Su Lee has repeated Dreamcatcher (9a) in Squamish, Canada.

On 4 June 2026 Germany's Lara Neumeier repeated 'Des Kaisers Neue Kleider' in Austria’s Wilder Kaiser. In doing so she has become the second woman after Barbara Zangerl to climb the celebrated Alpine Trilogy, composed on the 1994 multipitches 'End of Silence' by Thomas Huber, 'Silbergeier' by Beat Kammerlander and...

Following a record-breaking season, Gelje Sherpa has published a series of proposals to make climbing Everest safer. By Alessandro Filippini.

From 5 - 9 March 2026 Japanese climbers Kosuke Kawachi, Toru Nakajima and Yudai Suzuki, made the first ascent of 'Echoes in the Dark' (800m, 7a, A3, X) on Cerro Cota, Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile.

At the start of 2026 Ines Papert established four new ice climbs in Norway with Dåg Jørund Vik, Odd T. Sæbø, Eivind Hugaas and Torje Stenkjær: 'Iskafe' (350m, M5, WI6/6+) on Kaffiberget, 'Orion’s Belte' (1000m, M4+, WI5) on Middagshaugen West Face, 'Gjølatappen' (350m, M8, WI6) on Gjøla Northwest Face and...

Yesterday morning the remains of Mario Conti were finally found. The great Italian alpinist had been missing since 14 November 2023, when he disappeared during a walk close to home. Conti was famous above all for having made the first undisputed ascent of Cerro Torre in 1974, with the Ragni...

Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Ducoli, Mirco Grasso and Giacomo Mauri departed two days ago for K7 in Pakistan. The four will attempt to open a new route on the east face of K7 Main (6934m).

The Brussels climbing gym Le camp de base announced it would not host the final stage of the World Climbing Europe Youth Series, due to the absence of a clear governance framework for Israeli national representation, given ongoing international legal proceedings against Israel.

On a climbing trip to Taghia in Morocco Iker Pou established two hard multipitch climbs: 'Club Ahmed' (8a, 260m) on Tuyat with Joseph Harris, and 'Aske' (8c?, 185m) with Ibai Ezio and Héctor Marrodán.

The Janez Jeglič – Johan Memorial competition was won at Osp in Slovenia by Mina Markovič and Jernej Kruder. The event took place in memory of the famous Slovenian mountaineer who perished on Nupste in 1997.

More than 2,000 participants gathered in Val Masino and Val di Mello for Melloblocco, the international climbing event organised by La Sportiva. 'A rich, intense edition and one of the most technically significant in recent years.' Miriam Fogu (ITA) completed 9 out of 10 'comp boulders'; Pearson (UK), Moroni (ITA)...

Melloblocco 2026, the world's largest bouldering and climbing meeting, begins this week and will take place in Val di Mello – Val Masino from 6 to 9 May 2026. You can register online at www.melloblocco.it until 6:00 PM today to secure the bag with the boulder map, gadgets, and the...

Canadian climber Will Stanhope has died as a result of a climbing accident in Squamish, British Columbia. Aged 39, the certified mountain guide was regarded as one of North America's leading rock climbers.