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21/10/2024 - Climbing

Will Bosi repeats Spots of Time to climb four different 9A boulders

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first repeat of Spots of Time, established by Aidan Roberts in the Lake District, UK, in February 2024. Bosi has now become the first person to climb four different V17/9A boulder problems.

17/08/2024 - Climbing

Watch Janja Garnbret climb fontainebleau's Big Five in a day

The video of Slovenia's Janja Garnbret climbing the iconic 'Big Five' boulder problems at fontainebleau in France in a single day: Big Boss, Fourmis Rouge, Tristesse, Big Golden and Atrésie.

12/08/2024 - Climbing

Video: Soudain Seul, Simon Lorenzi's 9A at fontainebleau

The video of the first ascent of 'Soudain Seul', the hardest boulder problem at fontainebleau in France established by Simon Lorenzi in February 2021.

09/08/2024 - Competitions

Toby Roberts wins Gold! Combined Boulder & Lead Olympic Champion at Paris 2024

19-year-old Brit Toby Roberts has won the Combined Boulder & Lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Toby Roberts gold, Sorato Anraku silver, Jakob Schubert bronze

1. Toby Roberts 2. Sorato Anraku 3. Jakob Schubert 4. Colin Duffy 5. Hamish McArthur...

31/07/2024 - Alpinism

Solenne Piret climbs Grand Capucin via Swiss route + O Sole Mio exit

On 23 July 2024 French paraclimber Solenne Piret teamed up with Chris Cazin to climb the Swiss route + O Sole Mio exit on Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif.

23/04/2024 - Climbing

James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy

British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

05/03/2024 - Climbing

Shauna Coxsey boulders 8B+ in La Pedriza, Spain

At La Pedriza in Spain, British rock climber Shauna Coxsey climbed 'Fotofobia Sit' (8B+/V14+).

04/03/2024 - Climbing

Toru Nakajima frees his Regret in Ena, Japan

Toru Nakajima has made the first ascent of 'Regret' at Ena in Japan. No grade has been put forward as yet but this 3-move problem promises to be intense.

21/02/2024 - Climbing

Will Bosi claims second ascent of Return of the Sleepwalker (V17/9A)

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the second ascent of 'Return of the Sleepwalker', the 9A/V17 at Red Rocks, USA, established by Daniel Woods in 2021. Bosi made the ascent after 12 sessions and has now climbed 3 boulders at...

29/12/2023 - Climbing

Simon Lorenzi sends Burden of Dreams, his third 9A boulder problem

On 27 December 2023 26-year-old Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi repeated Burden of Dreams at Lappnor in Finland, claiming his third 9A boulder problem after Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland and Soudain Seul at fontainebleau in France.

23/05/2023 - Climbing

Seb Berthe & Hugo Parmentier climb 100 fontainebleau 7A's in a single day

On the 14th of May 2023 Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France climbed 100 different 7A boulder problems in fontainebleau in a single day. Berthe provides the details of this challenging link-up which the pair completed by...

05/04/2023 - Climbing

Hugo Parmentier climbs his first 8C boulder, Le pied à Coulisse at fontainebleau

On 11 March 2023 French rock climber Hugo Parmentier sent his first 8C boulder problem, Le pied à Coulisse at fontainebleau in France.

27/03/2023 - Climbing

Steve McClure makes quick trip up Le Voyage at Annot

On 23/03/2023 at Annot in France British rock climber Steve McClure made a fast repeat of 'Le Voyage', the difficult trad climb first ascended by James Pearson in 2017.

26/02/2023 - Interviews

Solenne Piret, impossible dreams do come true

Solenne Piret, born without her right forearm, is one of the strongest paraclimbers. With two world championship titles and boulder problems up to 7B to her name, she lives her life chasing dreams that she now knows she can...