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![Laura Pineau, from Freerider on El Capitan to Turkey Crack at Cadarese](/uploads/img/3/129553.jpg)
15/07/2024 - Climbing
Laura Pineau, from Freerider on El Capitan to Turkey Crack at Cadarese French climber Laura Pineau reports about some of her most recent ascents that include a free repeat of 'Freerider' on El Capitan in Yosemite and a fast repeat of 'Turkey Crack' at Cadarese in Italy.
![Didier Berthod finally climbs Cobra Crack at Squamish, Canada](/uploads/img/3/128080.jpg)
15/05/2024 - Climbing
Didier Berthod finally climbs Cobra Crack at squamish, Canada Swiss climber Didier Berthod has repeated Cobra Crack at squamish in Canada. Freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2006 and hailed as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world at the time, this fierce splitter was almost freed by...
![ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy](/uploads/img/3/124412.jpg)
05/12/2023 - Environment
ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC...
![Connor Herson's staggering Squamish sending spree](/uploads/img/3/89110.jpg)
17/08/2023 - Climbing
Connor Herson's staggering squamish sending spree American climber Connor Herson has made the second ascent of Crack of Destiny (5.14b/8c) and a fast repeat of Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c) at squamish, Canada. Other repeats include Spirit Quest (5.14d/9a), Tainted Love (5.13d R/8b) and the multipitch Télmexw (5.13c/8a+).
![Didier Berthod makes first ascent of The Crack of Destiny at Squamish in Canada](/uploads/img/3/84933.jpg)
27/06/2023 - Climbing
Didier Berthod makes first ascent of The Crack of Destiny at squamish in Canada Swiss climber Didier Berthod has made the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny on The Chief at squamish in Canada. Graded 5.14, this checks in as one of the hardest crack climbs in North America.
![Video: Paige Claassen, from Dreamcatcher to motherhood](/uploads/img/3/72693.jpg)
20/06/2023 - Climbing
Video: Paige Claassen, from Dreamcatcher to motherhood The film Love featuring American rock climber Paige Claassen and her efforts to balance her climbing and her career.
![Michaela Kiersch sends Siurana's La Rambla (9a+)](/uploads/img/3/81103.jpg)
29/01/2023 - Climbing
Michaela Kiersch sends Siurana's La Rambla (9a+) American climber Michaela Kiersch has climbed her first 9a+, La Rambla (9a+) at Siurana, Spain. The 28-year-old is only the third woman to repeat this classic test after Margo Hayes in 2017 and Chaehyun Seo in 2022.
![Émilie Pellerin, possibly the best climber you’ve never heard of](/uploads/img/3/80907.jpg)
15/01/2023 - Climbing
Émilie Pellerin, possibly the best climber you’ve never heard of The video Em by Alexa Fay, featuring Canadian rock climber Émilie Pellerin, possibly the best climber you’ve never heard of.
![Watch Michaela Kiersch climbing Dreamcatcher at Squamish](/uploads/img/3/80733.jpg)
01/01/2023 - Climbing
Watch Michaela Kiersch climbing Dreamcatcher at squamish The video of Michaela Kiersch sending her first 9a, Dreamcatcher at squamish, Canada.
![Bronwyn Hodgins repeats Necronomicon horizontal roof crack at Canyonlands, USA](/uploads/img/3/80298.jpg)
02/12/2022 - Climbing
Bronwyn Hodgins repeats Necronomicon horizontal roof crack at Canyonlands, USA Canadian rock climber Bronwyn Hodgins has repeated the horizontal roof crack Necronomicon (5.13d/14a) at Moab, Canyonlands USA. The crack climb was first ascended by Jean-Pierre Ouellet in 2011.
![Michaela Kiersch nails New Base Line at Magic Wood, Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/76982.jpg)
30/05/2022 - Climbing
Michaela Kiersch nails New Base Line at Magic Wood, Switzerland American rock climber Michaela Kiersch has repeated New Base Line, the 8B+ boulder problem at Magic Wood in Switzerland.
![Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago](/uploads/img/3/75626.jpg)
22/03/2022 - Climbing
Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago The video of Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama making the first free ascent of Hanabi, the 8c+ freed by the 52-year-old at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan at the end of 2021.
![Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, Japan](/uploads/img/3/75319.jpg)
07/03/2022 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, Japan 53-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of Peaceful Mountain 9a at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.
![Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in Japan](/uploads/img/3/74163.jpg)
22/12/2021 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in Japan 52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.
![Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021](/uploads/img/3/73760.jpg)
23/11/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021 Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in Briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.
![Barbara Zangerl and the invisible bond of a climbing partnership](/uploads/img/3/73511.jpg)
05/11/2021 - Interviews
Barbara Zangerl and the invisible bond of a climbing partnership One of the great all-round climbers of our time, 33-year-old Austrian Barbara Zangerl, talks about the bond that is created when climbing. Check out the third article of our series created with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today and tomorrow...
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