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At the end of December Simone Moro from Italy and Denis Urubko from Kazakhistan will attempt the first winter ascent of Makalu 8463m (Himalaya, Nepal), the fifth highest mountain in the world.

Barbara Raudner has climbed Doubleoverhead 8c at the Adlitzgräben in Austria.

Close to Misja Pec and Ospo, Crni Kal offers splendid climbing in Slovenia with almost 200 routes to chose from.

Andreas Bindhammer from Germany has carried out the first repeats of Big Hammer 9a at the Pinswang in Austria and PunktX 9a/9a+ at the Gorges du Loup, France.

Kevin Jorgeson carries out the second ascent of The Groove, Cratcliffe Tor, England, while continuing his gritstone raid together with fellow American Alex Honnold.

Gianni Canale and Aldo Mazzotti have made the first ascent of "Mister Magoo" (7c, 120m) on Piccolo Dain, Valle del Sarca, Arco.

Climbers have whispered about the sport climbing potential on the enchanting Amalfi Coast for many years. Cristiano Bacci now reveals the secrets around Montepertuso, close to Positano.

American climber Alex Honnold has flashed the gritstone testpiece Gaia E8 6c at Black Rocks, Peak Distict, England.

Filmmaker Alastair Lee gives exclusive insight into his latest climbing film, On sight, which examines the unpredictable, exciting and at times dangerous game of on-sighting trad routes, regardless of the grade of the climb.

From 21 September to 9 October an Italian team led by of Mauro Florit visited Morocco's Taghia, where they carried out the first ascent of "Mai molar berbère" on the SE Face of Tagoujimt n'Tsouiannt (TD+, 500 metri, max...

Adam Ondra and his holidays in Sardinia, where he managed the first ever on-sight of "Hotel Supramonte" before making the first ascent of "Campo con corvi" 9a at Bronx.

Hansjörg Auer reminds all how important it is to tie a knot into the end of the rope, even at the crag.

American climber Kevin Jorgeson has made the first ever ground up ascent of an E9 gritstone climb, Parthian Shot E9 6c, Burbage, England.

In summer 2007 Marco Sterni, Mauro Kraus, Marco Giuffrida and Serena Bonin carried out the first ascent of 'Quel calcare nell'anima' (380m, 6c, 6b obl.) on the West Face of Tofana di Rozes (Dolomites). In summer 2008 Sterni and Mauro...

With more than 500 routes, Muzzerone is one of the most important areas in Italy for sport climbing.

At the start of October Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva added a new free route, "The Secret Passage" 5.13c to El Capitan, Yosemite.