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From 1 - 4 May 2014 Ryan Jennings and Kevin Cooper made the first ascent of Stairway to Heaven up the North Face of Mt. Johnson, Ruth Gorge, Alaska

Niccolò Ceria talks about his recent bouldering trip to the Åland Islands in Finland.

The Madonna di Campiglio Mountain Guides introduces Torre del Porto, the new crag close to Mattinata in the Gargano Natural Park (Puglia, Italy).

Igor Simoni introduces Albarracin, one of the most famous bouldering areas in Spain.

Climb China, the guidebook by Kevin Wojton, Karen Thang and Ana Pautler: a selection of the best climbs from China and Hong Kong.

The fourth edition of the San Vito Climbing Festival took place at San Vito Lo Capo in Sicily from 15 to 18 May 2014. The report and portfolio of this international climbing meeting by official photographer Roberto Zampino.

The thoughts of Manuel Lugli about the ascent of Kangchenjunga carried out on 17/05/2014 by the Italian alpinists Romano Benet and Nives Meroi.

The summit of Kangchenjunga reached by Denis Urubko via the NW Face reveals a great chapter in alpinism and a great team effort which included the great mountaineers Alex Txikon, Dmitri Sinev, Artem Braun and Adam Bielecki.

In April 2014 Cecilia Buil and Sergio Almada made the first ascent of Piedra Bolada in Mexico via their new route Rastamuri (VI, 5.11/A4, 1030m).

On 18 May 2014 Davide Capozzi and Julien Herry snowboarded down the NE Face of Testa di Valnontey (Gran Paradiso), skied for the first and only time by Remy Lecluse in 2010. The report by Davide Capozzi.

On Saturday 17 May 2014 Italian alpinists Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summited Kangchenjunga (8.586m), the third highest mountain in the world. Their ascent marks a great return to the Himalaya and is also an important and unique journey.

The Rome stage of Salewa Rockshow 2014 took place at the Vertical Park gym on Saturday 17 May. This was won by Sebastiano Labozzetta and Arianna Russo, while the Under 16 category was won by Davide Di Santo and Laura...

May update by Maurizio Oviglia about the latest climbing news from Sardinia: three big new routes in the Supramonte massif.

At 9:40am local time on 19 May Russian alpinist Denis Urubko reached the summit of Kangchenjunga from the north, while Italy's Marco Camandona summited yesterday from the south as did Spain's Carlos Soria. This is the 75-year-old's 12th 8000er.

The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2014 was won on Saturday night at Innsbruck, Austria, by Kilian Fischhuber and Shauna Coxsey. Michael Piccolruaz from Italy placed 6th.

Interview with Austrian alpinist David Lama two years after the first free ascent of the Compressor route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia, carried out with Peter Ortner in January 2012.