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Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi has made the first ascent of Big Conviction, an 8C+ boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France.

16-year-old climber Oriane Bertone has repeated Karma, the legendary boulder problem at Fontainebleau first ascended in 1995 by Fred Nicole. This is likely to be the first female ascent of iconic bouldering problem.

The video of Swiss climber Giuliano Cameroni making the fourth ascent of Off the Wagon, the 8C+ boulder problem freed by Shawn Raboutou in 2018 in Val Bavona, Switzerland and repeated by Cameroni in May 2021.

The video documenting the first ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan freed by Ryuichi Murai at the start of December 2021.

On 23 December 2021 Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Taurus, a new 9b sport climb at Byci Skala in the Czech Republic.

52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.

The third behind the scenes video of Adam Ondra and his preparation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brutal training is important, but not the only variable.

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of his Launch Pad Project at Mizugaki in Japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.

At Covolo in Italy Silvio Reffo has made the first ascent of Musa, a new sport climb graded 9a.

At Gaby in Italy’s Aosta Valley, Marcello Bombardi and Elias Iagnemma have both repeated Ziqqurat, the 8C boulder established in 2015 by Niccolò Ceria.

Belgian rock climber Simon Lorenzi has repeated Off the Wagon Low 8C+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. His is only the fifth ascent after Shawn Raboutou, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Giuliano Cameroni.

Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our article written in conjunction with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday,...

36-year-old Dutchman Jorg Verhoven has been climbing for over 25 years and his achievements span the climbing spectrum from big walls in Yosemite to 8C boulders, after having won the Lead World Cup 2006. His thoughts about the state of climbing indoors and outdoor feature in the fourth article of...

The video and the report of the La Sportiva Athletes Climbing Meeting which was took place from 11-13 October 2021 in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.

Interview with Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret who just the other day completed the coveted first female 8c onsight with her ascent of Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain. Two days later she doubled her takings by on sighting the 8c American Hustle.

The report by Jacopo Lacher who, at the end of October in Valle dell’Orco, Italy, freed the trad climbs ‘Blood Diamond’ at the crag Diamante and an old project of Adriano Trombetta at the base of Sergent, now called Shikantaza (aka. ‘Il progetto Tromba’).