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53-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of Peaceful Mountain 9a at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.

29-year-old Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of Bomba 9b at Bus de La Stria (Hotel Olivo) in Arco, Garda Trentino, Italy.

The Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme has announced it has cancelled the last two stages of the Ice Climbing World Cup in Russia. Published below is the official UIAA press release.

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the International Federation of Sport Climbing has officially suspended the first stages of the Speed and boulder World Cup 2022, originally scheduled to take place from 1 to 3 April 2022 in Moscow. Published below is the official IFSC press release.

A great day bouldering in Valle Bavona, Switzerland on Grandissimo, a 7C+ highball put up by Daniel Woods in 2020.

Today at Grotta dell'Arenauta in Italy Stefano Ghisolfi made the first ascent of L'Arenauta, an old project bolted by Giuliano Tarquini for which Ghisolfi has now proposes the grade 9b.

The video of Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi making the first ascent of Big Conviction 8C+ at Fontainebleau in France, January 2022.

An international team comprised of Pepo Jurado from Ecuador, Romano Marcotti from Chile and Sebastian Pelletti from Australia have made the first ascent of Cuerno Este, one the striking Cuernos del Paine peaks in the Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile.

At the bouldering spot Tintorale in Abruzzo, Italy, Elias Iagnemma has made the first ascent of Ganesh, for which the 26-year proposes the grades 8C+.

On Saturday 29 January at Saas Fee in Switzerland local favourite Petra Klingler and France's Louna Ladevant won the 2022 Lead Ice Climbing World Championships. Mohsen Beheshti Rad and Natalia Savitskaia were crowned Speed World Champions on Friday 28 January.

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.