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The first photos of the climbing wall that will be used for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Sport climbing is scheduled to take place at Le Bourget from Monday 5 to Saturday 10 August.

Eddie Fowke reports about the first leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series held in Shanghai 10 days ago. The second leg will take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 June and the combined results will enable the world’s...

British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

The climbing film 'Valhalla, cielo de roca' featuring Edu Marin making the first ascent of his huge 9a+ multi-pitch sports climb through the Grand Arch at Getu in China

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has repeated Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland. Success caps a stellar year for Schubert who in September made the first ascent of BIG (9c) at Flatanger in Norway.

Members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have voted to make committing to a Race To Zero initiative by the end of 2024 a mandatory requirement of association membership. In a process that was open to all members, 88% of...

From 7 - 13 October 2023 American climbers Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell and Alan Rousseau made an alpine style ascent of the North Face of Jannu (7710m). Their 2700m high 'Round Trip Ticket' breaches difficulties estimated at M7 AI5+ A0.

Yesterday at the IFSC Speed European Qualifier in Rome, Italy, Aleksandra Miroslaw from Poland and Bassa Mawem from France secured Speed Climbing spots at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. In the qualifiers Miroslaw set a new world record by stopping...

From 19-24 August Swiss alpinists Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of Renaissance, a big new climb on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. The pair climbed the 1220m line without the use of...

Austria’s Jakob Schubert won the men's combined Boulder & Lead in Bern last night , while America's Colin Duffy took silver and Japan's Tomoa Narasaki bronze. All three have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

The women’s combined Boulder & Lead was won in Bern last night by Janja Garnbret, while Jessica Pilz took silver and Ai Mori bronze. All three have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret and Japan's Sorato Anraku are provisional first after yesterday's combined Boulder & Lead Semifinal. The women's finals take place tomorrow while the men's is scheduled for Saturday, with the top three qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic...

The Olympic combined Boulder & Lead Semifinals take place in Bern, Switzerland, today. 40 athletes will compete in Boulder and Lead to win the first batch of 10 Olympic quota places for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

The 2023 Sport Climbing World Championships begin today in Bern, Switzerland. The event will award world titles in Boulder, Lead, Speed and Paraclimbing, also distribute the first batch of 10 Olympic quota places for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Watch the first episode of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert deep water solo climbing on the island of Mallorca and making the first repeat of Chris Sharma's 'Alasha'. The crux consists of an 8A boulder problem 15 meters above the water.

Interview with Simon Gietl after the first ascent of Goldfish on Meru South in India, carried out alpine style from 11 - 13 May 2023 with Mathieu Maynadier and Roger Schäli. Interview by Bulgarian journalist Tanya Ivanova.