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American rock climber and photographer Glenn Denny (1939 - 2022) has passed away. Author of numerous classics such as West Face of Leaning Tower and Astroman, his images captured the Golden Age of rock climbing in Yosemite National Park.

The video portrait of Warren Harding, a driving force in the development of big wall climbing during the Golden Age of Yosemite climbing. The story is adapted from the award-winning feature documentary Valley Uprising by Reel Rock.

Claude Gardien, historic editor-in-chief of the French magazine Vertical, remembers Simone Badier who passed away on 18 March 2022. Born in 1936 and as talented as she was discreet, she was one of the leading figures in women's climbing and...

Belgian rock climber Sébastien Berthe has made a swift repeat of El Niño on El Capitan, managing to onsight or flash almost all of this classic Huber testpiece in a single day.

Soline Kentzel from France and Sébastien Berthe have made a free ascent of Golden Gate on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has abandoned his attempt to free climb Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. First climbed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson and repeated by Adam Ondra, this is known as the most difficult big...

The video of Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama making the first free ascent of Hanabi, the 8c+ freed by the 52-year-old at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan at the end of 2021.

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

Belgian climbers Sébastien Berthe and Siebe Vanhee are currently attempting to climb The Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite.

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

The video portrait of Lynn Hill, one of the greatest and most influential rock climbers of all times.

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...

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...

Podcasts # 8 and # 9 of Climbing Sparkling Moments by La Sportiva explore Lynn Hill's historic first free ascent of the nose on El Capitan in Yosemite in 1993, and a rare repeat carried out by Jorg Verhoeven in...

Jernej Kruder from Slovenia, climbing with Marco Jube has repeated Piz dal Nas on the North Face of Titlis in Switzerland. The 480m 8b was freed in 2010 by Matthias Trottmann.

At Montserrat in Spain Belgian climber Seb Berthe has made the first repeat of Arco Iris, the 200m 8c+ multi-pitch freed by Edu Marín in 2020.