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French rock climber Sébastien Bouin has made a rare repeat of Jumbo Love, the 9b at Clark Mountain, USA, first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2008.

The Lines Of Legends series featuring Andrea and Marco Zanone and directed by Yuri Palma continues, this time with Are You Ready?, the classic 8b+ at Châteauvert in France established by Patrick Edlinger.

French climber Solène Amoros has sent her first 8c+, La flûte en chantier at La Ramirole in the verdon Gorge.

54-year-old Swiss climber Chris Frick reports about his recent repeat of Stop Sika, an 8c at Rawyl in Switzerland.

The fourth episode of the Petzl Legend Tour Italy is now online and explores the cradle of Italian sport climbing, Arco and the Sarca Valley

On Friday 5 August French rock climber Sébastien Bouin made the third ascent of the 9b+ Change at Flatanger, first ascended by Adam Ondra in 2012 and repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020.

Swiss climbers Katherine Choong and Jim Zimmermann have both repeated Hattori Hanzo, the seven pitch 8b+ on the North Face of Titlis above Engelberg in Switzerland, first ascended by Matthias Trottmann.

French climber Sébastien Bouin has made the first repeat of Iron Curtain at Flatanger in Norway. First ascended by Adam Ondra in 2013 without kneepads and graded 9b, with kneepads Bouin believes it warrants 9a+.

The new climbing series Hidden Gems with Seb Bouin, featuring the crag Thaurac.

The short film 'The verdon Gorge - The Origins of Sport Climbing' by American filmmaker Keith Ladzinski that explores the history of sport climbing in the verdon Gorge in France through the eyes of François Guillot, Bruno Clément, Alan Carne,...

On Friday 29 April Sébastien Bouin made the first ascent of DNA in the Ramirole sector of the verdon Gorge in France. The French climber has suggested the grade 9c, making it one of the most difficult sport climbs in...

On 18/04/2022 Swiss rock climber Katherine Choong repeated the 8b multipitch 'La Ramirole' (150m, 8b) in the verdon Gorge, France

28-year-old Nolwen Berthier has climbed her first 9a+, Super Crackinette at Saint Léger du Ventoux in France.

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.

The second episode of Lines Of Legends directed by Yuri Palma features Andrea and Marco Zanone versus Stone Love, the famous 8b+ first ascended by British rock climber Jerry Moffatt in Germany's Frankenjura in 1988.