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On his first visit to Buoux in France Alexander Megos repeated a slew of classic testpieces. His standout ascent is a flash of ‘Agincourt’, the historic 8c established by Ben Moon in 1989.

British climber Jim Pope has made only the third ascent of Dynamics of Change at Burbage South, England. This E9 7a trad climb was first ascended by Pete Whittaker in 2008 and repeated by Neil Kershaw in 2014.

Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik has made the first ascent of ‘Mount Doom’, a 9A boulder boulder problem in Maltatal, Austria.

Italian climber Elias Iagnemma has repeated 'Ephyra' (8C+) at Chironico in Switzerland.

American climber Brooke Raboutou has repeated 'Direct North' (8B+) at the Buttermilks, Bishop, USA in just a single session.

In December 2024 Norwegian rock climber Mari Augusta Salvesen repeated 'The Zone' (E9 6c) at Curbar Edge, UK. In doing so she joined only handful of other women who have climbed E9.

German climber Yannick Flohé has repeated the 8C+ boulder problem 'Story of Three Worlds' in Cresciano, Switzerland.

Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret has completed her third 8c onsight, 'Popolni mrk' at Misja pec in Slovenia.

The video of Adam Ondra's flash of the 8B+ boulder problem 'El Elegido' at La Pedriza in Spain.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has repeated 'Esclatamàsters' (9a) at Perles in Spain.

Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated 'The Full Journey', the 9b at Margalef in Spain first climbed in 2022 by Alex Megos.

British rock climber Shauna Coxsey has made the third ascent of 'Mito Sit' (8B+) in Sintra, Portugal.

23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has sent her third 8c onsight, 'American Hustle' at Oliana in Spain.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has repeated 'Soudain Seul' in Fontainebleau, France. The problem was originally established by Simon Lorenzi in 2021 and graded 9A, and is Ondra's hardest to date.

The video of Elias Iagnemma making the first ascent of 'The Big Slamm' at Tintorale in Abruzzo. This is the first 9A boulder problem in Italy.

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has made the fourth free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. First climbed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2015, it was repeated by Adam Ondra in 2016 and is...