The news

On 03/11/2024 French climber Caroline Ciavaldini repeated ‘Greenspit (8b/+) in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.

Parks Victoria and the Victorian Government in Australia have announced huge increases in areas banned to rock climbing. According to the Australian Climbing Association Victoria, the new legislation will affect half of the climbing at the world-famous crag Arapiles.

On Tuesday 29th of October, Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl repeated 'Magic Line' (5.14c /8c+) in Yosemite Valley, California.

25-year-old Yannick Flohé has repeated Janus (9a+) at Angerstein in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has repeated 'Hades' (9a) at Götterwandl in Nassereith , Austria.

The video of Connor Herson making the fifth ascent of Meltdown, one of the hardest climbs in Yosemite.

Watch American climber Michaela Kiersch bouldering in Rocklands in summer 2024, where she sent a long list of hard climbs including Amandla 8B+ despite a fractured finger.

The development of Gola di Mikado, a beautiful new sport climbing crag near Capo Pecora in Sardinia, has been completed thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. All the details directly from Maurizio Oviglia, who bolted the routes together with Antonio Iaria...

On 2 September 2024 Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett made the first ascent of 'Line Dancing' (800m, E5 6b) on the SW Face of Stetind in Norway.

American climber Connor Herson has made a rare repeat of 'Magic Line' (8.14c/8c+), one of the most difficult crack climbs in Yosemite Valley.

The video of Austrian climber Louis Gundolf making the first free ascent of an old David Lama project on the south face of Laserz in the Lienz Dolomites, Austria. The 250m multipitch has been called 'Projekt Lama' and graded 8c+.

Belgian climber Hannes Van Duysen has repeated 'Es Pontás', the 9a+ DWS on Mallorca in Spain first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2006.

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first repeat of Spots of Time, established by Aidan Roberts in the Lake District, UK, in February 2024. Bosi has now become the first person to climb four different V17/9A boulder problems.

From Ukraine comes the terrible news that the extremely talented strong climber Maksym Petrenko was killed in battle close to Toretsk.

British climber Toby Roberts has climbed his hardest sport climb to date, Gancho Perfecto (9a+) in Margalef, Spain.

The Croatian Mountaineering Association reports about new climbs added to the peaks in the Grebaje valley, Montenegro.