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The report by Italian climber Jacopo Larcher who repeated Underground, the 9a sports climb freed in 1998 by Manfred Stuffer at Massone close to arco (Lake Garda – Trentino), Italy.

18 year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has repeated Action Directe, the legendary 9a sport climb established by Wolfgang Güllich in Germany’s Frankenjura in 1991.

Climbing video: Maurizio Oviglia introduces his video of Luce senza memoria, the long traverse around Pedra Longa in Sardinia, first climbed in 1981 by Marco Bernardi and Alessandro Gogna.

Registration is now online for Rock Junior 2016, the youth climbing festival that will take place from 2 - 4 September 2016 at arco (Lago di Garda – Trentino) and which will end the week of great climbing at the...

At Tetto di Sarre in Valle d'Aosta, Italy, French sports climber Julia Chanourdie has climbed 'L'avaro', her first 8c+ sports climb.

The fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2016 was won last night in Innsbruck, Austria, by Shauna Coxsey and Jongwon Chon. Janja Garnbret and Tomoa Narasaki won silver, Miho Nonaka and Sean McColl bronze.

Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win the ski mountaineering World Cup 2016.Good numbers of competitors and record audience figures for the 2016 ISMF World Cups and the European Championship. Next June Albufeira, Portugal, will host the federal plenary assembly.

The Italian sport climbing Federation has announced that Luca Giupponi is the new Team Manager. Yesterday Giupponi announced the athletes that will take place in the next stage of the Bouldering World Cup, scheduled to take place in Innsbruck, Austria,...

The 13th edition of Melloblocco, the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting, came to a close today in Val Masino - Val di Mello, Italy. 2800 registered climbers underline the success of the event which has no other equals in...

The report of the second day of Melloblocco 2016. 1500 boulderer have already flocked to the valley for the social Mello climbing.

Climbing video: Stefan Stuflesser and Filip Schenk repeat Traumpfeiler, the famous multi-pitch sports climb at Cansla in the Dolomites.

Interview with 19-year-old Swedish climber Kajsa Rosén who, with T-1 Full equipe at Oliana in Spain at the end of March, carried out one of the most difficult female onsights of all times.

After a few nights spent at about 5700m, the Italian alpinists Marco Farina and François Cazzanelli have concluded their acclimatization prior to attempting the unclimbed north face of Chamlang Peak (7319 m), Nepal. Conditions are not ideal conditions and the...

The report by Marco Bozzetta who, together with Francesco Salvaterra, made the first ascent of Pace in Siria (7a+, 6c+ obligatory, 230m), a new multi-pitch rock climb up the SE Face of Dain di Pietramurata, Valle del Sarca, Italy.

Italian mountaineers Marco Farina and François Cazzanelli have reached the base of Chamlang Peak (7319 m), Nepal. In the coming days they will begin their attempts at forging a new route up the unclimbed, 2000m high north face.

On Sunday 13 March 2016 Martin Riegler and Florian Riegler repeated Pandora, the route they had established in 2008 up the Mandrea di Laghel face above arco, Italy. This recent climb may well be the route’s first free ascent.