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On 23 December 2021 Adam Ondra made the First Ascent of Taurus, a new 9b sport climb at Byci Skala in the Czech Republic.

Winter attempts on some of the highest mountains in the world are about to begin: Hervé Barmasse, David Göttler, Mike Arnold and Qudrat Ali will attempt Nanga Parbat; Simone Moro, Alex Txikon and Rinzee Sherpa will try their luck on...

In April British rock climber Franco Cookson made the First Ascent of Immortal at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK. Graded E11 7b, it currently stands as one of the most difficult and dangerous in the country.

At 17:00 CET today Stefano Ghisolfi will share his uncut ascent of the 9b+ Bibliographie at Céüse in France. The 28-year-old will be online on youtube to answer questions.

Winter climbing in Scotland: on 10 December 2021 Simon Richardson and Mark Robson made the First Ascent of Princess Cut (VI,6) on Glas Leathad Beag on Ben Wyvis.

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

Over a period of 11 days at the start of December 2021 Polish mountaineers Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki made the First Ascent of Frozen Fight Club (A3, M7, 780m)on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango, Krakorum, Pakistan.

At the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy, Stefano Ghisolfi has made the First Ascent of The Lonely Mountain 9b.

The Aosta Valley Climbing Club has announced that the siblings from Courmayeur Luca and Martina Blanchet have won the Tiro Leader 2021 competition. The event at the crag La città di Uruk crag in Val Sapin, Italy, involved freeing two...

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the First Ascent of his Launch Pad Project at Mizugaki in Japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.

On 05/12/2021 Greg Boswell, Hamish Frost and Graham McGrath have established 'Take Me Back To The Desert', a completely new winter line on Beinn Eighe in Scotland.

The uncut video of Jorge Díaz-Rullo making the First Ascent of Cafe solo 9b at Margalef in Spain in November 2021.

At Covolo in Italy Silvio Reffo has made the First Ascent of Musa, a new sport climb graded 9a.

The video of Caroline Ciavaldini climbing Gaia and James Pearson repeating Harder, Faster at Black Rocks in the UK.

Last summer British rock climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker spent four days making the First Ascent of The Great Rift, a circa 800m horizontal multi-pitch roof crack below a motorway bridge in the UK.

Belgian rock climber Simon Lorenzi has repeated Off the Wagon Low 8C+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. His is only the fifth ascent after Shawn Raboutou, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Giuliano Cameroni.