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From 20 - 24 November 2013 more than 110 film from 27 countries will be screened at the Bansko Film Festival in Bulgaria. Special guests include Peter Habeler, Simone Origone, Christian Stangl, Géraldine Fassnacht, Juanito Oiarzabal and Benedikt Purner.

American climber Cheyne Lempe has set a new rope-solo Speed record on the Salathé Wall, climbing the historic route up El Capitan in Yosemite in 20 hours 6 minutes.

The dates and the trailer of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2014, with stages scheduled in Korea, Romania, Switzerland, France, Italy and Russia.

A look back at Ueli Steck and his solo ascent of the South Face of Annapurna... I've been surprised for years, and I don't envy them because the great thing is knowing and realising that these "visionaries" are up...

Following the U.S. Shutdown, all National Parks are now officially closed such as Yosemite National Park where the climbers on the big walls will be the last to leave.

Mayan Smith-Gobat from New Zealand and Libby Sauter from America have set a new women's Speed record up The Nose in Yosemite, climbing the iconic route in 5 hours and 39 minutes.

From 27 to 29 September Perm hosted the Russian stage of the World Cup Lead and Speed. The Lead event was won by Spain's Ramón Julian Puigblanque and Korea's Jain Kim, while the fastest in the Speed event were the...

Interview with Chilean alpinist Camilo Rada after the first ascent, carried out with Natalia Martinez from Argentina, of a new route up the North Face of Monte Sarmiento in Patagonia. Suerte de Sarmiento is only the second route to the...

On Saturday night at Stuttgart, Germany, Jernej Kruder from Slovenia and Juliane Wurm from Germany win the 2013 adidas Rockstars, beating Russia's Rustam Gelmanov and Britain's Shauna Coxsey.

Ivo Ferrari and Cresta Segantini: the ascent of the Grignetta west ridge, beautiful in both summer and winter.

The results of the Lead Semifinale and the pre-quarter finals of the IFSC Climbing World Cup Speed, currently being held at Rock Master 2013.

01/09/2013. The second and final day of Rock Junior 2013 came to an end with the Under 14 Cup, Kid's Rock and Family Rock, the climbing festival for the youngest. The Italians Laura Rogora and Filip Schenk won the trophy...

31/08/2013: the first day of Rock Junior begins today with Under 14 Cup and the Boulder and Speed disciplines.

Over 240 young climbers from 22 countries are expected at Arco, Italy, this weekend for the 13th Rock Junior event, the great international climbing festival for youngsters aged 5 to 13. This competition, the fun and games of the Under-...

The video of Adam Ondra making the first ascent of Move 9b/+ at the Hanshelleren cave Flatanger, in Norway.

Giulio Caresio analyses the visible and invisible aspects of an extraordinary achievement: the record-breaking ascent and descent of the Matterhorn in 2:52:02.