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The Black Diamond Drytoolcup 2013 takes place on 7/12/2013 at Brno, Czech Republic.

In February 2010 Helmut Gargitter, Simon Kehrer, Gonzalez Rubio and Ivan Calderon made the first ascent of Tierra de Condors (7a+, 800m), a new route up Ritacuba Blanco (5350m) in Colombia.

Fisioterapia d'urto (350m, 7c+/8a max, obligatory 7b) the new route put up by Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori on the North Face of Cima Dagnola (2195m, Brenta Dolomites) and freed in August by Larcher, Giupponi and Herman Zanetti....

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.

15 years after making the first ascent of the big wall El Gigante in Mexico's Candameña canyon, Spanish climber Cecilia Buil has now established Tehué (VI, 700m 7a/A3) together with Tiny Almada from Mexico.

The recent climbs of Vanessa François, Hazel Findlay, Pamela Pack, Emma Twyford, Katy Whittaker, Shauna Coxsey, Alizée Dufraisse, Eva López, Ashima Shiraishi and Angelina Scarth-Johnson.

In August Carlo Cosi, Enrico Geremia, Nicolò Geremia and Andrea Simonini climbed two new routes up the impressive West Face of Lower Guvercinlik (3000m), Aladaglar: Atomic Folder (600m, 7b+/c (1pA1), 7b obl, RS3) and Mostro Turco (650m, 8a (2pA1), 7b+obl,...

Dutch rock climber Jorg Verhoeven talks about his recent solitary ascent of 5.13a up El Capitan, Yosemite.

Stohlwond,the small autumn paradise close to Sterzing. The second in our series "Crags for each season"  published together with Vertical-Life.info.

Diego Pezzoli recounts his recent of the aid climb Atlantis (400m, A1+/A2, 8-/8) up the Blamann Wall, Kvaløya Island, Norway.

Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Evrard Wendenbaum have established a new route up the South Pillar of Kyzyl Asker, China.

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.

20-year-old climber Nathan Lee has made the first ascent of Unknown Stones E9 6c at Wimberry in England.

The report of the beautiful climbing trip up North, between the sea and the rock faces on the Lofoten island, Norway. By Giovanni Zaccaria and Alice Lazzaro.

In early September 2013 the Portugese climbers Daniela Teixeira and Paulo Roxo made the first ascent Kapura South (6350m) in the Nangma Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan, via their route Never Ending Dreams (1300m, M4).

In late September and Simon Gietl and Mark Oberlechner established Scharfe Helene (VIII-, 320m), Crep de Boè (2465m), Sella, Dolomites.