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Interview with German climber Alexander Megos who on 4 January 2024 made the first repeat of Sleeping Lion at Siurana in Spain. Established by Chris Sharma in March 2023 and originally graded 9b+, Megos believes the route warrants 9b.

Alexander Megos has made the first repeat of Sleeping Lion, the Siurana testpiece put up by Chris Sharma in March 2023.

On 27 December 2023 26-year-old Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi repeated Burden of Dreams at Lappnor in Finland, claiming his third 9A boulder problem after Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland and Soudain Seul at Fontainebleau in France.

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has repeated Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland. Success caps a stellar year for Schubert who in September made the first ascent of BIG (9c) at Flatanger in Norway.

Climbing alpine style from 4 - 8 December 2023, Oriol Baro, Martín Elías and Nicolas Tapia completed the first ascent of 'Arista Norte' (WI5, M5 3000m), a 'dream line' up the North Ridge of Cerro San Valentin (4058m) in Patagonia.

American climber Michaela Kiersch has spent a month in Margalef, Spain, during which she has amassed an impressive list of climbs including 'Era Vella' (9a), 'Victimes del futur' (9a) and 'Coma sant pere' (8c+).

The video of French climber Sébastien Bouin repeating Move Hard, the 9b at Flatanger in Norway freed by Adam Ondra in 2017.

25-year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has repeated 'Vecchio Leone Sit Start' in Brione. In doing so he has climbed his first 8C+ boulder problem.

From 29 - 31 October 2023 Czech mountaineers Jakub Vlček and Marek Disman have made the first ascent of 'Honzova cesta' on Tengi Ragi Tau (6938m) in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal.

30-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.

Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven has made the first female ascent of 'La Fuerza de la Gravedad', an 8b trad roof crack at Vadiello in Spain.

German climber Florian Wientjes has made the second ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan put up by Ryuchi Murai in 2021.

Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made the fifth ascent of Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in France first ascended in 2020 by Alex Megos.

24-year-old Slovenian climber Janja Garnbret has made a fast repeat of New Base Line (8B+) at Magic Wood in Switzerland.

Interview with Jakob Schubert after the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger in Norway last week. The 32-year-old Austrian has now called the climb B.I.G. and suggested the grade 9c. This is currently the third route in the world...

Watch Austrian climber Jakob Schubert attempt 'Project Big' at Flatanger in Norway live on youtube today at 17:30.