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Nicolas Navarrete, Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez have made the First Ascent of 'Kundalini' (700m, 7a) on the East Face of Cuerno Norte in the Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile.

German climber Yannick Flohé has repeated the 8C+ boulder problem 'Story of Three Worlds' in Cresciano, Switzerland.

The video of Adam Ondra's flash of the 8B+ boulder problem 'El Elegido' at La Pedriza in Spain.

Gabriele Gorobey reports about the March 2023 First Ascent, with Davide Gaeta and Guido De Sabbata, of Kairos (8a+, 230m), a new multi-pitch route on Paroi de la Cascade in Taghia, Morocco.

The video of Elias Iagnemma making the First Ascent of 'The Big Slamm' at Tintorale in Abruzzo. This is the first 9A boulder problem in Italy.

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has made the fourth free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. First climbed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2015, it was repeated by Adam Ondra in 2016 and is...

French rock climber Sébastien Bouin has made the First Ascent of 'El Gran Cabrón' in the Shegeng Cave in China. Graded 9b, this now stands as the hardest sport climb in the country

The video of Basque mountaineers Tasio Martin and Ibon Mendia making the First Ascent of 'Dardara' (500m, 7b+?) on Aguja Mermoz in Patagonia.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has flashed the 8B+ boulder problem 'El Elegido' at La Pedriza, Spain, describing the feat as 'possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most.'

German alpinist Robert Jasper has been awarded the 'Primus Inter Pares 2024' prize from the Polski Związek Alpinizmu, the Polish Alpine Club. This award recognises his extraordinary life's work and his pioneering first ascents in the field of alpinism

The video of German climber Alexander Megos making the First Ascent of 'Tuareg Blanco' (9b/+) at Margalef in Spain.

On 19/01/2025 Simon Messner and Philipp Prünster made the First Ascent of the icefall '4Matic' (WI5, 300m) on the Laaser Ferner Wand in the Lasa Valley, a side valley of the Vinschgau valley in South Tyrol, Italy. Messner reports.

On the north face of Cima Busazza in the Adamello – Presanella group, Emanuele Andreozzi and Silvestro Franchini have made the First Ascent of Tomas. The new mixed climb is dedicated to Silvestro's brother, Tomas Franchini, who perished last summer...

In December 2024 Matías Korten and Ignacio Mulero established 'Eternal Flauta' (220m, 7a+) on the East face of El Mochito in the Cerro Torre group in Patagonia. Mulero reports

British rock climber Fay Manners reports about a climbing trip to Morocco towards the end of last year which resulted in the first ascents of three new trad climbs together with

Tommaso Lamantia and Luca Moroni have made the First Ascent of the mixed climb 'Gli Artigli di Dade' in the Gondoschlucht / Gole di Gondo at Gabi, Switzerland. The report by Lamantia and Moroni.