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The first episode following Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach, François Cazzanelli and Symon Welfringer as they attempt the east pillar of the Ogre, one of the most difficult climbs in the world.

Members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have voted to make committing to a Race To Zero initiative by the end of 2024 a mandatory requirement of association membership. In a process that was open to all members, 88% of...

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has published a list of all the Sport Climbing athletes participating in the Olympic Qualifier Series prior to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC...

The IFSC Boulder & Lead Asian Qualifier is currently taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia, with four tickets up for grabs for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,

An online petition has been launched to 'save' the Sassolungo Group in the Dolomites from privatisation. Over 45 thousand signatures have been collected so far.

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.

The Pan American Games 2023 concluded in Santiago, Chile, yesterday with Team USA making a clean sweep and winning all four slots for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Piper Kelly and Samuel Watson qualified for Speed, Jesse Grupper & Natalia...

Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee has made rope-solo ascents of 'El Pilar del Cantábrico' on Naranjo de Bulnes / Picu Urreillu in Spain and 'Une Jolie Fleur dans un Peaux de Vache' and 'Take it or Leave it' in the Verdon...

On the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites) Iris Bielli, Matteo Della Bordella, Massimo Faletti and Maurizio Giordani have made the first ascent of Madre Roccia. The 900m climb breaches difficulties of 8b max and 7b mandatory. A total of 18...

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2022. The honoured ascents will receive the 2023 Piolets d'Or award during the celebration in Briançon, France, from...

From 19-24 August Swiss alpinists Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of Renaissance, a big new climb on the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. The pair climbed the 1220m line without the use of...

Italian climber Laura Rogora has onsighted her first 8c, 'Ajo crude' at Cicera in Spain. She is only the third woman to succeed in this feat, after Janja Garnbret (2021) and Chaehyun Seo (2022).

Remembering Ermanno Salvaterra, the great Italian mountaineer of the Brenta Dolomites and Patagonia, who perished yesterday while climbing on Campanile Alto di Brenta.

Austria’s Jakob Schubert won the men's Combined Boulder & Lead in Bern last night , while America's Colin Duffy took silver and Japan's Tomoa Narasaki bronze. All three have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games