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On 11 June 2023 Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold soloed the three ridges on the legendary Salbitschijen in 9 hours, 36 minutes and 55 seconds.

Swiss climber Didier Berthod has made the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny on The Chief at Squamish in Canada. Graded 5.14, this checks in as one of the hardest crack climbs in North America.

In March 2023 at Meteora in Greece the Italians Luca Giupponi, Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia established the multi-pitch climb Pythagoras (150m, 7a max, 6c obligatory) on the Sourloti Tower. Oviglia reports.

Italian climber Federica Mingolla has repeated Hotel Supramonte, the famous multi-pitch climb in the Gola di Gorropu gorge in Sardinia, established ground-up between 1998 and 1999 by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani.

On the 14th of May 2023 Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France climbed 100 different 7A boulder problems in Fontainebleau in a single day. Berthe provides the details of this challenging link-up which the pair completed by...

American rock climber Cedar Wright has launched the peculiar Dirtbag Fund, which will assign 5 grants of $1000 each to climbers who devote their lives to climbing on the road,

British mountaineer Livingstone reports about his January ascent with Rob Smith of the North-West face of Aiguille du Blaitiere (3522m) in the Mont Blanc massif. In all likelihood the second half of their climb shares the line ascended by Joe...

Live streaming of the XXIII edition of the Mezzalama Trophy, the legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif.

On Saturday 22 April 2023 at 5:30 the XXIII Mezzalama Trophy will begin from from Breuil-Cervinia. The legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif will be streamed live as of 8:15.

The video of French climbers Nicolas Pelorson and Lucien Martinez illustrating all the moves of Bombé Bleu, the legendary project at Buoux in France. Bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and also referred to as Chantier, this route has...

From 4 to 7 May 2023 Melloblocco, the biggest bouldering meeting in the world, returns to Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Pre-register online on www.melloblocco.it.

At Dvigrad in Croatia the Italian climber Ale Zeni has repeated Malvasia, the legendary sport climb freed by Manolo in 1988.

The video of Magnus Midtbø and Adam Ondra bouldering with climbing legends Jerry Moffatt and Ben Moon.

On 15 February 2022 French alpinists Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines needed less than 10 hours to climb the difficult ‘Gousseault-Desmaison’ on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses. First ascended by René Desmaison and Serge Gousseaut in 1971, this...

The 40th edition of the Transcavallo 2023 ski mountaineering competition on the slopes of Alpago, Italy, was won by the teams formed by Elena Nicolini - Martina Valmassoi and Matteo Eydallin - Alex Oberbacher.

The video of Stefano Ghisolfi and Will Bosi attempting Excalibur, the futuristic project at Drena close to Arco, Italy, which could be 9b+ or even harder