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

Interview with Alan Rousseau after the alpine style ascent, carried out with Matt Cornell and Jackson Marvell from 7 - 13 October 2023, of the North Face of Jannu via their 'Round Trip Ticket' (2700m, M7 AI5+ A0).

From 7 - 13 October 2023 American climbers Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell and Alan Rousseau made an alpine style ascent of the North Face of Jannu (7710m). Their 2700m high 'Round Trip Ticket' breaches difficulties estimated at M7 AI5+ A0.

Juan Señoret from Chile and Christophe 'Tof' Henry from France died on Volcán Puntiagudo in Chile. Both were undisputed reference points for mountaineering and extreme skiing, and the loss of these two will be felt for years.

Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund has made the second ascent of Niemisis at Niemisel, which she believes could be graded 9a.

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

The women’s Combined Boulder & Lead was won in Bern last night by Janja Garnbret, while Jessica Pilz took silver and Ai Mori bronze. All three have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret and Japan's Sorato Anraku are provisional first after yesterday's Combined Boulder & Lead Semifinal. The women's finals take place tomorrow while the men's is scheduled for Saturday, with the top three qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic...

Jain Kim from South Korea and Toby Roberts from Great Britain won the third stage of the Lead World Cup 2023 at Chamonix on Sunday 9 July. This is Kim's 30th Lead victory, Roberts' first.

Last night in Innsbruck, Austria, Janja Garnbret from Slovenia won the sixth and final stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup. Natalia Grossman (USA) placed second, Nonaka Miho (Japan) placed third. For the third year in a row the overall...

The Executive Board of the IFSC has approved to start a process for the reinstatement of Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutral athletes, starting from 2024. The suspension of the Climbing Federation of Russia and Belarus Alpine Federation remains in...

On Sunday night the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, by 18-year-old British climber Toby Roberts. Dohyun Lee (South Korea) and Yoshiyuki Ogata (Japan) placed second and third respectively.

On Saturday 3 June French rock climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in Southern France first ascended by Alex Megos in summer 2020 and repeated by Stefano Ghisolfi and Sean Bailey in summer 2021.

Marek Holeček and Matěj Bernat have completed a big new climb on the NW Face of Sura Peak (6764m) in Nepal. The new route is called Simply Beautiful and was established alpine style by the Czech mountaineers.

The cliff Paligremnos - Plakias on the island of Crete in Greece has been declared a monument of Natural and Cultural Heritage. A recent Greek court order now prohibits the construction of a tourist resort above the crag which was...

The first stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup was won in Hachioji, Japan, last weekend by Brooke Raboutou and Mejdi Schalck. This is Raboutou's first ever IFSC World Cup gold medal, Schalck's second.