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Seb Bush from Italy, Simon Smith and Mike Turner from the UK have recently established 'Pretty reckless cats' a hard multi-pitch rock climb on the Northwest Face of Kizilin Basì in the Aladağlar National Park in southern Turkey. The 300m climb was established ground-up with the use of aid and...

Australian photographer Krystle Wright becomes the first ever female photographer to win the coveted Red Bull Illume Overall title.

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 athletes, professional climbers, and associations have already co-signed the letter....

Watch Jakob Schubert climbing Clash of the Titans at Nassereith in Austria. Freed by Alexander Megos in 2017 and graded 9a+, Schubert believes the route deserves an upgrade to 9b

American climber Jesse Grupper has flashed the 8c+ 'Pure Imagination' at Red River Gorge, USA.

Watch Stefano Ghisolfi, Jorge Diaz Rullo and Felipe Camargo attempt Sleeping Lion, the 9b+ put up by Chris Sharma at Siurana in Spain.

In October the German climber Alexander Huber made a free solo ascent of Aguglia di Goloritzè in Sardinia.

The video of Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and Leo Gheza climbing the Care Bear Traverse in the Fitz Roy massif in Patagonia, i.e. enchaining Aguja Guillaumet, Aguja Mermoz, Pilastro Goretta and Fitz Roy.

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

Swiss climber Cédric Lachat has repeated Chilam Balam (9a+/b) at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.

On the north face of Agner (Valle di San Lucano, Dolomites) Nicola Bertoldo and Diego Dellai have made the first ascent of the mixed climb Ultima Perla (350m, 5+, M6, 50°).

This evening Stockholm, Sweden, will host the La Sportiva Legends Only 2023. The climbers invited to this international masters bouldering competition are Will Bosi, Jongwon Chon, Stefano Ghisolfi, Nicolai Užnik and Hannes Van Duysen

The endless climbing possibilities on the sandstone towers at Adršpach in the Czech Republic, seen through the eyes of Miška Izakovičová.

Norwegian rock climber Magnus Midtbø has reached 2 million subscribers on his Youtube channel.

Swiss alpinists Yannick Glatthard and Simon Wahli have climbed the Salbitschijen west, south and east ridge in an unprecedented record time of 5 hours and 53 minutes. The previous best known time was set in July 2023 in Dani Arnold who climbed the three ridges solo in 9 hours and...

Supported by climbing partner Karel Nováček, Michaela Izakovičová from Slovakia has made a free ascent of 'Golden Gate' on El Capitan in Yosemite. The 34-year-old from Bratislava provides the details of this classic big wall, established in September 2000 by German brothers Alexander and Thomas Huber.