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Young alpinists Danny Mensik and Petr Vicha have made the first free ascent of 'Bílý Rys', White Lynx, a route established over a decade ago by Pavel Vrtík and Martina Kratochvílová on the NE Face of Rysy in the High...

At Tintorale in Abruzzo, Italy, Elias Iagnemma has made the First Ascent of the 9A boulder problem 'The Big Slamm'.

At Margalef in Spain German climber Alexander Megos has made the First Ascent of 'Tuareg Blanco' (9b/+).

On the east face of Aguja Val Biois in the Fitz Roy massif of Patagonia the Italian climbers Alessandro Baù, Matteo Della Bordella and Mirco Grasso have made the First Ascent of '¿Quién sigue?' (450m, 7a, A1).

On 01/01/2025 the Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the First Ascent of 'L’Esprit des Murailles' on the southeast face of Dent d’Hérens, Grandes Murailles (Matterhorn group, Pennine Alps) in Italy's Aosta Valley.

On 28 and 29 December 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the First Ascent of 'Alborada' (5.11+, 600m) on the west face of Cerro Mascara in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.

On 31/12/2024 Swiss mountaineers Roger Schäli and Peter von Känel made the First Ascent of 'Methadone' on Sciora Dafora, also referred to as Sciora di Fuori, in Switzerland. This is highly likely to be a winter ascent of a summer...

From 26/12/2024 to 01/01/2025, French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino made the First Ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West Face of the Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif. The 1000m mixed route has been graded...

American climber Nathaniel Coleman has made the First Ascent of the boulder problem 'No One Mourns the Wicked' at Thunder Ridge, Colorado, USA.

On 25/12/2024 Niccolò Bruni and Federica Furia made the First Ascent of the mixed climb 'Cadeau de Noël' on Aiguille de Toule (3534m) in the Mont Blanc massif.

On 14/11/2024 Sébastien Bouin made the First Ascent of 'Wolf Kingdom' (9b+) at Pic Saint Loup, France.

The video of the first repeat and first winter ascent of the 'Directissime' on Pointe Walker on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, carried out from 9 to 13 February 2023 by French alpinists Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin...

On 12 December 2024, the two South Tyrolean mountain guides Simon Gietl and Manuel Oberarzbacher completed the First Ascent of the mixed climb 'Hybrid' on Mur de Pisciadù in the Sella group of the Dolomites, Italy.

In November, South Tyrolean mountain guide Simon Kehrer made the First Ascent of two new multipitch climbs in the Fanes group of the Dolomites, Italy: 'Lastun de Mareo' on Muntejela de Senes / Monte Sella di Sennes with Marta Willeit...

American climber Chris Sharma has made the First Ascent of 'Vision Quest', a 9a deep water solo on the island of Mallorca.

Interview with 55-year-old German climber Alexander Huber after the First Ascent of 'Mythos' (8c+) at Barmsteine in the Berchtesgadener Alps. The redpoint follows the First Ascent of the 8b multipitch 'Überleben' (8b) at Brendelberg in July 2024 and after undergoing...