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Watch Connor Herson & Alex Honnold climbing for a weekend in Yosemite in May 2024, repeating Cosmic Debris and New Leaf.

This summer Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll established a new climb up the centre of the Mirror Wall in Greenland. The 1000m big wall is graded 8b/R/A2+ and has been called 'Ryu-shin', in memory of...

Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has repeated 'Move' (9b/+) at Flatanger in Norway. This is the fourth ascent after Adam Ondra (2013), Seb Bouin (2019) and Megos (2024).

In summer 2024 Mariapia Ghedina and Diego Mabboni made the first ascent of 'Sto imparando a volare' on Punta Emma in the Rosengarten / Catinaccio massif of the Dolomites, Italy.

This summer Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France attempted to climb 5 major multi-pitches in the Verdon Gorge in a day. The pair report about those grueling 24 hours climbing 1500m of bullet-proof limestone up to 8b.

Earlier this year American alpinist and excavation contractor Nathan Brown, with the help of Jackson Marvell and Sam Mack, made the first ascent of 'Civil Disobedience' (V 5.9 A3) the right of the historic 'Lowe Route' on the north face...

Spanish climber Ainhize Belar Barrutia has sent her first 9a+, Iñi Ameriketan at Cueva de Baltzola.

The video of Adam Ondra exploring a new sector at the historic crag Buoux in southern France.

Nemuel Feurle, Jacopo Larcher and Babara Zangerl have all repeated 'Seventh Direction' in the Rätikon, Austria. The 220m 8c multipitch on Drusenfluh was first ascended in 2022 by Alex Luger.

26-year-old German climber Lara Neumeier has made the first repeat of 'Nimm Dir Zeit' (140m, 8a+) on Roter Stein in Austria.

Watch American climbers Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn making a ground-up free repeat of El Niño - Pineapple Express (5.13c, 25 pitches)⁣ on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

On 30/08/2024 German climber Lara Neumeier, belayed by Nadine Wallner, redpointed 'Headless Children' (8b, 250m) on Schijenfluh in the Rätikon massif.

German climber Alexander Megos has made the third ascent of 'Move' at Flatanger in Norway, suggesting an upgrade to 9b/+.

Swiss climber Katherine Choong has made the first female ascent of Zahir (8b+, 300m) at Wenden.

Francesco Favilli and Filippo Zanin, two expert Italian mountaineers, died while climbing the south face of the Marmolada, Dolomites.

Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl have made the first repeats of The Gift (8c, 350m) on the Drusenfluh the Rätikon massif in Austria.