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Short video clip of American rock climber Alex Honnold who on 14 January soloed El Sendero Luminoso (7b+, 500m) up El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico.

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made a swift repeat of Meadowlark Lemon 8B+, while Katharina Saurwein has repeated Lethal Design 8A+.

The first competition of the most world's important freeride circuit, the prestigious Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2014 got off to a splendid start today. America's Sammy Luebke won the snowboarding event, while France's Loïc Collomb-Patton left...

Interview with American rock climber Alex Honnold who on 14 January soloed El Sendero Luminoso (7b+, 500m) up El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico.

A January update by Maurizio Oviglia about the latest climbing news from Sardinia. This month: trad climbing at Regno di Onan, Capo Pecora, the Supramonte di Urzulei with the new route Sos de Urthullè and Villacidro with the new climb...

On 2 January 2014 the Americans Joel Kauffman, Neil Kauffman and Mikey Schaefer made the first ascent of Super Domo (V 600m WI5 M6) up the East Face of Cerro Domo Blanco in Patagonia.

The Lucky Monkey video by American climber Cheyne Lempe.

Colin Haley from America and Rolando Garibotti from Argentina have grabbed the first ascent of La SuperWhillans, a striking ramp up the East Face of Cerro Marconi Central in Patagonia.

American climber Paige Claassen has repeated Ganesh 8b+ at Badami, the most difficult sport climb in India.

In October in Nepal's Khumbu region American alpinists Scott Adamson and Christopher Wright have made the first ascent of Open Fire (V WI5 M3 1000m) and one called Purgation (VI WI6+ M6 1100m).

From 26 - 29 March 2014 Courmayeur and Chamonix will host the 22nd edition of the Piolets d’Or, the Oscars of mountaineering. American alpinist John Roskelley will receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière.

The video of Mélissa Le Nevé and Benjamin Rueck discovering the bouldering potential in Malawi, Africa.

Italian climber Angelika Rainer repeated Steel Koan M13+ at the Cineplex Cave in Canada and then went on to win the Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival, USA.

Yesterday the American climber Tommy Caldwell freed one of the three hardest pitches on The Dawn Wall, the enormous big wall project up El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

Video interview with Alex Honnold and Pete Croft who talk about their climbing and their solo ascents without a rope.

On 16/08/2013 Bas Visscher, Vincent Perrin and Bas van der Smeede from Holland made the first ascent of Double Trouble (TD-, AI4, 800m) up the North-east face of the Great Walls of China (circa 5120m) in the Kokshaal-Too massif in...