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Italian boulderer Niccolò Ceria has repeated Off the Wagon 8B+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland.

From 30 April to 4 May 2014 Melloblocco, the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting, returns to Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Almost 1200 climbers have already pre-registered for this event. Simone Pedeferri and the team of route setters are hard at work preparing the boulder problems and...

A short history about the discovery of Varazze in Italy and its bouldering, just before the international climbing meeting "Varazze BluBloc" scheduled to take place on Saturday 5 April.

n Saturday 29 March at 20.00 CET it's time for the 4th annual Tierra Boulder Battle at Klättercentret in Stockholm, Swed

Shepherds and alpine guides, two professions connected to the mountains and nature that, in this frenetically changing world, can inspire us in day-to-day life and live out our passions without forgetting our roots. By Teddy Soppelsa for Good For Alps, magazine AKU trekking & outdoor footwear.

In mid-February at Madesimo, Italy, the media was invited to an event aimed at educating journalists about how to promote the right mountain safety message in order to shape a mountain culture that is instrumental in preventing and reducing avalanche victims.

Video: Jerry Moffatt and Ben Moon bouldering Karma at Fontainebleau.

Niccolò Ceria reports about the bouldering at Red Rocks close to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The Gallura Sardinia bouldering guidebook is now online documenting the boulders cleaned and climbed by the La Sportiva Ambassadors Team in autumn 2013

Interview with Barbara Zangerl, the Austrian climber who repeated Prinzip Hoffnung at the Bürser Platte, Austria, yesterday.

The Salewa Rockshow 2014 starts at the end of March. The climbing tour, open to all, takes part in 8 different countries and culminates in mid July with an international bouldering camp at Fontainebleau in France.

Russia's Maxim Tomilov and Maria Tolokonina won the final stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 at Ufa in Russia last weekend. In doing so, they won both the European Championship and the overall World Cup. Silver went to Angelika Rainer and Park Heeyong, bronze to Shin WoonSeon and...

The third attempt by Simone Moro, David Göttler, Tomasz Mackiewicz and Pawel Dunaj to summit Nanga Parbat in winter ended in failure. The Italian German expedition will now return home, as will Italy's Daniele Nardi who attempted to ascend the Diamir face. The Polish expedition remains, in the hope of...

Fred Nicole from Switzerland and Toni Lamprecht from Germany have climbed a series of new boulder problems at El Chalten in Patagonia, including Larten 8B.

Charlie Porter, the legendary American rock climber and alpinist, has died aged 63 at Punta Arenas in Chile due to heart problems. Ivo Ferrari remembers.

Interview with Americans Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold who from 12 - 16 February 2014 carried out the coveted first traverse of the major ridge line of Fitz Roy in Patagonia.