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The German climber Alexander Megos has made an impressive flash ascent of The Path at Lake Louise in Canada. This extremely difficult trad climb was freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2007 and is graded 5.14 (8b+).

French climber Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated Voie Petit, the 450m 8b multi-pitch climb on Grand Capucin (3838m), Mont Blanc first ascended in 1997 by Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bodet, Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit and freed in 2005 by Alexander Huber.

Climbing video: Caroline Ciavaldini and james pearson revisit Rocklands in South Africa to discover the area’s wealth of trad climbing.

Interview with South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher who repeated Rhapsody, one of the hardest trad climbs in the world, on 7 May 2016 at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland.

Anak Verhoeven from Belgium has made what might well be the first female ascent of the historic 8c+ sports climb Bronx at Orgon in France.

A climbing movie by james pearson, featuring the British climber’s efforts to repeat the historic 8c+ sports climb Bronx at Orgon, freed by François Petit in 1994.

The video of james pearson and his September 2014 flash ascent of Something's Burning E9 at Pembroke in Wales.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces trad crack climbing at Balmanolesca, Italy.

On 12 September the Gorge du Verdon, France, hosted The North Face Nightray Outdoor Fest, an all night celebration of everything to do with exploration organized by The North Face.

At Stack Rocks in Pembroke, Wales, UK Steve McClure has made the first repeat of Choronzon E10 7a.

The Japanese climbers Yuji Hirayama and Sachi Amma have spent three weeks climbing at Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, where they have established a flurry of new routes and where Amma made the first repeat of Tinipi 9a+.

The video of Caroline Ciavaldini and the first female ascent of Requiem E8 6b at Dumbarton Rock, Scotland.

The video of Caroline Ciavaldini and james pearson discovering the bouldering and trad climbing potential at Rocklands, South Africa.

The report of the The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2014 that took place on the island of Kalymnos, Greece, from 9 - 12 October 2014.

The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2014 begins today. The international climbing meeting takes place on the island of Kalymnos, Greece, from 9 – 12 October 2014. More than 2500 climbers are expected for this third edition that will celebrate...

At Pembroke in Wales Caroline Ciavaldini has climbed Mercia Wall E8, Yuji Hirayama has climbed The Big Issue E9 while james pearson has made a flash ascent of Something's Burning E9. Caroline Ciavaldini talks us through these three difficult trad...