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German rock climber Michael Wohlleben has made the first ascent of Bodhichitta, a highly technical 5-pitch route on Westliche Dreifaltigkeit in Switzerland.

Last summer Nadir Maguet climbed Grossglockner, Piz Bernina and Ortles and in doing so set the Fastest Known Time for each mountain. The video portrait of the 28-year-old mountaineer from the Aosta Valley

On 9 October 2022 German climber Alexander Megos made the first ascent of Full Journey (9b) at Margalef in Spain.

On 23 August 2022 Tasio Martin from the Basque country and Marc Toralles from Catalonia made the first ascent of Punta Guillem Aparicio (5700m) in the Shafat Valley, Zanskar, India via their Txoria Txori (740m, 7a+).

On September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died after being arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Since then, outrageously brave, predominantly young women across the country have been protesting for human rights, equality and against the oppression of a totalitarian regime. German journalist Tom Dauer...

Running commentary from Stefano Ghisolfi about his repeat of Move Hard (9b) at Flatanger in Norway

Slovenian alpinist Silvo Karo is to receive the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated from 17 to 20 November at Briançon in France. In the past the prestigious mountaineering prize has been awarded to Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott, Robert Paragot,...

French rock climber Solène Amoros and Katherine Choong from Switzerland have repeated the mythical multipitch sport climb Ali Baba (8a+, 240m) at Aiglun in France.

54-year-old Swiss climber Chris Frick reports about his recent repeat of Stop Sika, an 8c at Rawyl in Switzerland.

44-year-old Roger Schäli has completed the first ascent, ground-up and rope-solo, of Tierra del Fuego on Roda Val della Neve in Switzerland.

At the crag Massone above Arco in Italy 29-year-old climber Davide Picco has repeated Ultimatum, a 9a+ established by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2016.

Slovakian alpinist Juraj Švingál reports about Dry Ice Queen (M9- WI6+), a 21-pitch technical mixed climb ascended with Marek Radovský on Mount Zabor in the Kookshal Too massif in Kyrgyzstan. Ascended alpine style on 13 and 14 August 2022, it is believed that this is a new route.

The last attempts on Silence at Flatanger and, with time running out, the first repeat of 9b Move Hard. Check out Stefano Ghisolfi's season finale in Norway.

The report by 24-year-old mountain guide Janluca Kostner from Ortisei (Val Gardena, Italy) who between 13 and 14 September 2022 made the first rope-solo ascent of Chimera Verticale on Mt. Civetta (Dolomites). Graded IX, the route on the North West Face of Punta Civetta was established between 2007 and 2008...

The video of Adam Ondra attempting to flash Omen Nomen, a 9a at Padaro, Arco, Italy, first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi.

At Nesscliffe quarry in England, British rock climber Rob Matheson has climbed Tombola (E7 6c) aged 72.