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14/04/2022 - Climbing

Siebe Vanhee's gritstone climbing with his Friends Of The Grit

Watch Belgian rock climber Siebe Vanhee as his explores the trad climbing on the gritstone crags in the UK, where he manages to to meet up with British climbing legends such as John Dunne, Pete Whittaker, Sam Whittaker, Jim Pope,...

14/04/2022 - Events

Dolorock Climbing Festival 2022 takes place from 27 to 29 May in the Dolomites, Italy

The traditional Dolorock Climbing Festival will take from 27 to 29 May 2022 in Höhlensteintal, Dolomites, Italy

13/04/2022 - Climbing

Mari Salvesen flashes Belly Full of Bad Berries, notorious offwidth at Indian Creek, USA

A few days ago 32-year-old Mari Salvesen of Norway flashed the notorious Belly Full of Bad Berries in Indian Creek, USA, becoming only the second person to do so after Pete Whittaker in 2011. Salvesen reports about her ascent which has...

10/04/2022 - Environment

Céüse Grand Face climbing restrictions due to Peregrine falcons

Until 15 June 2022 rock climbing is restricted on the upper pitches of the multi-pitch climbs on the Grand Face at Céüse due to nesting Peregrine falcons.

28/01/2022 - Climbing

Anna Taylor solos E8 at Danby Crag in UK

23-year-old British climber Anna Taylor has made a free solo ascent of Psykovsky’s Sequins E8 at Danby Crag, England.

24/01/2022 - Climbing

Adam Ondra repeats Furia De Jabali at Siurana in Spain

Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the 4th ascent of Furia De Jabali 9a+ at Siurana in Spain.

10/01/2022 - Climbing

Marcello Bombardi, Marco Zanone repeat First Ley 9a+ at Margalef in Spain

Italian rock climbers Marcello Bombardi and Marco Zanone have repeated First Ley, the 9a+ sport climb established by Chris Sharma at Margalef in Spain

31/12/2021 - Climbing

Luca Bana frees Extrasistole galoppante 9a at Cornalba, Italy

The report by 23-year-old Italian climber Luca Bana who on 26/12/2021 made the first ascent of Extrasistole galoppante 9a at the historic crag Cornalba in Val Seriana above Bergamo, Italy.

26/12/2021 - Climbing

Watch Jonathan Siegrist repeat Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba, Italy

The video of American rock climber Jonathan Siegrist repeating Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba in Italy.

23/12/2021 - Climbing

Franco Cookson adds Immortal E11 7b to Maiden's Bluff, UK

In April British rock climber Franco Cookson made the first ascent of Immortal at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK. Graded E11 7b, it currently stands as one of the most difficult and dangerous in the country.

20/12/2021 - Climbing

Stefano Ghisolfi frees The Lonely Mountain, another 9b at Arco, Italy

At the crag Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy, Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of The Lonely Mountain 9b.

16/12/2021 - Climbing

Luca and Martina Blanchet win Tiro Lead 2021 in Val Sapin, Valle d’Aosta, Italy

The Aosta Valley Climbing Club has announced that the siblings from Courmayeur Luca and Martina Blanchet have won the Tiro Leader 2021 competition. The event at the crag La città di Uruk crag in Val Sapin, Italy, involved freeing two...

15/12/2021 - Climbing

Jakob Schubert's sending spree at Siurana: King Capella & La Capella in a single day

Watch Jakob Schubert climb both King Capella and La Capella at Siurana in Spain

11/12/2021 - Climbing

Jakob Schubert reins in King Capella and La Capella at Siurana

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made the third ascent of King Capella 9b at Siurana in Spain. To end his day in style he repeated La Capella nearby, suggesting 9a+.

07/12/2021 - Climbing

Siebe Vanhee repeats Parthian Shot and other UK gritstone trad extremes

During a climbing trip to the UK, Belgium’s Siebe Vanhee repeated a flurry of hard gritstone trad climbs including Parthian Shot E9, End of the Affair E8 and Gaia E8.