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Alpinists Christophe Dumarest and Tom Livingstone have made the first ascent of Changing Corners (M7, 250m) on Pointe Adolphe Rey in the Mont Blanc massif.

An international team comprised of Pepo Jurado from Ecuador, Romano Marcotti from Chile and Sebastian Pelletti from Australia have made the first ascent of Cuerno Este, one the striking Cuernos del Paine peaks in the Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile.

At the bouldering spot Tintorale in Abruzzo, Italy, Elias Iagnemma has made the first ascent of Ganesh, for which the 26-year proposes the grades 8C+.

Corrado 'Korra' Pesce, the Italian mountain guide known as one of the strongest climbers of his generation, lost his life on Cerro Torre in Patagonia.

The El Chalten mountain rescue has announced that there is no longer any hope of finding Corrado 'Korra' Pesce alive. The Italian mountain guide was hit by rock and ice high up on Cerro Torre along with his Argentine climbing partner Tomás Aguiló. Matteo Della Bordella (who with David Bacci...

41-year-old Italian mountaineer Corrado 'Korra' Pesce was seriously injured in a climbing accident on Cerro Torre in Patagonia. Loved and respected by all, and known as one of the strongest climbers of his generation, Korra was climbing with Argentine mountaineer Tomás Aguiló when the two were hit by rock and...

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

The Big Bang follows Emma Twyford and her quest to repeat Big Bang at Lower Pen Trwyn in North Wales. In sending the route in September 2019 she became the first British woman to climb 9a.

From 12 to 16 January 2022 the French mountaineers Leo Billon, Sébastien Ratel and Benjamin Védrines climbed the John Harlin Direttissima on the north face of the Eiger in alpine style and in winter.

Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi has made the first ascent of Big Conviction, an 8C+ boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France.

On 18/01/2022 Roger Schäli, Mario Heller and Pablo Pontoriero paraglided off the summit of Cerro Torre in Patagonia after having climbed the West Face Ragni route.

Due to the bad weather conditions the Italian mountaineer Hervé Barmasse and his German climbing partner David Göttler have called off their expedition which aimed to climb Nanga Parbat in winter.

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

Cristobal Señoret and Juan Señoret from Chile have made the first ascent of 'Dos Hermanos' on the NE Face of Cerro Catedral in the Paine massif in Patagonia.

The video of Steve McClure making the the second ascent of Olympiad E10 6c at Pembroke in Wales.

Italian mountaineers Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have climbed Aguja Rafael Juarez in Patagonia via the classic route Corallo. This is their first summit this season and comes before attempting the east face of Cerro Torre with Matteo De Zaiacomo.