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An online petition has been launched to 'save' the Sassolungo Group in the Dolomites from privatisation. Over 45 thousand signatures have been collected so far.

30-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated Meltdown, the 5.14c/8c+ crack climb in Yosemite, USA, first ascended by Beth Rodden in 2008.

Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven has made the first female ascent of 'La Fuerza de la Gravedad', an 8b trad roof crack at Vadiello in Spain.

The Pan American Games 2023 concluded in Santiago, Chile, yesterday with Team USA making a clean sweep and winning all four slots for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Piper Kelly and Samuel Watson qualified for Speed, Jesse Grupper & Natalia...

Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee has made rope-solo ascents of 'El Pilar del Cantábrico' on Naranjo de Bulnes / Picu Urreillu in Spain and 'Une Jolie Fleur dans un Peaux de Vache' and 'Take it or Leave it' in the Verdon...

Jorge Díaz-Rullo has made the fifth ascent of Bibliographie, the 9b+ at Céüse in France first ascended in 2020 by Alex Megos.

Interview with Alan Rousseau after the alpine style ascent, carried out with Matt Cornell and Jackson Marvell from 7 - 13 October 2023, of the North Face of Jannu via their 'Round Trip Ticket' (2700m, M7 AI5+ A0).

The organisers of the Piolets d'Or 2023 have awarded the following climbs: Jirishanca in Peru by Alik Berg and Quentin Roberts, Pumari Chhish East in Pakistan by Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede and Jérôme Sullivan, and Jugal Spire in Nepal by...

A group of Italian doctors and engineers has launched a Crowdfunding campaign for a climbing wall for neuromuscular affected children

On the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites) Iris Bielli, Matteo Della Bordella, Massimo Faletti and Maurizio Giordani have made the first ascent of Madre Roccia. The 900m climb breaches difficulties of 8b max and 7b mandatory. A total of 18...

Juan Señoret from Chile and Christophe 'Tof' Henry from France died on Volcán Puntiagudo in Chile. Both were undisputed reference points for mountaineering and extreme skiing, and the loss of these two will be felt for years.

On Breithorn Centrale the Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Leonardo Gheza have established the mixed climb 'Estate Indiana'. The 800m route breaches difficulties up to M8 AI5 R, summits Torre Maggiore and was climbed completely clean, i.e. using trad gear...

On 07/10/2023 Anak Verhoeven from Belgium repeated 'Cosi se Arete' 9a at Rodellar in Spain, repeating the route first in the day, then a second time at night.

An Italian expedition comprised of mountain guides Alessandro Baù, Lorenzo D'Addario, Jérome Perruquet and Francesco Ratti has established two new climbs in the Miyar Valley, also known as the 'Yosemite of India'. 'Wind of Silence' (6b+, 500m) ascend the Neverseen...

On 21 September 2023 French alpinists Vivian Bruchez, Aurélien Lardy and Jules Socié skied the awe-inspiring Whillans-Cochrane ramp on Aguja Poincenot in the Fitz Roy massif of Patagonia. This is only the second ski descent, after the first carried...