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American climber Michaela Kiersch has made the first female ascent of Dreamtime, Fred Nicole’s masterpiece at Cresciano hailed as the first 8C boulder problem in the world.

Japanese mountaineers Hidesuke Taneishi and Hiroki Yamamoto have made the first ascent of Pholesobi Peak (6652m) in Nepal via a direct line up the mountain's North Face (ED+, 1500m).

Italian climber Laura Rogora has redpointed Bombardino (9a+) at Arco, Italy, on her fourth attempt of the day.

Slovenian climber Domen Škofic has repeated Chilam Balam (9a+/b) at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.

Last summer South Tyrolean mountain guide Christoph Hainz made the first ascent, ground-up and rope-solo, of 'Dolomiti Race' on Piz Ciavazes in the Sella group of the Dolomites, Italy.

On 03/11/2024 French climber Caroline Ciavaldini repeated ‘Greenspit (8b/+) in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.

Parks Victoria and the Victorian Government in Australia have announced huge increases in areas banned to rock climbing. According to the Australian Climbing Association Victoria, the new legislation will affect half of the climbing at the world-famous crag Arapiles.

On Tuesday 29th of October, Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl repeated 'Magic Line' (5.14c /8c+) in Yosemite Valley, California.

25-year-old Yannick Flohé has repeated Janus (9a+) at Angerstein in the Frankenjura, Germany.

Slovakian mountaineer Ondrej Huserka died last week while descending Langtang Lirung in Nepal, shortly after having made the first ascent of the huge East Face with Marek Holeček. Born in 1990, he was widely regarded as one of the leading...

On 01/11/2024 Niccolò Bruni and Federica Furia made the first ascent of 'C'est trop facile', a new mixed climb on Aiguille de Toule in the Mont Blanc massif.

Slovakian mountaineer Ondrej Huserka is reported missing on Langtang Lirung in Nepal after having made the first ascent of the huge East Face with Marek Holeček. Holeček has descended safely and a rescue mission is currently being organised.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has repeated 'Hades' (9a) at Götterwandl in Nassereith , Austria.

The Piolets d'Or 2024 will be awarded to the following climbs: 'The Secret Line' on the north face of Tirich Mir in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, 'Round Trip Ticket' on the north face of Jannu in Nepal...

Last summer a small expedition of British climbers composed of Indie Fallowfield, Ben Kent and Chris Moore established a series of new routes on hitherto unclimbed west face of Innaarsuit, west coast of Greenland. The trio reached the world's largest...

The video of Connor Herson making the fifth ascent of Meltdown, one of the hardest climbs in Yosemite.