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At Margalef in Spain German climber Alexander Megos has made the first ascent of 'Tuareg Blanco' (9b/+).

On the east face of Aguja Val Biois in the Fitz Roy massif of Patagonia the Italian climbers Alessandro Baù, Matteo Della Bordella and Mirco Grasso have made the first ascent of '¿Quién sigue?' (450m, 7a, A1).

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and without supplemental oxygen. On 27 December 2024 the 32-year-old had reached an altitude of 7,537 meters.

British climber Alex Waterhouse has set a fastest known time on Plumber’s Crack at Red Rock, climbing up and back down the famous chimney in less than 26 seconds.

On 01/01/2025 the Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of 'L’Esprit des Murailles' on the southeast face of Dent d’Hérens, Grandes Murailles (Matterhorn group, Pennine Alps) in Italy's Aosta Valley.

The video of French climber Sébastien Bouin making his September 2024 repeat of 'Lapsus' at Andonno in Italy.

On 28 and 29 December 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Alborada' (5.11+, 600m) on the west face of Cerro Mascara in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.

Applications are open for the new Bernard de Launoit Prize for Mountain & Adventure. This €25,000 financial award supports young people in their quest for adventure. Deadline 1 February 2025

Italian climber Laura Rogora has completed an incredible seven-day marathon at Mišja Peč in Slovenia, where she climbed three 9a's, three 8c+ and two 8c's.

On 31/12/2024 Swiss mountaineers Roger Schäli and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of 'Methadone' on Sciora Dafora, also referred to as Sciora di Fuori, in Switzerland. This is highly likely to be a winter ascent of a summer...

From 26/12/2024 to 01/01/2025, French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino made the first ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West Face of the Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif. The 1000m mixed route has been graded...

American climber Nathaniel Coleman has made the first ascent of the boulder problem 'No One Mourns the Wicked' at Thunder Ridge, Colorado, USA.

At Cadarese in Italy Pietro Vidi has repeated 'Tribe', one of the most difficult trad climbs in the world, put up in 2019 by Jacopo Larcher.

At Mišja Peč in Slovenia the Italian climber Laura Rogora has made short work of two reference 9a's, 'Sanjski par extension' and 'Martin Krpan'.

On 27 December 2024 German alpinist Jost Kobusch, currently attempting his extremely ambitious project of climbing the West Ridge of Everest solo and in winter without O2, reached the unprecedented altitude of 7537m.

Maurizio Oviglia shares the latest news and discusses the curent safety situation of sport crags in Sardinia. This first chapter is dedicated to the wild southwest coast and the crags at Gonnesa, Iglesias, Buggerru and Masua.