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32-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghioslfi has repeated 'Neanderthal', the 9b at Santa Linya in Spain freed in 2009 by Chris Sharma.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has completed her climbing trip to France and Spain. Standout repeats include 'Esclatamàsters' (9a), 'Joe-cita' (9a) and an onsight ascent of 'Humildes pa Casa' (8b+).

Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret has completed her third 8c onsight, 'Popolni mrk' at Misja pec in Slovenia.

23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has sent her third 8c onsight, 'American Hustle' at oliana in Spain.

Austrian climber Jessica Pilz has redpointed her first 9a+, 'Papichulo' at oliana in Spain.

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.

American climber Michaela Kiersch recently returned from a highly successful bouldering trip to Rocklands in South Africa, where she amassed a huge list of ascents that include Amandla 8B+. What makes her repeats even more impressive is the fact...

38-year-old Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven has sent his first 9a+, 'Papichulo' at oliana in Spain.

At Margalef in Spain Michaela Kiersch has redointed Victima perfecta (9a+), while at nearby oliana she onsighted Crimptonite (8b+).

German rock climber Solveig Korherr has onsighted her first 8b+, 'Humildes pa Casa' at oliana in Spain.

Swiss climber Cédric Lachat has repeated Chilam Balam (9a+/b) at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.

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.

Interview with Jakob Schubert after the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger in Norway last week. The 32-year-old Austrian has now called the climb B.I.G. and suggested the grade 9c. This is currently the third route in the world...

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has made the first ascent of Project Big at Flatanger. Bolted by Adam Ondra in 2013, the line was defined by the Czech climber as 'the true king line of the cave.'

Italian climber Laura Rogora has onsighted her first 8c, 'Ajo crude' at Cicera in Spain. She is only the third woman to succeed in this feat, after Janja Garnbret (2021) and Chaehyun Seo (2022).

Italian climber Federica Mingolla has repeated Hotel Supramonte, the famous multi-pitch climb in the Gola di Gorropu gorge in Sardinia, established ground-up between 1998 and 1999 by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani.