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On 19/11/2024 Giovanni Placci redpointed Erebor at the Eremo di San Paolo crag in Arco, Italy.

Yesterday at Bus de La Stria close to Arco, Italy Laura Rogora redpointed 'Trofeo dell'Adriatico' (9a+).

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

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).

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.

On 17 June 2024 Swiss alpinist Lars Lämmler completed what is believed to be the first paraglider flight off the summit of Alpamayo in Peru.

This summer Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll established a new climb up the centre of the Mirror Wall in Greenland. The 1000m big wall is graded 8b/R/A2+ and has been called 'Ryu-shin', in memory of...

The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2023. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2024 award during the celebration at San Martino di...

Earlier this summer an international team comprised of Martin Krasňanský, Michal Mikušinec and Tomáš Buček from Slovakia and František Bulička from the Czech Republic made a rare repeat of 'Grand Diedre Desplomando' on Trango Tower, aka Nameless Tower, Karakorum, Pakistan....

Georgian mountaineer Archil Badriashvili, winner of the 2022 Piolet d’Or, lost his life on 10 August 2024 while descending from Mt Shkhelda in the Caucasus

Janja Garnbret gold, Brooke Raboutou silver, Jessica Pilz bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics

1. Janja Garnbret 2. Brooke Raboutou 3. Jessica Pilz 4. Ai Mori 5. Erin McNeice 6. Chaehyun Seo 7. Oceania Mackenzie 8. Oriane Bertone

19-year-old Brit Toby Roberts has won the Combined Boulder & Lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Toby Roberts gold, Sorato Anraku silver, Jakob Schubert bronze

1. Toby Roberts 2. Sorato Anraku 3. Jakob Schubert 4. Colin Duffy 5. Hamish McArthur...

Speed: Veddriq Leonardo oro, Wu Pen argento, Samuel Watson bronzo

Boulder & Lead: Janja Garnbret, Jessica Pilz, Brooke Raboutou, Ai Mori, Oriane Bertone, Oceania Mackenzie, Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo qualify for the final on Saturday

Thursday 8 August:...

Speed Climbing: Aleksandra Mirosław wins gold, Lijuan Deng silver, Aleksandra Kalucka bronze

Boulder & Lead: Sorato Anraku, Toby Roberts, Adam Ondra, Alberto Gines Lopez, Jakob Schubert, Paul Jenft, Colin Duffy & Hamish McArthur qualify for the final on Friday

Wednesday 7...

Tuesday 6 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Janja Garnbret leads the provisional ranking with 99.6 points. Home-favourite Orianne Bertone blows the roof off and places second, ahead of Brooke Raboutou

Speed: Sam Watson sets new...

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It's been an intese day of Men's Boulder e Women's Speed

In Speed Aleksandra Mirosław sets a new world record at 6.06 seconds