The World’s Longest-Running Climbing Festival Returns to Arco, Italy
On October 2 to 4, Rock Master in Arco, Trentino, will kick off another weekend of climbing competition. The prestigious event, which celebrates 40 years of climbing competitions, will begin with the...
View Article51-Year-Old Matteo Gambaro Climbs New 5.14d
Italian climber and route developer Matteo Gambaro has made the first ascent of Zip4ever 5.14d in Val Tanaro, adding another hard send to a career that stretches back more than three decades. Gambaro...
View ArticleGio Placci Sends Four 5.14d Routes in Four Days
Italian climber Gio Placci, who sent Erebor 5.15b in 2024, has climbed four 5.14d routes in four days, continuing a breakthrough year on rock after flashing 5.14d earlier this summer. Placci, 25, first...
View ArticleAlex Megos Climbs Wild 5.15a Roof in Australia
Alex Megos just repeated Australian climber Ryan Sklenica’s route Rapture of the Deep 5.15a (9a+). Rapture of the Deep is located in Cheesedale, a climbing sector near Nowra in New South Wales,...
View ArticleJakob Schubert on Second Ascent of Mount Doom V17
Jakob Schubert has released a video documenting his hard-fought second ascent of Mount Doom V17 (9A) in Maltatal, Austria, a climb he describes as one of the most epic fights he has ever had on a...
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Climbers Establish New 7-Pitch 5.12+ on Historic Quebec Wall
The history of Gros Bonnet just gained another chapter with the establishment of Les retrouvailles, a 236-metre, seven-pitch line in the large zone on the right side of the cliff. Opened by Simon Bossé...
View ArticleFanny Gilbert Sends Two Test-Piece Boulders
French climber Fanny Gibert has added two V12s to her long list of hard sends, climbing Scarred for Life in Fionnay, Switzerland, and Baboon Master in Fontainebleau, France. Gibert, a former World Cup...
View ArticleHamish McArthur’s Uncut Send of Megatron V17
Hamish McArthur made the second ascent of Megatron V17 (9A) in Colorado’s Eldorado Canyon back in April 2025. A video of his ascent was released a couple of months later – it was described on Mellow’s...
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Climber Spent 9 Days on a 40-Pitch Arctic Wall
In the early 1970s, Charlie Porter was establishing himself as one of the leading big-wall climbers in Yosemite. He put up new routes on El Capitan, including Zodiac, which he soloed, as well as...
View ArticleJorge Díaz-Rullo Sends His Most-Worked Boulder Yet
Hazel Grace Sit V15/16 (8C/+), one of Switzerland’s most famous boulders in the high-alpine Gottardo Pass, has just been climbed by Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo. He described it as the boulder he...
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Manon Hily Climbs 5.14c on Famed Biographie Wall
French 5.15 climber Manon Hily has just climbed La Cadre Original 5.14c at Céüse, a route found at the famous Biographie area. Hily has been projecting Biographie (watch here) for the past few months,...
View ArticleAmity Martin Makes Second Ascent of Trad Multi-Pitch Dreefee 5.13d
On April 15, one of Red Rock’s hardest multi-pitch trad routes – Dreefee 5.13d – received its first female ascent by the American prolific big wall climber Amity Martin. She climbed the route with...
View ArticleTwo Killed in Helicopter Crash Battling Yosemite Wildfire
The U.S. Forest Service has said that two members of a helicopter crew fighting the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park were killed Sunday after their aircraft crashed while carrying out firefighting...
View ArticleSonnie Trotter Brings 30 Years of Climbing Stories to Toronto Tonight
Veteran Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter returns to Toronto tonight for an evening celebrating adventure, risk and the evolution of Canadian climbing. The event takes place at MEC on Queen Street West,...
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Pro Climbing Photographer Gives Inside Look at Life Behind the Lens
Alex Ratson has spent a lifetime moving towards mountains. Based in Squamish, B.C., he works as a freelance and contracted climbing and lifestyle photographer, visual media producer and...
View ArticleAvalanches, Death and Decision Time in Himalaya
Weather conditions on Manaslu are creating uncertainty for autumn expeditions, with some climbers abandoning their attempts while others move towards higher camps ahead of a possible summit push on...
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Barry Blanchard Has a New Book Called The Echo
Canadian alpinist Barry Blanchard’s second book, The Echo: Stories from the Edge of Survival, published by Patagonia in hardcover and ebook, will be available this fall. You can pre-order it here. The...
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A Look at The North Face Summit Series Off Width Jacket
The weather has officially reached that Goldilocks moment where the sun is warm, but the ambient temperature is more in favour of sending. It’s often summery mid-day but cool in the shade, and while...
View ArticleGiuliano Cameroni Tops a Dave Graham V15
Giuliano Cameroni has just announced his ascent of Adularia V15 (8C) in Gottardo, Switzerland, a compression-style problem that relies on strong heel hooking and technical toe hooks. The Swiss climber...
View ArticleHeavy Snow on Manaslu Hampers Summit Pushes
Snow and strong winds have delayed the autumn season of Manaslu, leaving a record 480 foreign climbers at base camp as they wait for a favourable weather window. According to The Tourism Times, the...
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