Sébastien Bouin Climbs New 5.15b in France
French climber Sébastien Bouin made the first ascent of Le Champ des Muses 5.15b at Romeyer in the Drôme region of southeastern France, near the town of Die, in April of this year. The extremely...
View ArticleUkrainian Jenya Kazbekova Climbs Chris Sharma’s Dreamcatcher 5.14d in Squamish
Jenya Kazbekova recently redpointed her first 5.14d (9a) with Chris Sharma’s Dreamcatcher in Squamish, British Columbia. Known for her success in competition climbing, Kazbekova has recently been...
View ArticleClimbers Rescued from Emperor Face on Mount Robson
Near the end of September, Parks Canada’s Visitor Safety team assisted in rescuing two climbers from the Emperor Face of Mount Robson. As Jasper National Park released in a statement, the rescue began...
View ArticleGianluca Vighetti Repeats an Adam Ondra Classic
On October 1, Gianluca Vighetti ticked the first pitch of Adam Ondra’s Change 5.15a (9a+). The 18-year-old Italian climber made quick work of the first pitch and expressed his intention to climb the...
View ArticleAustin Hoyt and What Could Be the World’s Hardest Boulder Problem
“I realized that I needed to do this climb.” Austin Hoyt was lying in his bedroom in New York, looking up at a poster that had been there for most of his climbing life. It showed Daniel Woods making...
View ArticleAdam Ondra and Jessi Pilz Win Rock Master Gold
Jessica Pilz and Adam Ondra won the women’s and men’s KO Boulder competitions at Rock Master in Arco on Saturday, with Ondra defeating Filip Schenk in the men’s final and Pilz taking the women’s title...
View ArticleTune In to Gripped: The Climbing Podcast This Fall
Gripped: The Climbing Podcast will feature some of the world’s best climbers, industry-leading gear designers, gym owners, access advocates, award-winning photographers, and more. New episodes will...
View ArticleWinners Defeat Adam Ondra and Brooke Raboutou at Rock Master
Filip Schenk and Jessi Pilz took golds at the famous Rock Master comp this week, opening the event with victories in front of a packed crowd at the Climbing Stadium in Arco. Schenk defeated Adam Ondra...
View ArticleNew Hard Alpine Climb Took 14 Days to Establish
Takaaki Nagato, Ryo Masumoto and Hiroki Yamamoto have climbed a difficult new 1,400-metre route on the south face of Koz Sar (6,677 m) in Pakistan’s Batura Muztagh range. The team reached the summit on...
View ArticleJakob Schubert Livestreams First Three Redpoint Attempts of DNA 5.15d
Jakob Schubert is projecting Seb Bouin’s DNA 5.15d in La Ramirole, France. He has scheduled a month-long trip to try to make the first repeat of one of the few 5.15d routes in the world. Yesterday, he...
View ArticleMajor Mountaineering Book Collection Comes to Market
Climbers love books, and now, a collection of 118 rare books, photographs and pieces of ephemera spanning more than 170 years of mountaineering history has come to market through Peter Harrington Rare...
View ArticleCamilla Moroni Makes Third Female Ascent of Dreamcatcher
Italian climber Camilla Moroni has climbed Dreamcatcher 5.14d in Squamish, sending the iconic Chris Sharma testpiece after 10 sessions. The ascent marks Moroni’s first 5.14d, with her previous hardest...
View ArticleBurly Boulders, 5.15d Try, Yosemite Aid and Hard Alpine
Here are the best climbing films of the week, some new and some old. Enjoy! Caleb Robinson on Room Service V12 “I’ve been waiting so long to get the chance to climb in Squamish. This was my second day...
View ArticleMount Arapiles Climbing Bans Dramatically Scaled Back After Years of Pressure
After seven years of pressure on rock climbers in Western Victoria, the authorities have today walked back sweeping bans on rock climbing at Mount Arapiles, to introduce only a token ban, representing...
View Article18-Year-Old Italian Climber Sends 5.14d and 5.14d/5.15a in One Night
Gianluca Vighetti had an incredibly sendy day fresh after competing in the European Youth Champs. In one night, he sent two of his projects, making the first ascent of Never Give Up 5.14d/5.15a (9a/+)...
View ArticleSarah Hueniken to Receive 2026 Summit of Excellence Award at Banff Festival
Sarah Hueniken, one of Canada’s most accomplished mixed climbers and mountain community leaders, will be honoured with the 2026 Summit of Excellence Award during the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book...
View ArticleYannick Flohé Flashes His Second V15 with Flow State
German climber Yannick Flohé has made a major statement ahead of the 2026 Rock Master, flashing Flow State (8C/V15) in Val Daone, Italy, on his first attempt. The ascent marks Flohé’s second flash of a...
View ArticleHere’s Where the World Cup Is Going in 2027
The 2027 World Climbing schedule has just been released. The series of competition climbing events takes place every year at different locations. The inaugural World Cup was held in 1989, and it only...
View ArticleJorge Díaz-Rullo Flashes His Hardest Boulder Yet
Jorge Díaz-Rullo has just flashed Paradise Lost V13/14 (8B/+) in the Sustenpass Boulders of Switzerland. He flashed V13 for the first time not long ago, in June of this year, and flashed his second V13...
View ArticleAfter 13 Years, An Adam Ondra 5.15 is Finally Repeated
Italian climber Stefano Carnati has made the second ascent of Adam Ondra’s Torture Physique Integrale 5.15- in Switzerland’s Gastlosen, 13 years after Ondra established the route. Carnati first arrived...
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