French Climber Oriane Bertone Wins Gold in USA
France’s Oriane Bertone won the third gold medal of her career, carrying her standout semi-final performance through to the final boulder. As the only climber to top all four boulders in the women’s...
View ArticleAdam Ondra Climbs Exodia, the World’s First Proposed V18
Adam Ondra has just repeated Elias Iagnemma’s Exodia, the world’s first proposed V18 (9A+) boulder problem. Iagnemma established the boulder in November 2025 after 211 sessions of work. Incredibly,...
View ArticleNemuel Feurle Climbs 5.14cR Trad with Rhapsody
Nemuel Feurle, 25, has repeated Rhapsody 5.14cR at Dumbarton Rock, Scotland. First climbed by Dave MacLeod in 2006, Rhapsody was the world’s first route graded E11 and remains one of trad climbing’s...
View ArticleIsraeli Climber Yonatan Katz Wins Gold in USA
Israel’s Yonatan Katz took gold in Salt Lake City, USA, topping the men’s final on the last boulder in only his second appearance at the World Climbing Series level. After flashing two zones and...
View ArticleMen’s Last Boulder World Cup Finale of 2026 Set in USA
Great Britain’s Max Milne topped the men’s Boulder semi-final standings with 84.9 points, edging Japan’s Rei Kawamata and Israel’s Yonatan Katz in a tightly contested round. Just 0.6 points separated...
View ArticleMei Kotake Sends a V14 in a Session
Japanese climber Mei Kotake is currently on a bouldering trip to Gottardo, Switzerland. She just announced that she sent Tigris Sit V14 (8B+) in a single session. This send adds to an already...
View ArticleComp Climbing Star Jessica Pilz Climbs Her First 5.14d
On October 15, Austrian Jessica Pilz sent Hades 5.14d (9a) in Götterwandl, Austria. While the Austrian is a decorated comp climber and has even climbed 5.15a, she shared that this was her first of the...
View ArticleRitsu Kayotani Climbs Defying Gravity V15 in Colorado
Ritsu Kayotani has just sent Daniel Woods’ Defying Gravity V15 (8C) in Thunder Ridge, Colorado. The Japanese climber has now sent at least a dozen boulders V15 or harder, according to his 8a.nu page....
View ArticleClimber Who Skipped 5.14d for 5.15a, Climbs Her First 5.14d
French climber Nolwen Berthier, 33, has climbed her first 5.14d on record with Hématome Crochu. In 2022, she skipped 5.14d and went straight to 5.15a with a send of Supercrackinette at Saint Léger,...
View ArticleAdam Ondra Tries Exodia V18 and Other Boulder News
In November 2025, Elias Iagnemma made the first ascent of Exodia in Italy, and proposed a grade of V18 (9A+). The boulder was first envisioned by Christian Core and features a 60-degree overhang,...
View ArticleNew Women’s Highline World Record Set in Karakoram
German climbers Lukas Irmler and Antonia Rüede-Passul recently sent the first-ever highline from the summit of Trango Tower (6,251 m) in Pakistan. The 21-metre-long line is now the highest highline...
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How Reinhold Messner Made Mountaineering History 40 Years Ago Today
Forty years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1986, Reinhold Messner reached the summit of Lhotse, Nepal, alongside Hans Kammerlander, becoming the first mountaineer to climb all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre...
View ArticleOwen Whaley Climbs American Test-Piece Problem
Owen Whaley has repeated Creature From the Black Lagoon V16 in Upper Chaos, Colorado. The send of Daniel Woods’s 2016 testpiece adds to Whaley’s list of hard sends, which already includes two V16s:...
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Interview with Climbing Legend Jerry Moffatt: “What the Hell Was I Doing?”
Jerry Moffatt has lived an elevated life at the sharp end of climbing, from frightening new trad routes to the birth of sport climbing, competition and modern training, he helped shape the climbing...
View ArticleMei Kotake Climbs Her First V15
Japanese climber Mei Kotake has been on a sending spree in Gottardo, Switzerland. On her second day of climbing, she sent Quiet Storm V14 and Hazel Grace V14 in a single afternoon. The next day, she...
View ArticleContrasting Outcomes for Nepal’s Fall Climbing Season
A seven-member rope-fixing team successfully reached the summit of Ama Dablam at 11:40 a.m. on Oct. 13, opening the route for subsequent climbing expeditions. Led by Nuru Wangchu Sherpa, the team...
View ArticleNew Ice Route Climbed in Canadian Rockies
The ice climbing season has begun, sort of, in the Canadian Rockies, as some ice has started to form on famous routes and a new line was climbed on Vulture Peak near Bow Hut. Sebastian Taborszky...
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Yang Xiaohua Makes Mountain Guiding History
Yang Xiaohua was the first Chinese woman accepted into the rigorous International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA) certification program. Her journey to becoming a mountain guide has...
View ArticleFamed Climbing Film Tour Reel Rock Turns 20
Climbing’s biggest stories are coming to the big screen this fall as Reel Rock 20 celebrates the grit, passion, and progression of the climbing world. The annual climbing film tour returns with four...
View ArticleWhy Jakob Schubert’s Latest 5.15d Ascent Is a Historic Moment in Climbing
On October 10, Jakob Schubert made the second ascent of Seb Bouin’s DNA 5.15d (9c). He did it live on YouTube, streaming to roughly 8,000 rapt viewers. It was his ninth attempt over the course of...
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