Adam 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...
View ArticleClimbers Find Huge Crystals on New 16-Pitch Alpine Route
French climbers Pablo Etienne and Sophie Jacob have established a new route on the Capucin du Requin face in the Mont Blanc massif named L’Écho des Cristalliers. From the Mer de Glace glacier, the pair...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Team Climbs Nameless Tower’s Eternal Flame
At the end of September, a Kyrgyzstan alpine team made the country’s first ascent on record of Nameless Tower (6,239 m) in Pakistan’s Karakoram, climbing the iconic Eternal Flame on the tower’s south...
View ArticleDon’t Miss the Final Boulder World Cup of 2026 in Salt Lake City
The final Boulder World Cup of the 2026 season is happening this weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. The qualification rounds will be held on Friday, the men’s semi-final and final events will take place...
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How Climbing Gym Setters Turn Beginners Into Climbers
When you talk to most climbers and ask them how they got their start, most will say it was in a climbing gym. They’ll tell you about the time they, on a whim, took advantage of a one-month first-time...
View ArticleJana Švecová Climbs an Italian V14
Jana Švecová has announced her recent ascent of L’Oppio Dei Climbers V14 (8B+) in Val Daone, Italy. It came not long after Katie Lamb’s ascent of the problem – in fact, Švecová came incredibly close to...
View ArticleDelaney Miller Climbs Shadowboxing 5.14d in Colorado
Delaney Miller has announced that at the end of September she sent Shadowboxing at Rifle, Colorado, a route first climbed by Jonathan Siegrist in 2011. In 2024, Miller, a decorated comp champion,...
View ArticleJakob Schubert Makes History! Climbs His Second 5.15d
Jakob Schubert has repeated Seb Bouin’s 5.15d (9c) route DNA at La Ramirole, France. He is now the first climber to have climbed two routes graded 5.15d. In 2023, Schubert famously made the first...
View ArticleKatie Lamb Climbs V14 in Val Daone
Katie Lamb sent L’Oppio Dei Climbers V14 (8B+) in Val Daone, Italy, on a recent trip to the area. It was a seemingly effortless ascent for the American climber, who was the first woman to send V16 –...
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Buster Martin Climbs World’s First E11 Months After 5.15b
Buster Martin has made the ninth ascent of Rhapsody (E11 7a) at Dumbarton Rock on the River Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. First climbed by Dave MacLeod in 2006, Rhapsody was the world’s first route...
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