Sonnie Trotter Climbs Midnight Way 5.15a
Sonnie Trotter has climbed one of Canada’s hardest sport climbs with the fifth ascent of Midnight Way, a 35-metre 5.15a on the Paradise Wall in Squamish. This is Trotter’s first of the grade. Midnight...
View ArticleThree Dead, Four Injured in Chile Avalanche
Three people were killed and four injured after a slab avalanche swept a group of mountaineers into Laguna del Inca near Ski Portillo in Chile’s Valparaíso region on Oct. 17. The group was traveling...
View ArticleCanadian Will Gadd Goes Ice Climbing in Australia
Canadian Will Gadd recently joined Australian Hugh Newall on a trip to Australia’s famed Snowy Mountains, where they eventually found some fragile ice lines and marginal winter conditions. For Gadd,...
View ArticleJessica Pilz Climbs Hades 5.14d
On October 15, Jessica Pilz sent Hades 5.14d (9a) in Götterwandl, Austria. While the Austrian is a decorated comp climber and has even climbed 5.15a, this was her first time climbing a 5.14d on rock....
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Lara Neumeier Makes Historic First Female Ascent of Rhapsody E11
German climber Lara Neumeier has made the historic first female ascent of Rhapsody 5.14c R trad (E11 7a) at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland. First climbed by Scottish climber Dave MacLeod in 2006, Rhapsody...
View ArticleFrench 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...
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