Alex Moore makes coveted second ascent of Smiling Buttress (Font 8B)
8th Jan '25
Alex Moore has secured a coveted second ascent of Smiling Buttress (Font 8B) in the Peak District over a decade after the first ascent.
Coleman makes first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked (V17/Font 9A)
1st Jan '25
First out of the traps for 2025 is mellowclimbing with a film of Nathaniel Coleman making the first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked (V17/Font 9A) at Thunder Ridge, Colorado.
Mari Salvesen gets into The Zone (E9) to end 2024
31st Dec '24
Mari Salvesen has ended the year with a bang, a pretty rare repeat of The Zone (E9 6c) on Curbar, Peak District.
Nathan Phillips makes first ascent of Deep Fake (Font 8C+)
31st Dec '24
In early December, former British Bouldering Champion Nathan Phillips completed a long term project in Switzerland to make the first ascent of his hardest boulder to date.
Mike Adams talks about his “Getting back into trad” autumn sends
26th Dec '24
Renowned boulderer Mike Adams has recently swopped his bouldering pad for harness, double ropes and wires/cams and has been hammering the trad classics big time!
Chris Sharma makes first ascent of Vision Quest – another F9a Mallorca DWS
22nd Dec '24
Chris Sharma has added yet another stellar Deep Water Soloing first ascent on Mallorca, Vision Quest (F9a).
USA Wilderness Climbing Protected by Law
20th Dec '24
The Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act (PARC) just passed Congress.
Climbing gets £2.775m funding for programme development for LA 2028 Games
16th Dec '24
UK Sport confirms £2.775m funding to the BMC for developing Paraclimbing and Sport Climbing programmes ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.
Sean Bailey adds Alphane (Font 9A) to CV
10th Dec '24
Sean Bailey has made the sixth ascent of Shawn Raboutou’s bouldering testpiece Alphane in Switzerland
Babsi Zangerl flashes Freerider (5.13a/F7c+)
27th Nov '24
Babsi Zangerl, climbing with her partner Jacopo Larcher, has made an historic flash of El Cap over a three-day push via Freerider (5.13a).
Seb Bouin makes first ascent of Wolf Kingdom (F9b+)
23rd Nov '24
Sébastien Bouin recently made the first ascent of Wolf Kingdom F9b+, at Pic Saint Loup, France believing it to be his second hardest route ever.
Sean Bailey joins Font 9A/V17 gang with first ascent of Shaolin
21st Nov '24
American Sean Bailey has made the first ascent of Shaolin (Font 9A) at Red Rock, Las Vegas.
