Sport climbing gets separate medals for LA 2028 Olympics
11th Apr '25
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced an increase in medals and athlete quota for Sport Climbing for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Spike Fullwood is Superman…
11th Apr '25
Spike Fullwood, one of the UK’s promising teenage young guns, has just sent Superman (Font 8B) at Crag X in the Peak District.
Brooke Raboutou gets third ascent of Excalibur (F9b+)
10th Apr '25
American climber Brooke Raboutou has made the third ascent - the first by a female - of Excalibur (F9b+) pushing female sport climbing within a grade of the top standard of F9c.
Jim Pope aces his 100th Grit FA with Cloud Gate
2nd Apr '25
Cloud Gate (Font 8B+) is Jim Pope’s 100th first ascent and it’s a real banger!
Eugenie Lee and Max Milne are Rab CWIF 2025 Champions
25th Mar '25
Eugenie Lee and Max Milne topped the standings in the Rab CWIF 2025 competition held at the Climbing Works in Sheffield.
Lara Neumeier gets first female ascent of Psychogramm (Trad 8b+)
21st Mar '25
German climber Lara Neumeier, has made the fourth repeat – the first female ascent - of the trad-route Psychogramm at Bürser Platte, in the Vorarlberg region of Austria.
Hervé Barmasse makes first full winter traverse of Gran Sasso Massif
19th Mar '25
Hervé Barmasse has become the first person to complete a solo winter traverse and integral link-up of all the main peaks of the Gran Sasso of Italy Massif.
Simon Lorenzi makes fourth ascent of Return of the Sleepwalker (Font 9A)
17th Mar '25
Belgian boulder-ace Simon Lorenzi has repeated Daniel Wood’s Return of the Sleepwalker in Red Rocks, USA.
Luce e Tenebre - light and darkness – First ascent of north face of Punta Pioda
15th Mar '25
Between March 6th and 9th Roger Schäli, Filippo Sala and Silvan Schüpbach made the first ascent of an impressive line up the centre of the north face the Punta Pioda in the Alps.
Janja Garnbret makes rare repeat of historic Za staro kolo (F8c+)
11th Mar '25
Janja Garnbret has made a rare repeat of Za staro kolo (F8c+), a historic route originally climbed by Tadej Slabe in 1992.
Noah Wheeler gets second ascent of Shaolin (Font 9A)
9th Mar '25
Noah Wheeler continues his stellar 2025 form with the second ascent of Shaolin (Font 9A) at Red Rocks, Las Vegas.
Nicolai Uznik gets first ascent of Mount Doom (Font 9A)
7th Mar '25
Austrian climber, Nicolia Uznik, has made the first ascent of Mount Doom (Font 9A) in Maltatal, Austria.