4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (702+ words) High above the Valais valley in Switzerland, the 2,985m Petit Clocher du Portalet rises as a steep granite spire into the Alps. Histoire sans Fin (8b+, 200m) is one of the hardest free-climbing routes on the spire and a major test of hard…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (488+ words) An team of strong climbers has established an 800-metre new route on Pedra Baiana in Brazil, climbing a line they have named Sintonia (5.13 C1, 800 m, 22 pitches). The route was opened by Brazilian climbers Gisely Ferraz and Danielle Pinto, French climber Laura…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (570+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Alex Megos made the first ascent of two V14 (8B+) boulders in Norway – Norwegian Sky and Schattenspiel – within a few days. Norwegian Sky is crimpy and very dynamic with a huge throw on immaculate, wavy rock. Schattenspiel is more…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (351+ words) Seb Bouin Makes First Ascent of “one of the most stylish” 5.14d’s Gripped Climbing Magazine Seb Bouin has just made the first ascent of a super athletic 5.14d in Saint-Auban, France – he has called it Nova. It features wild, dynamic throws…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (215+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Laura Rogora, 25, who just became the third woman to climb 5.15c with her send of Bibliographie in Céüse, just repeated the nearby test-piece Pornographie 5.14d in three attempts. She also climbed L’arcademicien des crépis 5.14b and flashed Le chirurgien du…...