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Climbing World Cup preview: Anraku eyes historic series double while McNeice and Seo battle it out in the penultimate lead climbing competition
By Will Symons published
World-class climbers are vying for a place atop the IFSC World Cup leaderboard

"The crazy part is a year ago he had two legs, and a month ago he'd never worn crampons" – adventurer who lost his leg in a motorbike crash hopes to set new record with the first ascent of a previously unclimbed 16,000ft peak
By Charlie Lyon published
Next month, Luke Tarrant will join adaptive mountaineer Ed Jackson on an expedition to Kyrgyzstan to attempt a summit that no one has managed before

Watson, Miroslaw, Anraku, and Seo return to winning ways in Climbing World Cup speed and lead climbing double-header
By Will Symons published
Spectators were treated to a thrilling couple of days of expert lead and speed climbing in Chamonix, France - read on for our roundup

Climbing World Cup preview: the world's premier lead and speed climbers limber up for a thrilling World Cup double header in Chamonix
By Will Symons published
World-class climbers like Sorato Anraku and Aleksandra Miroslaw will return to the wall in pursuit of coveted series victories

Flash for Flohé: German climber achieves what's claimed to be the most difficult boulder flash of all time
By Alex Foxfield published
Yannick Flohé has made bouldering history by becoming the first person to ever flash a V15 boulder problem on Foundation's Edge

Bravo girls! DiGiulian and Ordóñez send first female free climb of Madagascan big wall
By Alex Foxfield published
26 years after it was established by an all-star women's team, Sasha DiGiulian and Marianna Ordóñez have become the first women to free climb Bravo Les Filles in Madagascar

Indonesian climbers do the double as underdogs thrive in a thrilling speed climbing round of the 2025 Climbing World Cup
By Will Symons published
There was plenty of excitement and some expert climbing on display at the latest World Cup speed climbing event in Krakow, Poland

Anraku and Bertone become bouldering world champions as modern-day great Janja Garnbret returns to the wall in the Climbing World Cup in spectacular fashion
By Will Symons published
The final bouldering event of the 2025 contest crowned the winners and losers of a tense series, while things got heated in the lead climbing event

American climber claims to be first to solo the most brutal line on Denali, the tallest mountain in the US, but labels the Alaska Range a "hellscape" after punishing 53-day trip
By Charlie Lyon published
The Slovak Direct route has seen fewer than 20 ascents since the 1980s

Dramatic finish in the latest Climbing World Cup bouldering round as Pan Yufei strikes late to take gold, edging out Mejdi Schalck
By Julia Clarke published
The Chinese climber took his first World Cup title, while the women's final saw Erin McNeice also take her first bouldering gold
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