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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

One for the rock climbing history books – female climbers Kelleghan and Pineau become first women to climb Yosemite Triple Crown
By Julia Clarke published
It's been 24 years since Dean Potter and Timmy O’Neil completed the first ascent of the Yosemite Triple Crown in a single day

Anraku finally beaten as France do the double in latest bouldering round of the Climbing World Cup, but bad weather calls an early halt again
By Will Symons published
France's Mejdi Schalck and Oriane Bertone won gold after the women's final was cancelled due to windy conditions in Prague

Rain stops play - stormy weather forces an early end to the latest Climbing World Cup round, with some unexpected medals as a result
By Will Symons published
USA's Emma Hunt and Indonesian Kiromal Katibin took gold after heavy wind and rain brought the contest to an abrupt close

Thousands of climbers gearing up to take on America's tallest mountain as the peak summer season gets underway
By Will Symons published
Dozens have already summitted Alaska's Denali mountain, which was controversially renamed Mount McKinley by Donald Trump earlier this year

Emily Harrington's big wall career will blow your mind, and now you can watch her record-breaking freeclimb of El Capitan on film
By Charlie Lyon published
The Girl Climber feature-length doc features 10 years of incredible footage, including the day Emily sent the Golden Gate route on El Capitan
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