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Climbing World Cup preview: Watson keen to continue speed climbing dominance as Deng eyes gold in Denver
By Will Symons published
America's Samuel Watson and China's Lijuan Deng have their eyes on the podium at the upcoming speed climbing World Cup

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

As the Everest summit window draws to a close, records are smashed while others suffer bitter disappointment
By Charlie Lyon last updated
Revered mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa makes his 31st summit, while 29-year-old Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa summits four times in just 15 days

US mountaineer who claims to have climbed Everest in quickest time ever from sea to summit arrested in Nepal over cash smuggling allegations
By Charlie Lyon published
Andrew Ushakov, who climbed with the aid of Nims Purja's Elite Exped guides was detained at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu

Climbing World Cup preview: Anraku eyes third successive victory as Dohyun Lee gets last-minute permission to compete
By Will Symons published
Dohyun Lee and the entire South Korean coaching team were initially denied entry into the US before the upcoming World Cup in Salt Lake City

Setting the bar high - Irish climber David Fitzgerald sends what could be Yosemite’s hardest ever boulder problem
By Will Symons published
The Last Line of Defense boulder problem has a proposed rating of 8C+, which would make it one of the California park's toughest climbs

"I got scared, I tried hard, my heart was beating" - watch Czech climbing sensation Adam Ondra flash one of the world's toughest trad climbs
By Will Symons published
The infamous Lexicon E11 7a route was created in 2021, and is thought to be one of the most challenging trad routes ever climbed

He's widely regarded as the world's greatest rock climber – but exactly who is Adam Ondra?
By Alex Foxfield published
We take a look at the life and achievements of Adam Ondra, the sport climbing, bouldering and competition climbing legend
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