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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

Climbing World Cup preview: Watson, Miroslaw, and the rest of the world's best speed climbers return to the wall to prove their mettle in Krakow
By Will Symons published
The hotly-anticipated penultimate speed climbing round of the IFSC Climbing World Cup gets underway this weekend

Hoka's yet-to-be released Rocket X Trail powers Fuzhao Xiang to the Western States podium – here's everything we know about the brand's next trail running shoe
By Julia Clarke last updated
Xiang led Hoka's team at the legendary race with a second-place finish in some exciting new kicks

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

Climbing World Cup preview: Anraku to claim coveted series victory as nail-biting women's bouldering competition goes to the final round
By Will Symons published
The upcoming IFSC World Cup round will crown the bouldering series champions and continue the thrilling lead climbing competition

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

Watch amazing new speed climbing record – "the fastest speed climbing run ever done in Europe" – being set at the IFSC European Cup
By Charlie Lyon published
Ukranian climber Yaroslav Tkach took gold with his incredible sub-five-second performance

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

Climbing World Cup preview: the world's best climbers eye medal places as they return to the wall for the penultimate bouldering competition of 2025
By Will Symons published
The upcoming climbing World Cup in Bern, Switzerland, could solidify the 2025 winners and losers in the bouldering competition
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