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Jessica Pilz
World champions decided in tense Climbing World Cup final in Seoul

By Will Symons Published

A thrilling final leg of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was full of surprises as the world champions were decided

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Shisha Pangma in Tibet
50-year-old is first US woman to climb all world's tallest mountains

By Fiona Russell Published

Tracee Metcalfe completes epic challenge to reach summit of the 14 eight-thousanders

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James Norbury
Think you've got grit? Meet the record-breaker who scaled Britain's 30 tallest peaks in just two days

By Will Symons Published

James Norbury took on the ultra-endurance challenge to entice people to Britain's lesser known peaks

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Grossman celebrates with USA flag
Underdogs seize victory in tense penultimate stage of the climbing world cup

By Will Symons Published

Favorites were bested in a closely contested round of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Prague

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Toby Roberts at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Hungry for more sport climbing after the Olympics? The World Cup heats up this week!

By Will Symons Published

All eyes are on the IFSC Climbing World Cup after an Olympics-inspired spike in popularity

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K2 as seen from Broad Peak base camp on Baltoro Glacier Pakistan
There’s no Olympic gold for it, but a French climber has more than halved the K2 ascent speed record

By Dave Golder Published

French climber Benjamin Vedrines summits K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in just under 11 hours

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Monte rosa massiv or Dufourspitze in Swiss Alps. The Spaghetti Tour is a traverse of the Monte Rosa massif
Swiss climber scales 18 Alpine peaks in under 8 hours to break “Spaghetti Tour” record

By Dave Golder Published

Most experienced climbers take five days to complete this feat – Andy Steindl took 7 hours, 45 minutes, and 44 seconds

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Detailed shot of a green sloper hold as unrecognizable climber grips it
“It was exciting, it was hard": USA Olympic climbing team complete as Raboutou punches ticket – here's who else made the cut

By Julia Clarke Published

Team USA is the only team to have filled all eight of its quota places

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El Capitan in Yosemite
"His diet of meat, salt, and water seems to have given him unusual strength" – Yosemite speed climber crushes El Cap record

By Julia Clarke Published

Nick Ehman is the first to solo aid climb The Nose in under five hours

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El Capitan, Yosemite National Park
Eight-year-old becomes youngest ever to summit El Capitan – but there's controversy

By Cat Ellis Published

Some climbers say the method used by Sam Baker and his father shouldn't qualify as a record, and question their motives

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