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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

“Black rocky hills have started to appear” - Experts witness the devastating toll of climate change on Mount Everest in eye-opening fly-by
By Will Symons published
Scientists and Nepali lawmakers spotted a drastic reduction in snow-coverage on the Himalayan peaks

"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

British mountain guide scales Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most climbs by a non-Nepali
By Will Symons published
Kenton Cool climbed the world's tallest mountain for the first time in 2004 and he's summitted almost every year since

Women's bouldering goes to the wire after unstoppable Anraku dominates again in the latest climbing World Cup
By Will Symons published
France's Naile Meignan won her first World Cup gold with just 0.1 points more than second-placed Oriane Bertone

Watch the new Arc'teryx film following elite climber Nina Caprez's Moroccan adventure
By Alex Foxfield published
Andrea: an Unpaved Route follows the journey of Nina Caprez, elite climber and new mother, to Morocco where she encourages women to pursue their dreams

Climbing World Cup preview: teens eye gold in the season's second bouldering event
By Will Symons published
Annie Sanders and Sorato Anraku will be keen to continue their dominant displays from the first round

3 climbers die in 400ft North Cascades fall when anchor breaks loose, 1 "miraculous" survivor hikes out
By Julia Clarke last updated
The party of 4 is said to have attached their ropes to a piton left in the rock by other climbers, which may have torn free
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