5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (702+ words) High above the Valais valley in Switzerland, the 2,985m Petit Clocher du Portalet rises as a steep granite spire into the Alps. Histoire sans Fin (8b+, 200m) is one of the hardest free-climbing routes on the spire and a major test of hard…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (454+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Adam Ondra went out for a bouldering session in Toit d’Orsay in France. He had his sights set on a V14 flash, but ended up making a V14/15 (8B+/C) first ascent instead. He called the problem Little Boy du…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (488+ words) An team of strong climbers has established an 800-metre new route on Pedra Baiana in Brazil, climbing a line they have named Sintonia (5.13 C1, 800 m, 22 pitches). The route was opened by Brazilian climbers Gisely Ferraz and Danielle Pinto, French climber Laura…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (131+ words) The Most Epic Alpine Climbs of 2025, According to the Piolets d’Or Gripped Climbing Magazine The Piolets d’Or has released its 2025 list of significant ascents, a wide-ranging selection of some of the year’s most notable and innovative climbing achievements from around…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (396+ words) Pepa Šindel Sends His Longest-Standing Project After Breaking Fingers on Crux Gripped Climbing Magazine Pepa Šindel recently sent Ratatouille 5.14d (9a) in Slovakia. It is his 21st climb of the grade – he also has four 5.15a’s and one 5.15b on his resume). But this…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (290+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Jakob Schubert recently sent Mongo 5.14d (9a) at Schleier Wasserfall in Austria. Markus Bendler established Mongo back in 2004, when he was only 20 years old, and it has since been repeated, including by Adam Ondra in 2017. For Schubert, who was…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (316+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Nina Arthaud recently sent Hazel Grace V14 at Gotthard Pass in Switzerland. The problem has become a classic over the years, with many ascents from top boulderers. The line has almost 40 ascents on 8a.nu – with nearly a dozen…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) Seb Bouin Makes First Ascent of “one of the most stylish” 5.14d’s Gripped Climbing Magazine Seb Bouin has just made the first ascent of a super athletic 5.14d in Saint-Auban, France – he has called it Nova. It features wild, dynamic throws…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (215+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Laura Rogora, 25, who just became the third woman to climb 5.15c with her send of Bibliographie in Céüse, just repeated the nearby test-piece Pornographie 5.14d in three attempts. She also climbed L’arcademicien des crépis 5.14b and flashed Le chirurgien du…...