First ascents
Climbers Meet Accidentally When Two Big New Routes Link Up in Dolomites
One elegant new route on Torre Trieste — a...
Gyala Peri and Namcha Barwa: Two Hard 7,000’ers Climbed Only Once
At the eastern end of the Himalaya lies a...
A Three-Week Traverse of the Northern Patagonia Icecap
Climbers Isidora Llarena, Rebeca Caceres, and Nadine Lehner recently...
Italians Bag First Ascent of Sato Pyramide
When Stefano Ragazzo and Silvia Loreggian first discovered the...
Adam Ondra Puts Down ‘Second Hardest Route of My Life’
The hardest route remains the groundbreaking 'Silence', 9c, a...
‘Frigo-combo’: A Long, Cold, Loose First Ascent in Switzerland
If you want to climb Silvan Schupbach and Peter...
Laura Rogora Climbs Another Beastly Sport Route: ’80 Ghisa,’ 9a
One of the world's hardest women climbers has struck...
Frigid Bivy Leads to First Ascent in India’s Zanskar
On August 23, a Basque-Catalan climbing team stood on...
Alexander Megos Completes ‘The Full Journey’ 9b at Margalef, Spain
The now-grown-up wunderkind from Germany flat-out rips at Margalef....
‘Always Up, Always Forward’: Veteran Climber Plucks 9a+ Gem
You could call Dani Fuertes a “lifer”. The Aragonese...
Roger Schaeli Forces Exacting Climb Up Little-Known Swiss Mountain
Roger Schaeli’s big new route in Switzerland looks like...
Climbing Beatdown Leads to Well-Earned First Ascent in Kyrgyzstan
There’s something to be said for pursuing your limits....
Two More Quality First Ascents in the Peruvian Andes
Two new first ascents in Peru prove that the...
U.S. Duo Snags Hardest Alpine Line in Peru’s Cordillera Huayhuash
American climbing partners Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson have...
Pou Brothers Announce Even More New Climbs. We Build a Timeline
To say that the irrepressible Hermanos Pou have enjoyed...
Urubko & Cardell Summit Unclimbed Peak in Pakistan
Denis Urubko and Maria Cardell celebrated their sixth anniversary...
