James Pearson has added a sit-start to Juneru at Albarracín; it’s his first Font 8C and now the hardest bloc at this Spanish venue.

Hazel Findlay has redpointed Esclatamasters at Perles, Spain to become the second British female climber to climb F9a.

Franco Cookson has repeated the North Wales slate test-piece, The Meltdown.

The IFSC and the UIAA have confirmed that the scheduled Russian events has been suspended/cancelled in response to the ongoing situation in Ukraine.

Molly Thompson-Smith and Alex Waterhouse won the recent 2022 It Takes Two GB Titans competition.

Leo Billon, Sébastien Ratel and Benjamin Védrines complete winter Alpine Direttissima Trilogy with the Gogna-Cerruti on the North Face of the Matterhorn.

Stefano Ghisolfi has just made the first ascent L’Arenauta (F9b) in the Grotta dell’Arenauta, Italy.

The Canmore based Canadian Alpinist, Quentin Roberts reports that he recently made a solo ascent of Torre Egger.

During a warm, dry spell in late April 2021 Steve McClure made the fourth ascent of The Final Round (E8 6c) on Ilam Rock in Dovedale.

Recent first ascents in stark contrast to the tragic loss of Bavarian Alpinist Robert Grasegger and the Italian guide Corrado “Korra” Pesce in Patagonia.

Dave MacLeod reports that he’s just repeated Below Zero (Font 8B+) at Rooftown near Inverness, Scotland

Anna Taylor recently soloed Psykovsky’s Sequins (H8 7a/E9) at Danby Crag in the Esk Valley, North York Moors.