Petzl have issued a recall for their Pirana Descenders with the following serial numbers D005AA00 and D005AA01.

Climbing in Alpine-style, members of the military climbing group, Chamonix GMHM, have made the first winter ascent of the famous Eiger Direct route.

Adam Ondra starts 2022 off with a report of a ‘historic’ first ascent in the former Czechoslovakia and some storming sends at Siurana.

Guy Robertson and Adam Russell recently made the second ascent of Wailing Wall (IX, 9) on An Teallach.

Charles Dubouloz has completed the first solo – in winter – of the famous mixed route Rolling Stones on North Face of the Grandes Jorasses

Zihenf Qia and Bayes Wilder become the latest young guns with hard ascents to their names

The much anticipated documentary, The Wall – Climb for Gold, follows four top climbers as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics is now on release.

The young French climber, Victor Guillermin, has climbed Estado Critico (F9a) at Siurana.

Word from a snowy Yosemite is that Siebe Vanhee and Seb Berthe are in town and sizing up The Dawn Wall.

After battling super hard projects all last year Seb Bouin took a mini break over Xmas to Mallorca where he hoovered up a dozen or so routes including a fast repeat of Reikiavic Energy (F9a).

Tim Emmett and Sam Eastman have taken full advantage of the current cold snap in western Canada to add a new two-pitch, 120m ice route in Squamish, Medusa (WI6+).

Adam Ondra is accustomed to being in the news; now, he’s added more new routes, announced he and his wife are expecting their first baby and, it seems, changing one of his sponsors.