From April 5 through April 7 Jess Roskelley and Ben Erdmann of the U.S. and Kristoffer Szilas of Denmark made a first ascent of the 3,700-foot Hypa Zypa Couloir (AI5+, M6+, 5.10R, A3) on the Citadel in Alaska's Kichatna Range. ...

Nalle Hukkataival has managed to repeat the mythical Bügeleisen (V14), which was established by Klem Loskot in 2001. ...

On March 31, Greg Collins and Brendan O'Neill made a first ski descent of the North Face of the Grand Teton....

Last Friday, Dan Mirsky’s vision of climbing a new line through the sprag-pockets and tufa-pinch cruxes of Utah’s steep Cathedral cave culminated in a send of Solid Gold (5.14c), which is the crag’s latest top-tier sport route. ...

Officials at Joshua Tree National Park have closed the Rattlesnake Canyon area due to a recent spate of vandalism, according to a press release. ...

A Sherpa guide in Nepal was killed while fixing lines on Everest this past Sunday, April 7....

Check out the second installment of a video series documenting Alex Honnold's journey to establish A Gift from Wyoming (5.13) on Yosemite's Leaning Tower....

Daniel Woods took first in men's and Charlotte Durif placed first in women's at the Sport Climbing Series (SCS) Nationals this past weekend at Movement and Fitness in Boulder, CO. ...

Something unprecedented happened at the Piolets d'Or this year: every single team that was nominated won the award. ...

Check out part one of a video series following Alex Honnold's journey to establish A Gift from Wyoming (5.13) on Yosemite's Leaning Tower. ...

Ramon Julian Puigblanque has established three new 5.14 routes in Spain--one 5.14b, one 5.14c, and one 5.14d. ...

Hazel Findlay has claimed the second ascent of the mind-control testpiece Chicama (E9/5.13c) at the sea-cliff of Trearddur Bay in Wales....

In February, German alpinist Robert Jasper opened an exciting new four-pitch M12 WI5 trad mixed-climb on the Breitwangflue wall above Kandersteg, Switzerland....

Tim Emmett and Neil Gresham have just done a one-day ascent of a classic triad of Welsh ice climbs: The Devil's Appendix, Central Icefall Direct and Cascade. This is the first time all three routes have been climbed in a day. ...

Carlo Traversi has claimed the first ascent of The Kingdom (V15) in Brione, Switzerland....

The 19-year-old German phenom Alex Megos has made a very impressive second-try ascent of La Rambla (5.15a) at Siurana, Spain. ...

Check out this video of Austrian climber Guntram Jörg making the first ascent of Ninja (V14) in the Canary Islands....

Carlo Traversi finally found an actual “problem” in The Story of Two Worlds (V15). And the “problem” was that he couldn’t send it as quickly or with the relative ease that he has grown accustomed to while trying the world's hardest boulder problems. ...

Sasha DiGiulian is back at it again sending some of the hardest sport routes in the world. On Friday, March 22, DiGiulian climbed Fish Eye and Los Humildes pa Casa during one day at Oliana, Spain. Both are 5.14b. ...

Carlo Traversi has repeated the Dave Graham testpiece The Story of Two Worlds (V15) at Cresciano, Switzerland....