Lucie Hrozova of the Czech Republic just became the first woman to climb M14 when she sent the route Ironman in Eptingen, Switzerland on February 4....

Adam Ondra wasted no time celebrating his recent send of the world's hardest sport climb, La Dura Dura (5.15c). Instead, the 20-year-old Ondra hopped on the Sharma route Fight or Flight (5.15b) at Oliana, Spain, and promptly fired the second ascent....

Sam Elias took the Vail Mountain Games Mixed Climbing Competition by storm on Friday, February 8....

Check out this video of a scary ice climbing fall on Taurine Scream (WI 5), near the Matanuska River in Southcentral Alaska....

The Piolet d'Or committee has announced it will give Kurt Diemberger the Lifetime Achievement Award this April for his distinguished history as an alpinist. ...

While the rest of us were watching the Super Bowl, someone polished off the Diamond in winter in half a day. On Sunday, February 6, Scott Bennett and Joe Mills posted a record time of 12:31 car to car on D7, the Diamond Face of Long’s Peak, Colorado. And then Bennet proceeded to repeat To RP or Not to Be (5.12ax) in Eldo....

If the best climber is the one having the most fun, then Wes Walker, a Denver-based boulderer with a full-time job, might just be at the top of the heap. Walker puts in 8-hour days at a bank then loads up and heads into the mountains at night, most often alone, sometimes climbing until dawn. ...

Adam Ondra has claimed the first ascent of La Dura Dura (5.15c) today. Likely the hardest sport climb in the world, La Dura Dura was one of the last remaining projects of Oliana, Spain....

Chris Sharma has just made the first ascent of Stoking the Fire (5.15b) in Santa Linya, Spain. The route was a long-term project for Sharma, and he reflects about the elusive feeling of finally climbing to the chains of a next level project. ...

U.K. alpinist Andy Kirkpatrick has just completed the first winter ascent of the Troll Wall's Suser gjennom Harryland route (A3 5.10b 18 pitches) in Norway. ...

The CEO of Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI), Sally Jewell, has been chosen by President Obama to head the Interior Department. If confirmed she will replace outgoing Ken Salazar, current Secretary of the Interior and a former U.S. Senator from Colorado....

Dave Macleod has bounced back from a recent accident that required foot surgery, to redpoint Malsonando (5.14b) in Spain. ...

The strong team of Leo Houlding, Sean Leary, Jason Pickles, David Reeves, Chris Rabone and Alastair Lee have succeeded in the first ascent of a major new route on the northeast ridge of the Ulvetanna (2,930m) in the Antarctic. ...

Christian Core has discovered a new boulder, in the same area as his classic V16 Gioia, near his home in Varazze, Italy. Could this be the first V17? ...

Dave Graham took first in the men's open division of the Spot Bouldering Series Gladiator Finals this past Saturday, February 2. Graham is best known for his hard climbing outside and is seldom seen in the competition world. ...

The Austrians Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner have established what is possibly the world’s hardest traditional mixed climb. Senza Piombo is located in the Dolomites of northern Italy and is a naturally protected five-pitch M10....

The Lagarde Couloir on the north face of Les Droites in Chamonix, France was a site of tragedy this weekend, as two climbers became stranded and eventually died while awaiting a rescue. ...

Check out this crazy video of Katie Brown whipping big on an onsight attempt of The Tombstone's Epitaph (5.13) in Moab, Utah....

On January 17 Swiss climber Dani Arnold sent three hard ice and mixed routes up to M10 and WI 6 in Breitwangflue, Switzerland. Arnold had previously set a speed record of 2 hours and 28 minutes on the Heckmair route on Eiger North Face in April 2011....

Malcolm Smith burst onto the world stage when he sent the Ben Moon testpiece Hubble, the world's first 5.14c. At the time, he was just an 18-year-old Scottish kid that no one had ever heard of. ...