Nigel Armino sends Action Directe (9a) in the Frankenjura
Dutch climber Nigel Armino has climbed Action Directe (9a) at the Waldkopf in the northern Frankenjura. Three and a half years after he ruptured a…
Oct 27, 2026
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Hours after Exodia, Adam Ondra makes the first ascent of Murena (9a)
Just a few hours after repeating Exodia, Adam Ondra moved on to a roadside crag elsewhere in Piedmont and made the first ascent of Murena (9a).…
Oct 25, 2026
Nolwen Berthier makes the second ascent of Hématome Crochu (9a)
The 33-year-old Frenchwoman has repeated Antonin Rhodes's orange tufa line high above the Verdon. It took her two seasons and a beta she had to…
Oct 22, 2026
Sonnie Trotter climbs Midnight Way, his first 9a+
The Canadian has made the fifth ascent of the 35-metre 5.15a on the Paradise Wall in Squamish. Getting there took him more than 60 days at the crag…
Oct 21, 2026
At 44, Dan Mirsky sends Kinder Cakes, his first 9a+
Dan Mirsky has climbed Kinder Cakes (9a+, 5.15a) in Rifle, Colorado. At 44, it's his first route of the grade and the hardest thing he has ever done.…
Oct 18, 2026