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            <news:title>New route on Nevado Cashan (5686m) in Peru by Manuel López and Alex Úbeda, dedicated to Spanish mountaineer Carlos Suárez</news:title>
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            <news:title>Denis Urubko and Maria Cardell made a bold new alpine-style ascent on Nanga Parbat, reaching the summit in just five days without fixed ropes or supplemental oxygen</news:title>
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            <news:title>Yannick Flohé made history by flashing an 8C boulder, Foundations Edge, in Switzerland—possibly the first-ever flash at that grade</news:title>
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            <news:title>Camilla Moroni became the first woman to free climb the 200m trad route Histoire sans Fin (8b+) in Switzerland</news:title>
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            <news:title>Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee completed the first solo ascent of Voie Petit</news:title>
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            <news:title>Janja Garnbret (Slovenia) and Toby Roberts (UK) won the final stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 in Innsbruck.</news:title>
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            <news:title>Laura Pineau and Kate Kelleghan completed the first all-female ascent of the Yosemite Triple Crown in under 24 hours, climbing El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mt. Watkins</news:title>
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