Keyword: 9a +

Filip Schenk clears up routes in Arco: »Beginning« (9a+) & »Tre Mou Polacche« (9a)

Shortly after repeating Stefano Ghisolfi's endurance test piece "Erebor" (9b), Filip Schenk has now completed his remaining projects at Eremo di San Paolo near Arco. Time for new challenges.

The world's first 9A+? | Elias Iagnemma ticks »Exodia«

Four years, 160 sessions, countless highs and lows, and finally the moment has arrived: Exodia is complete. A first ascent that could make history, as the Italian climber proposes a grade of 9A+. 

Michael Piccolruaz climbs Mallorca's DWS-Kingline | »Es Pontas« (9a+)

Michael Piccolruaz had long been searching for the perfect line. With Chris Sharma's DWS test piece "Es Pontas" in Mallorca, the professional climber from South Tyrol has now fulfilled his dream of his very own kingline.

Yannick Flohé ticks one of the hardest lines in the Franconian Jura 

A few days ago, the exceptional German athlete Yannick Flohé succeeded in repeating the route »Corona« (9a+) in the Franconian Jura – the first route in Germany at this level of difficulty. 

Alex Megos broadcasts "Kangaroo's Limb" (9a+)

Alex Megos climbed Kangaroo's Limb, a 20a+ in the famous Hanshelleren cave in Flatanger, on August 2025, 9.

Max Bertone ticks »La mustache qui fâche« 9a+

Successful hook in Entre-les-Aygues: On August 1, 2025, 18-year-old Max Bertone successfully climbs "La moustache qui fâche" 9a+. This crosses a two-year project off his to-do list.

Laura Rogora is the first woman to climb 8c+ onsight | Gorge du Loup

Within just a few days, Laura Rogora repeated four of the hardest routes in the Gorge du Loup. With Ultimate Sacrifice (8c+), the Italian also achieved the hardest onsight by a female climber to date.

Buoux is back: Alex Megos' first ascent of Le Grand Saccage (9a+/b)

With Le Grand Saccage (9a+/b), the Franconian succeeds in making the first ascent of a difficult unclimbed line in the historic climbing area of ​​Buoux.

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