Keyword: Trad climbing

Italian climber Pietro Vidi has successfully repeated the trad testpiece Magic Line (5.14c/8c+). The iconic line, first climbed by Ron Kauk in 1996, has seen few repeats since and is considered a tough challenge even among very experienced climbers.

South Tyrolean trad specialist Jacopo Larcher has repeated James Pearson's "Bon Voyage" (E12) in Annot, France. This marks his fourth ascent of the world's hardest trad route.

Camila Moroni makes history: together with Pietro Vidi, she successfully repeats the Swiss trad testpiece Histoire sans Fin (8b+). Moroni becomes the first woman to free climb the 200m multi-pitch route. 

Connor Herson secures the fifth ascent of the legendary Magic Line (8c+) in Yosemite Valley. The 35-meter crack, first climbed by Ron Kauk, is in the...

Nerves of steel: James Pearson secures the first repeat of the infamous Echo Wall line.

The first time Trad and then Into the Sun (8c+): Andreas Hofherr repeats the Zangerl test piece in the Murgtal.

The young Frenchwoman Soline Kentzel secured the fourth women's ascent of the tough trad route Le Voyage (E10, 7a).

It's done: Swiss crack specialist Didier Berthod climbs the route that changed his life with Cobra Crack.