Keyword: bigwall

Eneko and Iker Pou have free climbed "Vicios Ocultos" (7c, 285 m) on Tiro Pedabejo in the Picos de Europa for the first time, one year after the Basque brothers had opened the six pitches themselves.

French climber and alpinist Maud Vanpoulle has achieved a rare free ascent of the route "Eternal Flame" (650m, 7c+) on Trango Tower, one of the hardest big wall routes in the world. Particularly unusual: Vanpoulle and her climbing partner traveled from France by car.

Siebe Vanhee, Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, and Symon Welfringer have made the first ascent of the west face of Tahu Rutum, a 6.651-meter peak in the Pakistani Karakoram. Their 1500-meter route, "The Leopard of Higher Ground," connects the lower rock face to the summit via a series of steep snow traverses. They completed the route as a team free ascent, redpointing every pitch.

French climber Laura Pineau has become the first woman to complete "Wet Lycra Nightmare" (8b, 9 pitches) in Yosemite Valley. It is also her first solo ascent of a multi-pitch route.

The SAC women's expedition team has completed several first ascents in Greenland. The remote granite walls were explored in big wall style – "by fair means", without airplanes, but using public transport, ferries and sailboats.

French big wall and trad expert Soline Kentzel pushes her own limits with her three and a half day solo ascent of the Nose on El Capitan.

Join Jacob Cook, Bronwyn Hodgins, Angela Vanwiemeersch, Kelsey Watts, Zack Goldberg-Poch and Jaron Pham on their 65-day Greenland expedition by fair means, where they...

The Swedish climber Hannes Puman managed to free climb the Nose (8b+) via the Schnaz variation. This difficult alternative to the Changing Corners pitch is probably still...