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Great cinema: French alpinist trio climbs southeast ridge on Cerro Torre

The three alpinists Maud Vanpoulle, Fanny Schmutz and Lise Billon are the first women's team to climb over the southeast ridge to Cerro Torre.

Shauna Coxsey wins at La Pedriza

Shauna Coxsey goes bouldering in La Pedraza and climbs six lines in the eighth French degree in four days.

Laura Rogora is the first woman to climb Lapsus (9a+) near Andonno

The Italian Laura Rogora is the first woman to repeat the 9a+ route Lapsus in Andonno, which was still considered the first 2015b in Italy in 9.

Anak Verhoeven defies gravity

First Female Ascent: Anak Verhoeven is the first woman to climb the difficult trad route La Fuerza de la Gravedad (8b)

Trio of women climbs Big Wall Tour Rayu (610m, 8c) | DiGiulian, Soderlund & Harrington

Sasha DiGiulian, Matilda Söderlund and Brette Harrington manage the first women's ascent of the difficult big wall route Rayu (610m, 8c) in the Picos de Europa in Spain. Opened in 2020 by the Pou brothers and Kico Cerdá, Rayu climbs the steadily increasing south face of Peña Santa de Castilla.

First women's ascent: Janja Garnbret climbs the Boulder Iron

Just on International Women's Day, Janja Garnbret announces the first women's ascent of the Bouldering Iron (8b +) in the Maltatal. The Slovenian once again underlines her extraordinary strength.

Line van den Berg and Fay Manners get Phantom Direct's first women's ascent on the Grandes Jorasses

At the end of January, Line van den Berg from the Netherlands and Fay Manners from the UK climbed Phantom Direct in a single push in 31 hours. With this venture, they not only secure the first women-only ascent of the route, also known as 'Via in memoria di Gianni Comino'. They are probably only the fourth rope team to have successfully repeated this route from 1985.

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