Keyword: Paraclimbing

Para climbing will be featured at the Paralympic Games for the first time in Los Angeles in 2028. The International Paralympic Committee has now presented the qualification system.

In Kyiv, climbing is helping war veterans with amputations, vision loss, and PTSD rebuild their lives. Photojournalist and climber Wilson Vieira accompanied veterans, trainers, and foundations there. His three-part report shows how, from rubble and power outages, a space for self-determination emerges, and the climbing wall becomes a new beginning.

On May 2nd, 2026, the second open German Paraclimbing Championship took place at the DAV climbing center swoboda alpin in Kempten. In spring-like temperatures, new German champions were crowned in seven categories – another step in the growing paraclimbing scene in Germany on the road to the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles.

Sebastian Depke is one of the most important figures in the development of para climbing in Germany. In this interview, the 40-year-old talks about the sport's long journey to the big stage in Los Angeles and explains what the successful bid for the Paralympic Games has to do with his own abrupt end to his competitive climbing career – and why he won't be bored in the future.

On January 7th, Nepalese mountaineer Hari Budha Magar made history. He became the first person with a double above-knee amputation to climb the "Seven Summits," the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

Onsight follows blind athlete and Black Diamond product developer Seneida Biendarra on her emotional journey to the gold medal at the 2023 Paraclimbing World Cup in Salt Lake City...

This Saturday, the first Para Climbing Cup of the season will take place at Griffig in Uster. The competition will be broadcast live from 15:45 p.m.