Keyword: sport climbing

Katherine Choong scores in the French Le Précipice de Corbière E-Space Challenge (8c +). The heavily overhanging line was drilled by Nicolas Glée and first climbed in 2018 by the German competition climber Sebastian Halenke.

Daniela Zech has dedicated herself to upcycling climbing ropes. Win a wallet from Ghisolfi's bibliography rope now.

French pro climber Seb Bouin solves an old 2010, the direct variation of Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love, at Clark Mountain. His first ascent, called Suprême Jumbo Love, adds another 20 meters of hard climbing to Jumbo Love. The result: America's hardest climbing route with a 9b+ rating.

HURT, Alex Honnold's latest coup, can confidently be labeled epic. The Honnold Ultimate Red Rock Traverse, in numbers: 56 kilometers, 23 peaks, 14 classic climbing routes, 7300 meters of altitude difference and all of that in 32 hours.

At the end of July, Alexander Megos made the first ascent of Ratstaman Vibrations (9b). Now there's the video for it. Since this success in Ceüse, the German professional climber has been unstoppable. In October in Margalef he scored 14 routes between 8c and 9b within three weeks.

The Swiss Obed Hardmeier manages the red point ascent of the Schwarz Mönch route near Gimmeldwald. Level of difficulty levels off at 9a/+.

Seb Bouin repeats the endurance hammer Jumbo Love (9b). The line that Chris Sharma climbed for the first time in 2008 is not only the world's first confirmed 9b route, but also the most difficult sport climbing route in the USA at the time.

Anak Verhoeven is unstoppable: In Rodellar, the Belgian manages another 9a+ route with No pain, no gain. The Frenchman Marine Thévenet is also doing well at the moment. She boulders in Fionnay Compass North (8B+).