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This is how bouldering professional Giuliano Cameroni climbs the new Val Bavona test pieces Solar Plexus, Flip the Switch and Peace Corps.

A year after his highball injury, Jimmy Webb returns to Ticino to complete his open project: Swiss Air (8C)

With Mystic River (8C) and Geyser Sound (8B), the two bouldering specialists Shawn Raboutou and Giuliano Cameroni have given Ticino two new test pieces. In the latest Mellow video you can accompany the two on the first ascents and in other tough lines.

He's not getting any younger, but seems to be getting stronger. Bouldering pioneer Dave Graham opens another mega boulder in Val Bavona: Celestite (8C +). The breakthrough came on the very day that Chris Sharma opened his new King Line in Siurana.

At the end of last year, Will Bosi managed the third ascent of the 9A boulder Alphane near Chironico. Now the Scot has released the video of his inspection. The Ticino classics Vecchio Leone (8B, flash) and Forgotten Gem (8C) can also be seen in the video.

With the flash ascent of Momentum (8B+) in Val Bavona, Aidan Roberts joins the illustrious group of 8B+ flashers. Only a handful of top climbers can claim to have flashed Boulder at this level of difficulty.

Briton Aidan Roberts announces the first ascent of a new boulder line in Brione, Ticino. He rates the boulder The Lions Share with 8C +.

Ticino is a climbing paradise. The southernmost canton of Switzerland owes this, among other things, to its mild climate, the quality of the rock and the variety of styles and difficulties. Today we present the 10 most beautiful routes from 5b to 8c that you should try once in your life.