Koreans Climb Huge Himalayan Wall
9/04/08 - A Korean team has climbed the northeast face of Meru South (6,660m/21,850'), adjacent to the well-known Meru Shark’s Fin in India’s Garhwal Himalaya.

Swiss Redpoint Eiger's Hardest Free Climb
9/03/08 - Switzerland's Stephan Siegrist and Ueli Steck have completed a team-free redpoint ascent of the Eiger's hardest free climb: Paciencia, a 23-pitch 5.13b on the north face.

Speedy U.S. Girls Sweep World Championship
9/02/08 - More than 300 climbers from 36 countries, including a large U.S. contingent, competed at the 16th Youth World Championship in Sydney, Australia, at the end of August.

Austria's Zillertal at Risk
8/29/08 - Just weeks after Petzl's RocTrip (July 23-27, 2008) it was announced that the alpine jewel of Austria is to be destroyed and used for construction materials.

Erbesfield-Raboutou: 5.14a at Age 45
8/27/08 - Fifteen years ago Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou was the third woman to climb 5.14. Now she's just completed another 5.14a (8b+) near her summer home in France.