EpicTV Climbing Chatter

Steve McClure is in fine form in the UK flashing a dangerous E8, and on the comp scene the IFSC returns to America. We bring you a catch up from everything that happened this week in climbing.

This week Marcello Bombardi sends...and downgrades Lapsus 9b. We bring you hard bouldering sends from America and check out the latest climbing videos on EpicTV.

Eliot Stephens has sent 'The Origin Sit' and in doing so puts up Wale's first 8C boulder. He's not the only one bouldering hard as we take you through the rest og the 8C climbs and the usual 9a roundup. Meanwhile in the high mountains we see new routes being added in the harshest of conditions...

This week Alex Megos revealed the 9b he sent a few weeks ago and an ice climber boulders 8B. We bring you a HUGE 9a roundup and the 9b counter might get another ascent on it...

It was an amazing weekend for competition as the IFSC Boulder World Cup started in Switzerland. We bring you the highlights of that, and sport climbing and bouldering from across the world.

Laura Rogora continues to have an amazing year as she ticks off another 9a+. Bouldering conditions seem to be good as we round up the 8C sends and we check out the latest climbing videos on EpicTV.

William Bosi has made the first ascent of one of the hardest sport climbs in the world, King Capella proposing the grade of 9b+ making him only the 6th climber ever in the world to reach this grade. On other news we discuss Nico Pelorson who downgrades a 9A boulder with the help of a book, Martina Demmel continues her streak of hard sport climbs… this and more on the Climbing Daily Wednesday News...

lex Megos has been on another holiday climbing rampage...but he's not the only one! We bring you the biggest climbing stories from the past week...

It's been a HUGE week in climbing as a potential 8c+ and 9b get sent. An outrageous free solo get's sent in Arco and Patagonia sees another first ascent.

Tomoa Narasaki has just done a new PB of 5.73 on the Speed Wall, does this make him the new Olympic favorite? We have a monster 9a round-up and look at a new climbing prodigy from Australia.

Two huge mountains in Chamonix are climbed in this perfect weather window and Japanese boulderer Shinichiro Nomura unleashes some power. We bring you a round-up of the sport climbing and bouldering action going on this week. Also. Teresa sings -.- Finally.

This week we see an rarely climbed 8C/+ getting it's 5th ascent. We look at a new way of filming mountaineering first ascents and and Lor Sabourin becomes the first non-binary climber to send 5.14a trad.

This week we cover a stunning Patagonia solo climb from Sean Villanueva and update you on the situation at K2 base camp. All the climbing news and more from the News Show.

Simon Lorenzi has just climbed The Big Island sit start, a boulder so hard that he, and many others think it could be 9A. We have sad news from K2 as more mountaineers attempt to summit in Winter. All the climbing news from around the world.

Red Bull's latest climbing video has been causing a bit of a stir, we look at the issues surrounding it. Meanwhile Japan hosts its first bouldering comp of 2021 and a first ascent mountain route gets climbed in Switzerland.

We kick off with a super hard trad ascent, Brittany Goris takes us through the route. We have an update on the events unfolding on K2 and decide what the 9b counter will look like for 2021...

K2 has seen it's first Winter ascent with a 10 man Nepalese team making the summit. We discus this incredible achievement and the story building up to it. It's a sad week in Climbing as we remember two climbers who have been killed in the mountains.

As we look ahead into 2021 the News Show brings you this weeks climbing action. We re-cap a few big stories from 2020 and announce the winners of this years 9b counter winners...

Sometimes Trad gets serious and James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini sent some bold routes over the Christmas period. It's the final week for the 9b counter so will any athletes make a last minute bid for the trophy? Welcome to the News Show, sit back and enjoy!

Happy Christmas to all the climbers watching! Today we look at Angy Eiter's send of what could be her second 9b. We have a special 8C roundup and bring you a last minute gift idea...

It's safe to say we might see another amazing Spanish climbing send season. As the pros ramp up the action we check out Scottish winter sends and some big number boulders...

It's been a big week for climbing as we bring you a round up of all the biggest stories. There is sadness as Doug Scott passes away, a true legend of our sport. We look at the youngest British climber to send 9a, and some Olympic news...

At the weekend the last two Olympic climbing places available to European athletes going to Alexey Rubtsov and Viktoriia Meshkova. We look at all the results and bring you the hard sends and biggest stories this week in climbing.

The IFSC European Championships in Moscow are on their way with a NEW WORLD RECORD set on the first day and Jernej Kruder winning the bouldering round. Plus we talk to the strong and gifted Laura Rogora and the hilarious Sébastien Berthe about their latest sends. Sadly for the 9b counter Akira sees multiple repeats but gets downgraded.

It doesn't matter how popular a climbing area is, there are always new lines that can be sent. Jakob Schubert has another rampage in Magic Wood and we have an exclusive interview with 9b climber Julia Chanourdie. Every week we bring you a round up of all the climbing news and media from our sport.