New 10-pitch Bolted Squamish 5.8

Frontside 180 is a new 600 -metre 10 -pitch 5.8 bolted route on Mount Check that starts in Cheakamus Canyon. The route is mostly slab climbing at 5.6 and 5.7 with real holds. You can link pitches with ease as it’s nicely bolted. It starts on a west-facing bolted slab above the trail in the trees about 30 metres south of the Electric Avenue Cliff. One rope and 12 quickdraws are required. The descent is down a trail to the north. Established by Tess Egan, Jay Robinson and Toby Foord-Kelcey and first climbed by James Foord-Kelcey, Kye Egan-Robinson, Jay, Toby and Tess.

Seb Bouin Sends

Seb Bouin made the second ascent of Mamichula 5.15b in Spain, first climbed by Adam Ondra.

Canadians Get Speedy

At the time of print, the ifsc speed world cup season was half over and some Canadians had clocked personal bests (PB). Alannah Yip got a PB of 9.449 in Wujiang and Sean McColl a time of 7.17 in Moscow.

Big Red Rocks Day

Brad Gobright and Alex Honnold linked four Red Rocks big walls in only 10.5 hours on April 1. They free soloed Solar Slab and then Honnold led every pitch of Levitation 29, and Gobright led every pitch of Rainbow Wall. Finally, Honnold led every pitch of Cloud Tower.

Jim Reynolds in Patagonia

Jim Reynolds, 25, made history on the famous Patagonian peak Fitz Roy, by climbing up and down the 30-plus-pitch Afanassieff route solo.

Time Machine

Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama has been at the top of his climbing game since the mid-1980s. He made the first ascent of Time Machine 5.14c this spring.

All You Can Eat 5.15a

American climber Jon Siegrist made the first ascent of All You Can Eat 5.15a at Mount Potosi near Las Vegas this spring.