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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!