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Michaela Kiersch ticks Coma Sant Pere (8c+)
So, is it fair to say this has been your most productive week sport climbing? How did this all come together?
Maybe! Rather than focusing on one major project like La Rambla I’m just having fun running around and discovering a new area and not necessarily breaking into a new limit. Would be a shame to only try one thing, so I’m trying everything within a broad grade range :)
Jernej Kruder sends Martin Krpan (9a) sans knee pads
Jernej Kruder, who won the Boulder World Cup in 2018, has done Martin Krpan (9a) in Mišja Peč. “I would like to expose something here: I spent many tries on t…
Welcome to Vertical-Life Web
Six years after partnering with 8a.nu, we’re excited to announce the unification of the 8a.nu website and the Vertical-Life app into a single platform: Vertical…
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was th…
Era Vella 8c+/9a (9a) by Anghelo Bernal
Anghelo Bernal has done Era Vella 8c+/9a in Margalef, after projecting it for 80+ sessions. Era Vella is the 2010 Chris Sharma classic 5-star route that was the…
Doug McConnell, 41, sends Coma Sant Pere (8c+)
Doug McConnell, who did his first 8c+ last year, has done Coma Sant Pere (8c+) in Margalef. The picture by Kerrin Gale is from La Rubia (8c+) Can you tell us a…
Söderlund, Digiulian and Harrington send Rayu 8c MP
Matilda Söderlund reports on Insta that she together with Sasha Digiulian and Brette Harrington have sent Rayu, 8c MP on Peña Santa (2596 m) in Spain. Their asc…
Era Vella 8c+/9a (9a) by Anghelo Bernal
Anghelo Bernal has done Era Vella 8c+/9a in Margalef, after projecting it for 80+ sessions. Era Vella is the 2010 Chris Sharma classic 5-star route that was the…
Doug McConnell, 41, sends Coma Sant Pere (8c+)
Doug McConnell, who did his first 8c+ last year, has done Coma Sant Pere (8c+) in Margalef. The picture by Kerrin Gale is from La Rubia (8c+) Can you tell us a…
Söderlund, Digiulian and Harrington send Rayu 8c MP
Matilda Söderlund reports on Insta that she together with Sasha Digiulian and Brette Harrington have sent Rayu, 8c MP on Peña Santa (2596 m) in Spain. Their asc…
Katie Lamb makes history
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb 8C+ by completing Box Therapy (8C) in RMNP (Misc/Unsorted). Daniel Woods made the FA back in 2018, and only Drew …
Schubert sends Project Big during his 6th Live attempt
"It was dramatic to the very end." On the 8a finish of Project Big in Flatanger, Jakob Schubert explains that a horn broke and he was close to falling. The last three minutes of the video show just how much this climb means to him."This horn could have ended my career... This was the biggest mental …
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was th…