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Simone Tentori sends, From Dirt Grows The Flowers (8C)
Can you tell us more about doing your fifth 8C?
Every "failed session" became a productive session and allowed me to not focus on the last piece of the puzzle but instead on the tiny details and body feelings. The mantle is so tricky for me that it completely shut me down for the first two days and then the improvements were still really slow, but I understood that every small improvement was necessary to climb the last elusive part from the bottom. I spent the last 5 sessions falling at the mantle, but I knew that it was something that I was capable of, and I kept trying [to stay] convinced that it was just a matter of time. It was a special learning process shared with a special person who inspires me every day to dream big.
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…
From dirt grows the flower 8C by Florian Wientjes
Florian Wientjes, who last week did Dreamtime 8B+/C, reports on Insta that he has done From Dirt Grows The Flowers (8C) in Chironico. (c) XaverQuintus.net Coul…
Ephyra 8C+ and an 8C by Yannick Flohé
Yannick Flohé has had a great trip to Chironico where he did Ephyra (8C+). "One of my favourite boulders so far big moves on pinches. Hard to grade might be eas…
Nico Pelorson reports with Insta videos that he has done From Dirt Grows The Flowers (8C) in Chironico and Squalo Bianco (8B+) in Valle Bavona. Can you tell u…
From dirt grows the flower 8C by Florian Wientjes
Florian Wientjes, who last week did Dreamtime 8B+/C, reports on Insta that he has done From Dirt Grows The Flowers (8C) in Chironico. (c) XaverQuintus.net Coul…
Ephyra 8C+ and an 8C by Yannick Flohé
Yannick Flohé has had a great trip to Chironico where he did Ephyra (8C+). "One of my favourite boulders so far big moves on pinches. Hard to grade might be eas…
Nico Pelorson reports with Insta videos that he has done From Dirt Grows The Flowers (8C) in Chironico and Squalo Bianco (8B+) in Valle Bavona. Can you tell u…
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…