Vertical-Life
8C (+) by Dai Koyamada
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…
Dai Koyamada, 48, makes the FA of Okuro (8C)
Dai Koyamada reports on Instagram that after two years of work he has done the FA of Okuro (8C) at Kasagi. Dai first made headlines in 1998 when he was #4 in a…
V15 (V16?) por Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada realizou a segunda ascensão do boulder The Story of two worlds, em Cresciano na Suíça, que o Dave Graham abriu em 2004 e graduou como V15, mas que …
9a (8c+) by Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada has repeated Monolithic Baby and suggests an upgrade to 9a. The Frankenjura route was put up by Markus Bock in 2004. Dai needed two days to send and says that because his "fingers are very big, only the pinky fitted the mono pocket at the upper part." Dai is the All time high combined r…
Dai Koyamada, 48, makes the FA of Okuro (8C)
Dai Koyamada reports on Instagram that after two years of work he has done the FA of Okuro (8C) at Kasagi. Dai first made headlines in 1998 when he was #4 in a…
V15 (V16?) por Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada realizou a segunda ascensão do boulder The Story of two worlds, em Cresciano na Suíça, que o Dave Graham abriu em 2004 e graduou como V15, mas que …
9a (8c+) by Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada has repeated Monolithic Baby and suggests an upgrade to 9a. The Frankenjura route was put up by Markus Bock in 2004. Dai needed two days to send and says that because his "fingers are very big, only the pinky fitted the mono pocket at the upper part." Dai is the All time high combined r…
Katie Lamb makes history
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb 8C+ by completing Box Therapy (8C) in RMNP. Daniel Woods made the FA back in 2018, and only Drew Ruana and Sean B…
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…