20 May 2014

James Webb changes bouldering history

James Webb finishes of his great Europe trip by ticking Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix, a flash of Permanent Midnight 8A+ and doing the Fred Nicole classics in Branson, La Danse de Balrog 8A+ and Radja 8B, meaning he gave them all a personal grade. "Damn, blew the flash on the last move! A really nice problem from Fred. Feels amazing to finally stand under this problem. Last day in Swiss and already miss it." The Fred Nicole problems were for many years considered the first 8B (1992) and 8B+ (1996) in the world. Part of the reason for the down grades are that easier sequences were found. During the 70 days trip to Europe, James has done 40 boulders 8A+ and harder, including eleven flashes. It should be noted that using topo grades, we are talking 50+ boulders 8A+ out of which 15 flashes, which means he has taking bouldering into a new standard in 2014.
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