Some time ago, Ivan Luengo did Far west, 8A in La Pedriza. Not that hard -you'll say-, but the fact is that he performed it barefoot...!! I've rescued the footage from oblivion and hope you like it: Do you know of any other people bouldering barefoot at this level? Recent interview with Iván Luengo including really nice pics (in Spanish).

A BigUP Productions lançou hoje no YouTube o seu mais recente vídeo, o curta The Insiders. O vídeo, que é sobre escalada indoor, mostra os escaladores Paul Robinson, Sasha DiGiulian, Vasya Vorotnikov, e Ashima Shiraishi.

Climbing reports from the Earth Trek Rock Comp. Ten out of the top12 were 8a.nu members. The result is somewhat surprising as Woods and Robinson have placed in the podium on World Cup events while Sharma has been focusing on opening new routes in Spain for the last 3 years or so. 1. Chris Sharma 25 points - Alex Puccio 25 2. Paul Robinson 23 - Alex Johnson 23 3. Daniel Woods 19 - Lisa Rands 17

A Climbing está cobrindo a competição Earth Trek Rock. O resultado é surpreendente já que por um lado tanto Daniel Woods quanto Paul Robinson já fizeram pódio em Copas do Mundo, e por outro lado Sharma tem focado em vias nos últimos 3 anos. Dez dos doze melhores colocados são membros do 8a. 1. Chris Sharma 25 points - Alex Puccio 25 2. Paul Robinson 23 - Alex Johnson 23 3. Daniel Woods 19 - Lisa Rands 17

camp4collective.com reports from the North Face Turkey expedition with Hirayama, Woods, Harrington, Pearson etc with very nice videos. "The sport climbing here is just incredible."

Tomi Lamprecht (38) started climbing when he was 4 and is one of the few that has pushed the limits of climbing in routes, boulders, multi-pitch and DWS. In 2009, he put up an 8C+ boulder. Interview from last year by Ignacio Sandoval Burón and Toni's curriculum.