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Monday, 6 July
Stranger in a strange land 8A+ and two 8A's by Alex Puccio
Alex Puccio has had a great day up at the Hallet in RMNP, doing Stranger in a strange land 8A+ located at 3 700 meter. Since May, the 31-year-old has done 20 bo…
Monday, 6 July
Giuliano Cameroni comments his latest 8C FA
Giuliano Cameroni, who previously has done 16 boulders 8C and harder, out of which five FA, comments his latest, Power of Now 8C. "So psyched to have done this …
Monday, 6 July
Scarred for life 8A+ by Marine Thevenet
Marine Thevenet, who has done some 40 boulders 8A to 8B, reports on Instathat she has done her probably hardest boulder ever, Scarred for Life 8A+ in Fionnay. …
Monday, 6 July
Anak Verhoeven doing Joe Mama 9a+
Sunday, 5 July
Cameron Hörst (19) doing White Lightning 9a
Sunday, 5 July
90 m 9a (8c+) by Josema Urrestarazu (51)
Josema Urrestarazu has done the fourth ascent of Ekaitz Maiz' 90-meter long Basapiztien Eremua 9a (8c+) in Etxauri. The 51-year-old did his first and only 9a in 2014 and he says he was not in it for the grade but for the height. Sometimes he took 15-meter falls. Last year he did an 8c+ and made the …
Sunday, 5 July
Clear Blue Skies 8A flash by Natalia Grossman (19)
Natalia Grossman, who has done seven 8A+' and harder since May, has done her first 8A flash, Clear Blue Skies in Mt Evans. The 19-year-old is #1 in the 8a month…
Sunday, 5 July
Algorithm 9a by Nicholas Milburn
Nicholas Milburn has done his second 9a, Algorithm at the Fins, which Jonathan Siegrist put up in 2012. "It took me five weeks to learn how to grab the crux poc…
Saturday, 4 July
White Lightning 9a by Cameron Hörst (19)
Cameron Hörst, the oldest son to training guru Eric, has done his second 9a, White Lightning in Wild Iris. "The climb is a link up of a 8b+ called “Heart Full o…
Friday, 3 July
Coup d’etat 9a FA by Simon Lorenzi
Simon Lorenzi, #14 in the last World Cup 2019, has done the FA of Coup d’etat, which he thinks could be the first 9a in Belgium. The route was bolted by Micha V…
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by 8a Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jens Larssen including also Analyses, Reviews, Training, Polls and Opinions etc.
Locked Out and Loathing in Margalef
Advertorial: Tenaya athlete Alex Megos on his memorable mission to climb Perfecto Mundo (9b+/5.15c). At first, this might sound like one of those boring trips, …
Route reading and onsight ethics
If you do some route reading before you go for an onsight, your chances for success will improve. Start by looking for places where you can rest. Then try to identify the cruxes. Often they begin like 50 cm above a clip. Look for different solutions that could be used. It is valuable if you can do t…
Four female in the monthly Top-15 boulder ranking
The female is catching up and a good example of this is that currently there are for girls in the Top-15 only bouldering ranking; Natalia Grossman - 8, Brooke Raboutou -12, Alex Puccio - 13 and Katie Lamb - 14. This is by far the highest the female has been ranked in any list since 8a started with s…