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Tuesday, 14 July
Jimmy Webb mini-doc Rocklands -19 FA odyssey
Monday, 13 July
Pure Dreaming Plus 9a+ by Davide Picco
Davide Picco has done hos first 9a+, Pure Dreaming Plus in Arco. It is a link-up starting by doing the hardest part of Underground and then continuing with Pure…
Monday, 13 July
The Bow 9a+ FA by Stefano Ghisolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi has done the FA of The Bow 9a+ in Arco. In total, the Italian, who has also been one of the best Lead competition climbers in the world, has no…
Sunday, 12 July
Napred I Nagore 9a by Niki Rusev (14)
Niki Rusev has done his first 9a, Napred I Nagore in Karlukovo. It starts with a 30 m 8c he did last month and then adds a ten-meter 8c+ roof followed by a five…
Sunday, 12 July
Check old-school and Ondra tries 8b+ OS
Sunday, 12 July
Three 8c's by Molly Thompson-Smith
Molly Thompson-Smith, who was #7 in the World Cup in 2017 at age 19, has done three 8c's in Frankenjura the last six weeks. "With no competitions up until now…
Saturday, 11 July
Le mur du son assis 8A+ flash by Charlotte Andre
Charlotte Andre, who was #14 in Chongqing in 2018, has flashed Le mur du son assis 8A+ in Fontainebleau, video. She was mainly a competition climber before the …
Saturday, 11 July
The Bomb 9a by Fabrizio Peri (49)
Fabrizio Peri, who did his first 9a at age 42, has done his third, The Bomb in Collelpardo. "Before the lockdown I managed to send a project that I had been try…
Friday, 10 July
Kraftio 8c+ by Mathieu Pauwels
Friday, 10 July
La Fuga 9a FA by Patxi Usobiaga (39)
Patxi Usobiaga, one of Adam Ondra's trainers, has done the FA of La Fuga 9a in Coll de Nargo. The 39-year-old has now done 15 routes 9a and harder, most of them…
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by 8a Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jens Larssen including also Analyses, Reviews, Training, Polls and Opinions etc.
Sport and Alpine Climbing in the Wilder Kaiser Region
Advertorial: With its countless peaks and varied rock formations incl. towers, chimneys, ridges and smooth, steep rock faces, the Wilder Kaiser mountain range i…
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…
No WC or Olympic qually in China in 2020
It has been announced that there will be no international comps in China in 2020, beside trials for the Olympic 2022. This should mean all three WC will be cancelled as well as the Olympic qualification. If there will be no Olympic qualification event in 2020, Chaehyon Seo and Jongwon Chon will make…