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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
WoGü 8c:9a+? MP by Cedric Lachat
Cedric Lachat has done the fourth ascent of WoGü in Rätikon which Adam Ondra made the FA of in 2009. Beat Kammerlander bolted it in 1997 and the name is a tribu…
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…
Thursday, 2 July
Three 8c+' by Jan Hojer
Jan Hojer, who has qualified to Tokyo 2021, has during the last few days done three 8c+' as well as one 8c in Frankenjura; I bleed back, Hattori Hanzo, Madonna …
Wednesday, 1 July
Mind Stream 8A+ by Chloe Pay (18)
Chloe Pay, who has done her first three 8A's in 2020, has also done her first 8A+, Mind Stream in Smugglers notch. During the last three months, the 18-year-old…
Wednesday, 1 July
Raboutou and Puccio send The Automater 8B
Brooke Raboutou, who has qualified to Tokyo 2021, and Alex Puccio, have done The Automater 8B in RMNP. For Alex it was a repeat since 2014 and she comments on Insta. "With everything going on with Covid and gyms not being so accessible training outside has been something I have been getting use to.…
Tuesday, 30 June
Nuthin but sunshine 8B and two 8A+' by Katie Lamb
Katie Lamb has done her sixth 8A+, Element Of Surprise in just one session as well as her first 8B, Nuthin but sunshine both in RMNP. Previously in 2020, she h…
Tuesday, 30 June
Apocalipsis de la Gioconda 9b (a+) by Jose Luis Palao
Jose Luis Palao, who did the FA of Mona Lisa integral 9a+ in Rodellar two weeks ago, has done the first repeat of Jonathan Flor's 60 meters Apocalipsis de la Gi…
Monday, 29 June
Phallus 8A+ by Alex Puccio
Alex Puccio has done Phallus 8A+ in Boulder, meaning she has done ten 8A+ and harder since last month. "Nice boulder! Maybe a little soft for V12 but a good cli…
Monday, 29 June
Moksha 9a by Alex Chabot (38)
Alex Chabot, 21 times World Cup winner in the 2000's before he stopped competing in 2007, has done Moksha 9a in Pic St Loup in just 24 hours. In the last week o…
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New spanish lockdown in part of Catalonia
Segrià, with it's capital Lleida, has been placed under lockdown since this Saturday due to a new Covid-19 outbreak. Lleida is located around one hour north respective south of crags like Santa Linya and Siurana which are outside the Segria county.
Four female in the monthly Top-15 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, Katie Lamb - 13 and Alex Puccio - 15. This is by far the highest the female has been ranked in any list since 8a started with s…
Parkour wall running starts
Running starts have been part of the competition scene but it has never really taken off outdoors. The parkour world record in wall running is 4 meters so you could just imagine what such specialists could do putting several pads in a row and just wall run up some 8A slabs. In practice, taking two s…